Rethinking Shiloh : myth and memory /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Smith, Timothy B., 1974-
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, ©2013.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862. Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862 -- Historiography. Historiography. Shiloh National Military Park (Tenn. and Miss.) -- History. Tennessee. United States -- Shiloh National Military Park. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12644373

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ISBN:	9781572339880 1572339888 9781572339415 1572339411
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Ulysses S. Grant once remarked that the Battle of Shiloh has been perhaps less understood, or, to state the case more accurately, more persistently misunderstood, than any other engagement ... during the entire rebellion. This book seeks to rectify these persistent myths and misunderstandings, arguing that some of Shiloh's story is either not fully examined or has been the result of a limited and narrow collective memory established decades ago. The author delves further into the story of Shiloh and examines in detail how the battle has been treated in historiography and public opinion. The nine essays in this collection uncover new details about the battle, correct some of the myths surrounding it, and reveal new avenues of exploration. The topics range from an analysis and description of the last hours of General Albert Sidney Johnston to the effect of the New Deal on Shiloh National Military Park and, subsequently, our understanding of the battle. This work brings attention to the relatively unexplored parts of Shiloh such as the terrain, the actual route of Lew Wallace's march, and post-battle developments that affect commonly held perceptions of that famed clash between Union and Confederate armies in West Tennessee.
Other form:	Print version: Smith, Timothy B., 1974- Rethinking Shiloh. 1st ed. Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, ©2013 9781572339415

Table of Contents:

"Difficult and broken ground" : the terrain factor at Shiloh
To conquer or perish : the last hours of Albert Sidney Johnston
Anatomy of an icon : Shiloh's hornet's nest in Civil War memory
A case study in Civil War memory : Benjamin M. Prentiss as the hero of Shiloh
Rewriting history : locating Lew Wallace's route of march to Shiloh
Secession at Shiloh : Mississippi's convention delegates and their state's defense
The forgotten inhabitants of Shiloh : a case study in a civilian-government relationship
A case study in change : the New Deal's effect on Shiloh National Military Park
History in the making : Shiloh : portrait of a battle fifty years later.

Rethinking Shiloh : myth and memory /

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