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The Battle of Shiloh

What will you find on this web site?

There are over 100 pages just related to the Battle of Shiloh on this web site. There is no other site on the Webto compare to the comprehensiveness of this web site. Here is just a sampling of the excellent material found on this site:

1. Start with the Table of Contents - it will get you quickly involved in a virtual tour of Shiloh. It is organized according to the physical tour you can take in person.

   Engraving after an artwork by J.O. Davidson, published in "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War", Volume I, page 489. It shows six transports at Pittsburg Landing shortly after the Battle of Shiloh, in April 1862. The original caption reads: "Of the six transports, the one farthest up stream, on the right, is the Tycoon, which was dispatched by the Cincinnati Branch of the Sanitary Commission with stores for the wounded. The next steamer is the Tigress, which was General Grant's headquarters boat during the Shiloh campaign. On the opposite side of the river is seen the gun-boat Tyler.

2. Field Notes - describing what actually took place on the battlefield.
3. Authentic photos, pictures and artwork - we have gone to great lengths to find dozens and dozens of authentic pictures, photos, documents and even artwork that was contemporary with the Battle of Shiloh. Most of these resources are linked within an actual section of the tour itself (e.g., Shiloh Church). You will be able to see pictures of actual soldiers and battle participants, artwork and prints created to commemorate the battle and even contemporary authentic photos.
4. A timeline of the Battle of Shiloh - can be accessed as well. It is a linear-sequenced timeline of events, sometime broken down between intervals of just minutes.
5. Eyewitness quotes - nothing brings the battle to life like reading actual quotes from the men who fought at Shiloh. The quotes are placed in the proper event of the battle, meaning, they are in their appropriate historical context.
6. Biographical sketches - you will find biographical sketches of key people in "window boxes" throughout the site.
7. Reports ftom the Official Records - read the actual reports from the commanders in the field as recorded in the Official Records.
8. Order of Battles - detailing the men who fought at Shiloh, both North and South.
9. Maps - various maps created of the Battle of Shiloh and vicinity.
10. Contemporary battlefield pictures - see what the battlefield and vicinity looks like today. Compar contemporary photographs to those of 1862.
11. Bibliographies and suggested reading - learn more about the battle, the men who fought it and the comanders involved in the battle of Shiloh. Each "stop" on the tour includes a couple of resources or books to check out.
12. Timeline chronology of The Army of the Cumberland, leading up to Shiloh.
13. Message Boards - join the discussion by participatingin one of our message boards.
    

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