THE BATTLE OF SHILOH AND THE ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGED by David Wilson Reed, Timothy B Smith ( 9781572336179 )

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THE BATTLE OF SHILOH AND THE ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGED

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Hardback

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ISBN 10:

157233617X

ISBN 13:

9781572336179

Publisher:

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE PRESS

Pub. date:

15 May, 2008

Pages:

122

Synopsis:

Originally published in 1902 by the Government Printing Office (and revised and reprinted in 1909 and 1913), The Battle of Shiloh and the Organizations Engaged was the official park commission history of this important battle and remains a seminal work on the subject. Although the book is the cornerstone of Shiloh historiography and is extensively cited by serious historians, the original edition is not widely available today. Timothy B. Smith redresses this problem with this new reprint of the 1913 edition for which he has written an introduction that places the important work in historical context. Written by D. W. Reed, a veteran of the battle and the first official historian of the Shiloh National Military Park, The Battle of Shiloh and the Organizations Engaged provides a succinct and authoritative overview of the battle. In addition to a narrative of the campaign, Reed describes the units engaged and the movements of every brigade. In addition, he includes numerous tables of strengths and losses for the armies as well as remarkably detailed maps and diagrams showing the action as it unfolded. These spectacular color maps are accessible in an enclosed CD in a PDF format. The net result is a compact yet detailed view of Shiloh unmatched anywhere else. Even a century after its first publication, this book stands as one of the most dependable, concise, and important works on the Battle of Shiloh. This new edition makes this work accessible once again. D. W. Reed was a veteran of the Battle of Shiloh and the first historian of the Shiloh National Military Park. Timothy B. Smith is the author of This Great Battlefield of Shiloh: History, Memory, and the Establishment of a Civil War National Military Park and The Untold Story of Shiloh: The Battle and the Battlefield. He was a park ranger at the Shiloh National Military Park before accepting a teaching position at the University of Tennessee at Martin."

Illustrations:

black & white illustrations, maps

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Imprint:

University of Tennessee Press

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