Shiloh, 1862, Winston Groom
Shiloh, 1862, Winston Groom
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Shiloh, 1862

Author: Winston Groom

Narrator: Eric G. Dove

Unabridged: 10 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 03/20/2012

Synopsis

SHILOH, 1862 The Battle of Shiloh, fought in the wilderness of southern Tennessee in April 1862, marked a violent crossroads in the Civil War. What began as a surprise attack by Confederate troops on a Union stronghold to gain control of the Mississippi River Valley became a bloody two-day conflict that would eerily foretell the brutal reality of the next three years. Pitting up-and-coming Union general Ulysses S. Grant against Confederate firebrand Albert Sidney Johnston, the engagement was a perfect storm of advanced weaponry, a West Point–educated officer corps, and a decades-long buildup of hatred that bore devastating consequences. One hundred thousand soldiers clashed in the vicious melee, and losses for both sides totaled nearly 24,000, more than had been lost during the American Revolution and the War of 1812 combined. Bestselling author and Civil War historian Winston Groom skillfully re-creates the drama of the event in a gripping, eye-opening, and heartrending narrative that highlights the major personalities, politics, and mind-set of the day. But perhaps the most alarming outcome, Groom poignantly reveals, was the realization that for all its horror, the Battle of Shiloh had not vanquished the Rebel army in the West, and the thousands of maimed and slain were merely wretched symbols of things to come.

About Winston Groom

Winston Groom is the author of 15 previous books, including Vicksburg, 1863; Kearny’s March; Patriotic Fire; Shrouds of Glory; Forrest Gump; and Conversations with the Enemy (with Duncan Spencer), which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. He lives with his wife and daughter in Point Clear, Alabama.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lawyer on May 06, 2012

Shiloh, 1862: Winston Groom's history of the battle of Shiloh The Hornet's Nest, "War means fightin'. Fightin' means killin'."--Nathan Bedford Forrest I'll be the first to admit as much of it as I have read, some military histories can be duller than dishwater. There are authors of that vast genre......more

Goodreads review by Joseph on July 25, 2024

This is, without a doubt, the best single volume treatment of the battle to date. The author takes up the late, great Shelby Foote's mantle and runs with it. We get to know several key participants in the battle, including Confederate Henry Morton Stanley, later made famous by his discovery of Dr. L......more

Goodreads review by Bill on August 06, 2023

If a book like Larry Daniel’s Shiloh: The Battle That Changed the Civil War is the more academic version of the 1862 battle, Winston Groom’s is the more readable, accessible version. I read Daniel’s book recently and attempted to move on in my chronological Civil War reading, but something was naggi......more

Goodreads review by George on July 17, 2015

an extremely well written account of what was the bloodiest battle in American history, up to that point. More Americans died in that battle than in all of America's previous wars combined, and more than had died in the Civil War up to that point. Unfortunately, Antietam eventually took that honor,......more

Goodreads review by Sean on November 04, 2018

Groom's Shiloh is by no means an exact blow by blow account of the battle. Rather it is a well written narrative that uses human stories of the participants to give a general account of the battle. It works as a readable narrative, although I am sure many scholars will take exception to its more tra......more

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