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"The Battle of Shiloh and the Organizations Engaged" is a seminal work on the Battle of Shiloh written by a man who was both a veteran of the battle itself and the first official historian of the battlefield park and was first published in 1902 by the US Government Printing Office. Every important work of scholarship of the battle since has taken a wealth of information from Reed's book as it presented data and first-person accounts only a primary source written by a consummate historian could present. More ... Fort McAllister sits upon the banks of the Great Ogeechee River south of Savannah, Georgia and during the Civil War formed a strong bulwark against Federal attempts to invade Savannah from the sea and to combat blockade runners. Built of mud and dirt, this fort may have seemed simple in its design but in fact provided a cunningly powerful defense against attacking gunboats including Union ironclads. More ... |
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