Shiloh: bloody April

This book offers the untold story of the Battle of Shiloh, a crucial but often misunderstood event in the American Civil War. It reveals how the Confederacy's surprise attack nearly devastated the North, only to be thwarted by a series of human errors and misjudgments.

Drawing on original sources, the author provides a dramatic and authoritative account of this bitter conflict, examining it from both Union and Confederate perspectives. The narrative highlights the roles of Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman, and details the death of Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston, shedding new light on a battle that claimed nearly 4,000 American lives.