Seeing the Elephant: RAW RECRUITS AT THE BATTLE OF SHILOH
University of Illinois Press, 1989
eISBN: 978-0-252-09804-8 | Paper: 978-0-252-07126-3
Library of Congress Classification E473.54.F7 2003
Dewey Decimal Classification 973.731
eISBN: 978-0-252-09804-8 | Paper: 978-0-252-07126-3
Library of Congress Classification E473.54.F7 2003
Dewey Decimal Classification 973.731
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
One of the bloodiest battles in the Civil War, the two-day engagement near Shiloh, Tennessee, in April 1862 left more than 23,000 casualties. Fighting alongside seasoned veterans were more than 160 newly recruited regiments and other soldiers who had yet to encounter serious action. In the phrase of the time, these men came to Shiloh to “see the elephant.”
Drawing on the letters, diaries, and other reminiscences of these raw recruits on both sides of the conflict, “Seeing the Elephant” gives a vivid and valuable primary account of the terrible struggle.
From the wide range of voices included in this volume emerges a nuanced picture of the psychology and motivations of the novice soldiers and the ways in which their attitudes toward the war were affected by their experiences at Shiloh.
Drawing on the letters, diaries, and other reminiscences of these raw recruits on both sides of the conflict, “Seeing the Elephant” gives a vivid and valuable primary account of the terrible struggle.
From the wide range of voices included in this volume emerges a nuanced picture of the psychology and motivations of the novice soldiers and the ways in which their attitudes toward the war were affected by their experiences at Shiloh.
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