"Books on Shiloh" Topic
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| Gunfreak | 01 Nov 2010 10:08 a.m. PST |
Preferaly the definitive source on the battle, if that dosn't exist the second best would be nice. |
| avidgamer | 01 Nov 2010 12:37 p.m. PST |
Shiloh, Bloody April is a _great_ book. |
| Steve | 01 Nov 2010 1:13 p.m. PST |
I second that one. -Steve |
 gamertom  | 01 Nov 2010 5:29 p.m. PST |
"Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862" by O. Edward Cunningham is closest to a definitive study though I agree that "Shiloh – Bloody April" is a good read. |
 vtsaogames | 01 Nov 2010 8:42 p.m. PST |
Just got an old copy of "Shiloh, Bloody April". It's fine. |
 enfant perdus | 01 Nov 2010 10:34 p.m. PST |
I second the Cunningham book. It's superb. |
 zippyfusenet | 02 Nov 2010 7:24 a.m. PST |
Shiloh was an unusually confusing battle, even for an ACW battle. Fought in a swamp by two armies of amateurs, one completely surprised and the other more or less leaderless. The books noted are good, but there will never be a definitive final word on Shiloh. Do not miss reading the veterans' accounts in Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. No ACW enthusiast should be without B&L, because so many of the classic controversies start in that series. |
| A Twiningham | 02 Nov 2010 7:47 a.m. PST |
An archive.org search on Shiloh will turn up a couple of interesting free reads also. |
HangarFlying  | 25 Sep 2011 4:37 p.m. PST |
Sorry for the thread necromancy. I really enjoyed "Shiloh: The Battle That Changed the Civil War" by Larry J. Daniel. |
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