Joesph W. Rich, The Battle of Shiloh, 1st ed.

$75.00

Bloody Shiloh by a Patriotic Iowan!

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The Battle of Shiloh by Joseph Rich is an important early history that helped establish the popular understanding of the battle for a century.

Writing for Iowans, Rich was intensely interested in promoting the role that Iowa troops played in the battle. He thus provides outsized focus on the defense of the Union center on the first day of the battle – The Hornets Nest. A

concise and reliable study, albeit with a distinct point of view. Ex library form the Iowa Commander of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. MOLLUS sticker on front end page but no spine markings. Light rubbing; light mottling; else very good.

Rich, Joseph W. The Battle of Shiloh. Iowa City: State Historical Society of Iowa, 1911. 1st edition, 134p., frontispiece, maps, top edge gilt.

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