Though the battle was crucial to the outcome of the American Civil War, the full story of Shiloh has never until now been told. Commonly considered a draw, Shiloh represented in fact a major reversal for the Confederacy - A Confederacy that mounted at the outset one of the most incredible surprise attacks in American history and came within a hair's breadth of inflicting a major disaster upon the North. Yet circumstances common to war - confusions, misjudgments, human frailties - resulted in eventual defeat. -- From the book jacket

"Foreword by Brg. Gen. S.L.A. Marshall" -- Cover. ISBN from book jacket, not recognized at ISBN.org.

The river has risen --To wage an offensive -- A campsite in the wilderness -- Gathering of the host -- Storm signals in the west -- A most difficult task -- A rendezvous with destiny -- The unsuspecting Sherman -- Some queer generals -- The sun of Austerlitz -- Sherman will be shot! -- Seeing the elephant -- Roots of despair -- A swarm of hornets -- Into the mouth of hell -- Surrender in the thickets -- At a heavy cost in life -- Brink of disaster -- Night of horrors -- A day of reckoning -- A profitless combat -- War is horrible -- Appendix A. The death of Albert Sidney Johnston -- Appendix B. Order of battle -- Appendix C. Numbers and losses. The river has risen -- To wage an offensive -- A campsite in the wilderness -- Gathering of the host -- Storm signals in the West -- A most difficult task -- A rendezvous with destiny -- The unsuspecting Sherman -- Some queer generals -- The sun of Austerlitz -- Sherman will be shot! -- Seeing the elephant -- Roots of despair -- A swarm of hornets -- Into the mouth of hell -- Surrender in the thickets -- At a heavy cost in life -- Brink of disaster -- Night of horrors -- A day or reckoning -- A profitless combat -- Wear is horrible -- Appendices. The death of Albert Sidney Johnston -- Order of battle -- Numbers and losses.