In many sections where only Federal, or only Confederate, reports are presented, the user has no opportunity to place the one-sided extracts in context relative to the overall "face ofbattle" experienced by both armies at that location. Thus, the image of Shiloh presented for the user is ...
Blackford. Map image is 21-1/2” x 13”; overall size is 18" x 28". ISBN 1-885294-10-7. 63-2946 1 sheet, folded $9.95The Battlefield of Shiloh, Tennessee, 1862. 1:12,000. The battle where U.S. Grant nearly came to grief but where William Tecumseh Sherman came to life. The...
The Shiloh Battle App® is the perfect tour partner for your visits to the Shiloh and Corinth battlefields. Our GPS-enabled tour application allows you to discover all of the great historical sites associated with these crucial Civil War battles. This app covers the two-day Battle of Shiloh ...
Further information: Battle of Gettysburg, First DayOverview map of the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 Anticipating that the Confederates would march on Gettysburg from the west on the morning of July 1, Buford laid out his defenses on three ridges west of the town: ...
(Civil War battles often had one name in the North, which was usually associated with a prominent nearby physical feature, and another in the South, which was usually derived from the town or city closest to the battlefield.) The strategic significance of the location lay in the fact that ...
Battle of Fort Sumter, (April 12–14, 1861), the opening engagement of the American Civil War, at the entrance to the harbour of Charleston, South Carolina. Although Fort Sumter held no strategic value to the North—it was unfinished and its guns faced the sea rather than Confederate shore...
After the unprecedented carnage of Shiloh, Halleck arrived on the scene and took charge. He apparently disapproved of the way Grant had handled the battle, so he made Grant a supernumerary second in command, placed Grant’s troops under Thomas, and spent most of his time at Thomas’s ...
Following the Union victory at Shiloh, the Union armies under Major General Henry Halleck advanced on the vital rail center of Corinth. By May 25, 1862, after moving 5 miles in 3 weeks, Halleck was in position to lay siege to the town. ...