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The bloody two-day battle of Shiloh changed the course of the American Civil War. The conflagration at Shiloh had its roots in the strong Union advance that resulted in the capture of Forts Henry and Donelson in Tennessee. The offensive collapsed General Albert S. Johnston's advanced line in Kentucky and forced him to withdraw to northern Mississippi. Anxious to attack the enemy, Johnston began concentrating Southern forces at Corinth, a major railroad center just below the Tennessee border. His bold plan called for his Army of the Mississippi to march north and destroy General Grant's Army of the Tennessee before it could link up with another Union army on the way to join him. Johnston's sweeping attack hit the unsuspecting Federal camps at Pittsburg Landing and routed the enemy from position after position as they fell back toward the Tennessee River. Johnston's sudden death in the Peach Orchard, however, coupled with stubborn Federal resistance, widespread confusion, and Grant's determination to hold the field, saved the Union army from destruction. The arrival of General Don C. Buell's reinforcements that night turned the tide of battle. The next day, Grant seized the initiative and attacked the Confederates, driving them from the field. Shiloh was one of the bloodiest battles of the entire war, with nearly 24,000 men killed, wounded, and missing.

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O. Edward Cunningham studied under T. Harry Williams at Louisiana State University. He was the author of The Port Hudson Campaign: 1862-1863. Dr. Cunningham died in 1997. Timothy B. Smith is author of Champion Hill (winner of the 2004 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Non-fiction Award), The Untold Story of Shiloh, and This Great Battlefield of Shiloh. A former ranger at Shiloh, Tim teaches history at the University of Tennessee. Gary D. Joiner is the author of One Damn Blunder from Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign of 1864, winner of the 2004 Albert Castel Award and the 2005 A. M. Pate, Jr., Award, and Through the Howling Wilderness: The 1864 Red River Campaign and Union Failure in the West. He lives in Shreveport, Louisiana. From his home studio on the Jersey Shore, Brian P. Craig uses his voice in a number of contexts to help his clients make a lasting connection with their audiences. Audiobooks are his favorite type of project, and his work has included a novel about a father dealing with his son's severe autism, a commentary on dealing with China in the Xi Jinping era, and scholarship on the depiction of the state in the Bible.

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