ASIN: B00MPKQZTS
Publisher: unknown
Pages: 45
The Battle of Shiloh was the first real indication of what the cost in blood of the Civil War might be. The concept of war on both sides was still a romantic one. Thoughts of great deeds and personal heroism were bolstered by the swashbuckling attitudes of the officers and by the stirring new tunes of glory. By April 1st, 1862, almost a year after the opening shots of the Civil War had been fired at Fort Sumter, the war had spread across almost the entire southern half of the divided nation. Major battles had been fought from Virginia to Florida in the east and to Southern Missouri in the west. And although the battles of 1st Bull Run in Virginia, Wilson’s Creek in Missouri, Gulf Islands in Florida, Forts Henry and Donelson in Tennessee, and Pea Ridge in Missouri had been bloody enough, they had given little indication of the carnage that was to come. Then came Shiloh! Within a single ...
