Shiloh 1862

Resource Information

The work Shiloh 1862 represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Morgan County Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

Shiloh 1862

Statement of responsibility

Winston Groom

Title variation

• Shiloh eighteen sixty-two
• Shiloh, eighteen hundred and sixty-two
• Shiloh one eight six two

Creator

• Groom, Winston, 1944-
• trueGroom, Winston, 1944-

Contributor

• National Geographic Society (U.S.)

Subject

• trueHistory writing -- Wars and conflicts | Battles
• Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862
• Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
• trueUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
• trueUnited States Civil War, 1861-1865
• trueShiloh, Battle of, 1862
• true1860s -- 1860 -- 1869
• trueBattles
• trueCivil war
• trueHistory writing -- Wars and conflicts -- American Civil War

Genre

• trueHistory writing

Language

eng

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

Tone

• trueAtmospheric
• trueDramatic

Writing style

• trueGritty
• trueRichly detailed
• trueCompelling

Cataloging source

UPZ

Dewey number

973.7/31

Illustrations

• maps
• portraits
• facsimiles
• photographs

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult