Covering the period of Shiloh to the prelude to Vicksburg, Volume 5 of this distinguished series converges on the many dramatic changes taking place in Grant's military career.The bloody two-day battle of Shiloh, the dominating event covered in this volume, shocked both North and South, caused public opinion to run against Grant, placed his career at a low point, and tested his will to remain in service. The period, therefore, is significant for the portrait emerging of Grant meeting a variety of problems ranging from grand strategy to mundane detail. The volume is particu larly rich also in unpublished letters and documents from some twenty-two institu tions and nine private collections here opened for the first time.
- ISBN13 9780809306367
- Publish Date 4 March 1974
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Southern Illinois University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 488
- Language English