| Authors: |
Groom, Winston, 1944-
National Geographic Society (U.S.)
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c2012. |
| Description: |
446 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781426208744 142620874X |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Summary: |
In this gripping telling of the first "great and terrible" battle of the Civil War, Groom describes the dramatic events of April 6 and 7, 1862, when a bold surprise attack on Ulysses S. Grant's encamped troops and the bloody battle that ensued would alter the timbre of the war. |