Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Along the Rivers
Chapter 2: Lincoln Takes a Hand
Chapter 3: Breaking the River Barriers
Chapter 4: General Halleck Intervenes
Chapter 5: The Armies Gather
Chapter 6: The March to Shiloh
Chapter 7: Surprise
Chapter 8: Around Shiloh Church
Chapter 9: The Battle Spreads
Chapter 10: The Crossroads
Chapter 11: The Hornet’s Nest
Chapter 12: Retreat
Chapter 13: Last Stand
Chapter 14: Buell, Grant, and Beauregard
Chapter 15: Victory?
Chapter 16: Corinth
Appendix 1: Organization of the Confederate Army
Appendix 2: Organization of the Union Army
Appendix 3: Casualties at the Battle of Shiloh
Appendix 4: Photo Tour of Shiloh
Bibliography
Index
List of Illustrations
A Confederate photo gallery begins after page 68
A Union photo gallery begins after page 114
List of Maps
Western Theater
Fort Henry
Fort Donelson
Shiloh-Corinth Concentration
Shiloh Battlefield
Union Camps
Confederate Deployment
First Contact
Opening Attacks
Shiloh Church Line
Prentiss’ Line Collapses
The Critical Left Flank
Stuart’s Withdrawal
The Crossroads
Early Hornet’s Nest Action
The Counterattack
Sherman and McClernand Withdraw
Later Hornet’s Nest Action
The Peach Orchard
Hurlbut Retires
Pressing The Union Right
The Flanks Cave In
The Hornet’s Nest Surrounded
Prentiss Surrenders
Grant’s Last Line
A Horrible Night
Grant and Buell Attack
The Confederate Stand
Beauregard Withdraws
Breckinridge’s Rear Guard
The Battle Ends
Siege of Corinth
Appendix 4: Photographic Map Key
