THE BATTLE OF SHILOH
One of the worst as it was one of the first of the sensational stories of the Battle of Shiloh put in historic form was the account by Horace Greeley in his American Conflict. The camp at Pittsburg Landing before the battle is likened to a Methodist eampmeeting, and the Union army on Sunday morning is represented as a " bewildered, half-dressed, .... helpless, coatless, musketless mob" upon which the enemy sprang "with the bayonet" This account has Prentiss's division'' routed before it had time to form a line of battle;'' and Sherman's division is "out of the fight by 8 o'clock"
J. S. C. Abbott in his storv of the Battle of Shiloh as given in his two-volume History of the Civil War, gathered his material from the same sensational sources and he used it in the same sensational wav as did Air. Greeley.
A more pretentious work, which appeared much later, was Seribners' History of the United States in five volumes. This work appeared after original so
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INDEX; Abbott, J S C, sensational account of Rattle of Sbilob by, 13; Adamsville (Tennessee), brigade of Wallace's division at, 91, 92, 99, 100; Anmien, Colonel Jacob, brigade commanded by, 76; reference to, 35, 119; Anderson, General Pattoii, brigade commanded by, 60; Appier, Colonel Jesse J, 58 j disappearance of, from field, 59; Artillery, use of, in battle, 70, 71, 73, 74; Babe road, 50; Baiter, Captain, order carried to Wallace by, 94, 95, 96; recollections by, 122, 123; Bear Creek, 29; Beauregard, General P G T, 14, 16, 27, 51, SS; concentration of army under, 36; attempt to place blamo on, 77; Belknap, Major William W, 6; Eel! (Scout), news brought by, 46; Belmont, Battle of, 23; Bloody Pond, G9; BoweD, General Tobn S, brigade commanded by, 62, 64, G5; Bowling Green (Kentucky), 22, 25; Bragg, General Braxton, statement by, 54; reference to, 60; command assumed by, 66; operations; of, after cap
One of the worst as it was one of the first of the sensational stories of the Battle of Shiloh put in historic form was the account by Horace Greeley in his American Conflict. The camp at Pittsburg Landing before the battle is likened to a Methodist eampmeeting, and the Union army on Sunday morning is represented as a " bewildered, half-dressed, .... helpless, coatless, musketless mob" upon which the enemy sprang "with the bayonet" This account has Prentiss's division'' routed before it had time to form a line of battle;'' and Sherman's division is "out of the fight by 8 o'clock"
J. S. C. Abbott in his storv of the Battle of Shiloh as given in his two-volume History of the Civil War, gathered his material from the same sensational sources and he used it in the same sensational wav as did Air. Greeley.
A more pretentious work, which appeared much later, was Seribners' History of the United States in five volumes. This work appeared after original so
Table of Contents
INDEX; Abbott, J S C, sensational account of Rattle of Sbilob by, 13; Adamsville (Tennessee), brigade of Wallace's division at, 91, 92, 99, 100; Anmien, Colonel Jacob, brigade commanded by, 76; reference to, 35, 119; Anderson, General Pattoii, brigade commanded by, 60; Appier, Colonel Jesse J, 58 j disappearance of, from field, 59; Artillery, use of, in battle, 70, 71, 73, 74; Babe road, 50; Baiter, Captain, order carried to Wallace by, 94, 95, 96; recollections by, 122, 123; Bear Creek, 29; Beauregard, General P G T, 14, 16, 27, 51, SS; concentration of army under, 36; attempt to place blamo on, 77; Belknap, Major William W, 6; Eel! (Scout), news brought by, 46; Belmont, Battle of, 23; Bloody Pond, G9; BoweD, General Tobn S, brigade commanded by, 62, 64, G5; Bowling Green (Kentucky), 22, 25; Bragg, General Braxton, statement by, 54; reference to, 60; command assumed by, 66; operations; of, after cap
