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Dash and Pluck at Shiloh
A quick observation to share: In his account of the battle of Shiloh, Ulysses S. Grant said, “It was a case of Southern dash against Northern pluck and endurance.” Later in the account, he elaborated: “It is possible that the Southern man started in with a little more dash than his Northern brother; but he […]
Read more...Shiloh Video Recap
We’ve had a lot of video content lately on both the ECW YouTube and Facebook pages. On Facebook, we’ve been reposting videos from the western video swing ECW took with the American Battlefield Trust, which was a total blast (check out ABT’s playlist here). On the YouTube page, we took some time to commemorate the […]
Read more...Kentucky’s Governor Fought and Fell at Shiloh
On February 8, 1862, Confederate generals Albert Sidney Johnston, P.G.T. Beauregard, and William Hardee conferred on the most recent turn of events in the Western Theater at Beauregard’s Bowling Green, Kentucky, headquarters. Fort Henry fell to Union forces two days earlier. The fall of Fort Donelson seemed inevitable, and Johnston realized he could not hold […]
Read more...Shiloh — Without a Foot Touching the Ground
Read more...USS Tyler and USS Lexington at Shiloh
One decisive reason the Federals won the war on the rivers was the rapid creation and utilization of gunboats. These vessels protected transports, patrolled the rivers, shelled Confederate defenses, directly supported Union amphibious operations, and more than once saved a Federal force from destruction by pouring fire on victorious Confederates. Dramatic examples include Milliken’s Bend […]
Read more...Obscure Confederate Brigade Commanders of Shiloh
A variety of Confederate brigade commanders at Shiloh were for a long time something of a mystery to students of the war. Only minor details could be gleamed and for a few there were not even photographs. Each was a colonel, and for most Shiloh was their first and last battle. I did find a […]
Read more...Shiloh on ECW’s YouTube Page
With the 160th anniversary of Shiloh coming up this week, look to the ECW YouTube page for all kinds of goodies. Back in December 2021, Chris Mackowski and Kris White traveled to Shiloh on a video swing for the American Battlefield Trust. They were joined by Garry Adelman, Parker Hills, and Timothy B. Smith, and […]
Read more...A Scene of Desolation – A Missouri Soldier Visits the Shiloh Battlefield in June 1862
On the morning of June 16, 1862, Pvt. Robert Goodman of the Seventh Missouri Infantry left his unit’s encampment to take a stroll. The last couple of weeks had been particularly hard for the men of the “Irish Seventh” regiment, who had just arrived at Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee. Mostly made up of St. Louis’ Irish […]
Read more...The Post-Shiloh Musings of General Sherman
There is little doubt that the Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862, changed not only the nature of the American Civil War, but also the trajectory of William Tecumseh Sherman’s career. Going into the battle Sherman was working diligently to throw off the reputation for being insane. After Shiloh, the red-headed commander enjoyed newfound fame […]
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