The Shiloh Campaign, 1862: Battle for the Heartland

A comprehensive and fully illustrated account of the Shiloh Campaign, with over a hundred photographs and detailed maps.

After taking Forts Henry and Donelson, the Union army prepared to try and take the vital rail hub of Corinth, Mississippi. To facilitate this, Major General H. Halleck planned to combine Grant’s Army of West Tennessee with Buell’s Army of the Ohio. Meanwhile the newly formed Confederate Army of the Mississippi was placed under the command of General A. S. Johnston. Johnsto...