{"product_id":"rethinking-shiloh-myth-and-memory-9781572339415","title":"Rethinking Shiloh: Myth and Memory","description":"Ulysses S. Grant once remarked that the Battle of Shiloh \"has been perhaps\u003cbr\u003eless understood, or, to state the case more accurately, more persistently\u003cbr\u003emisunderstood, than any other engagement . . . during the entire rebellion.\"\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eRethinking Shiloh\u003c\/i\u003e, Timothy B. Smith seeks to rectify these persistent\u003cbr\u003emyths and misunderstandings, arguing that some of Shiloh's story is either\u003cbr\u003enot fully examined or has been the result of a limited and narrow collective\u003cbr\u003ememory established decades ago. Continuing the work he began in \u003ci\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003eUntold Story of Shiloh\u003c\/i\u003e, Smith delves even further into the story of Shiloh\u003cbr\u003eand examines in detail how the battle has been treated in historiography and\u003cbr\u003epublic opinion.\u003cbr\u003e The nine essays in this collection uncover new details about the\u003cbr\u003ebattle, correct some of the myths surrounding it, and reveal new avenues of\u003cbr\u003eexploration. The topics range from a compelling analysis and description of\u003cbr\u003ethe last hours of General Albert Sidney Johnston to the effect of the New\u003cbr\u003eDeal on Shiloh National Military Park and, subsequently, our understanding\u003cbr\u003eof the battle. Smith's careful analyses and research bring attention to\u003cbr\u003ethe many relatively unexplored parts of Shiloh such as the terrain, the\u003cbr\u003eactual route of Lew Wallace's march, and post-battle developments that\u003cbr\u003eaffect currently held perceptions of thatfamed clash between Union and\u003cbr\u003eConfederate armies in West Tennessee.\u003cbr\u003e Studying Shiloh should alert readers and historians to the likelihood\u003cbr\u003eof misconceptions in other campaigns and wars--including today's military\u003cbr\u003econflicts. By reevaluating aspects of the Battle of Shiloh often ignored by\u003cbr\u003emilitary historians, Smith's book makes significant steps toward a more\u003cbr\u003ecomplete understanding and appreciation of the Shiloh campaign in all of its\u003cbr\u003eramifications.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimothy B. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e teaches history at the University of Tennessee, Martin. His most recent books include \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Age of Battlefield Preservation: The Decade of the 1890s and the Establishment of America's First Five Military Parks, Mississippi in the Civil War: The Home Front, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Corinth 1862: Siege, Battle, Occupation.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Tennessee Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51201200554258,"sku":"9781572339415","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_06c87714-4b8e-4a62-8914-c56066ce5883.jpg?v=1744908432","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/rethinking-shiloh-myth-and-memory-9781572339415","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}