Shiloh: Bloody April [Paperback]

Wiley Sword (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 539 pages
• Publisher: Morningside Bookshop (August 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0890297703
• ISBN-13: 978-0890297704
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,995,909 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best books on the battle, June 12, 2004

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lordhoot "lordhoot" (Anchorage, Alaska USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shiloh: Bloody April (Paperback)

Although published "way back" in 1974, Wiley Sword's Shiloh: Bloody April still proves to be one of the best books on the subject. The book proves to be well written and narrative of the battle provides interesting insights and perceptions. The book remains relatively unbias in nature. The author writes critically about leaders of both armies while understanding that sometimes, mistakes happens! The author provides good background material to the battle before and after.

I am not sure what the previous reviewer wrote when complaining about lacks of maps. I thought 18 maps provided in the book was more then enough.

This book belong in Civil War library of anyone who have such an interest.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Classic, January 9, 2006

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Richard M. Affleck (Lake Hopatcong, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shiloh: bloody April (Hardcover)

Wiley Sword's "Shiloh: Bloody April" has been in my library for 30 years now. Every so often I take it down and read through it again, partly to refresh my knowledge of the battle and partly to remind myself what good historical narrative is. Like all good modern historians, Sword weaves together a third-person account of this critical battle with excerpts from diaries and letters written by the participants. While more recent accounts of the Battle of Shiloh have delved even deeper into the primary documents, Sword's book remains a classic both for the extensive research that went into it and for its clear and concise prose.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good account of the battle, May 1, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Shiloh: Bloody April (Hardcover)

Sword has written a well-researched and detailed history of the battle. There's a good balance between coverage of military movements and personal stories. My only complaint is the same that I have for every other book of this type - not enough maps to give the reader a totally clear picture of events. Nevertheless, I'd recommend this book to anyone interested in the battle of Shiloh.