Road to Shiloh

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Beautifully bound and illustrated volume of the Civil War featuring The Road to Shiloh, Early Battles in the West. Best Read Road to Shiloh Author David Nevin For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr This third volume in the now 30 odd year old Time Life Civil War collectors set, written by David Nevin, covers a broad expanse of the early phases of the War Between the States Beginning with the truly chaotic, and extremely violent, fragmenting of Missouri s loyalties, the author does a very good job in the short space allotted him describing the Union s attempts to retain Missouri in the United States This early effort, however, was hampered in part by the poor generalship of John C Fremon This third volume in the now 30 odd year old Time Life Civil War collectors set, written by David Nevin, covers a broad expanse of the early phases of the War Between the States Beginning with the truly chaotic, and extremely violent, fragmenting of Missouri s loyalties, the author does a very good job in the short space allotted him describing the Union s attempts to retain Missouri in the United States This early effort, however, was hampered in part by the poor generalship of John C Fremont as well as the boldness of the Rebel General Sterling Price who emerged victorious against a surprise Federal attack at the Battle of Wilson s Creek in August 1861 While Price did assault north towards the northern part of the state winning another litt...Very basic overview of the first year of the war in the Western Theater, wich much of the focus on the capture of Forts Henry and Donelson and the battle of Shiloh Like other books in the Time Life Civil War series, it is probably intendedfor those who are just starting to ge...As usual, the little volumes in the Time Life set on The Civil War are generally at least good This on, while no exception, it was quite good, suffered a bit from jumping around to attempt, in the limited space available, to cover far too much The beginnings of the truly uncivil war in Missouri and the Trans Mississippi, the collapse of the Confederates Western Defense Line, the Battles of Belmont, Mill Springs KY, Forts Henry and Donelson and, of course, Shiloh Still it s a decent book that As usual, the little volumes in the Time Life set on The Civil War are generally at least good This on, while no exception, it was quite good, suffered a bit from jumping around to attempt, in the limited space available, to cover far too much The beginnings of the truly uncivil war in Missouri and the Trans Mississippi, the collapse of the Confederates Western Defense Line, the Battles of Belmont, Mill Springs KY, Forts Henry and Donelson and, of course, Shiloh Still it s a decent book that someone with the bent of military analysis cans till learn from The South, for all of their secessionist rhetoric and for firing the opening shots at Fort Sumter, fai...FYI The ISBN printed in the book is wrong First printing, USA, retail edition hardback, 1986 They printed the ISBN for Spies, Scouts, and Raiders of the same series inside the book 0 8094 4780 0Liked this quite well, lots about U.S Grant. one of the best, for his time.Good series of books.

Road to Shiloh
  • English
  • 10 October 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 175 pages
  • 0809447126
  • David Nevin
  • Road to Shiloh