Guns of Shiloh (eBook)

Joseph Altsheler (Autor)

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2018
755 Seiten
Seltzer Books (Verlag)
978-1-4553-6734-4 (ISBN)

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Historical novel from the Civil War series, sequel to The Guns of Bull Run. According to Wikipedia: 'Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862 - 1919), was an American author of popular juvenile historical fiction. Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.

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Historical novel from the Civil War series, sequel to The Guns of Bull Run. According to Wikipedia: "e;Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862 - 1919), was an American author of popular juvenile historical fiction. Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.

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Civil War novels by Joseph Atsheler

• The Guns of Bull Run
• The Guns of Shiloh
• The Scouts of Stonewall
• The Sword of Antietam
• The Star of Gettysburg
• The Rock of Chickamauga
• The Shades of the Wilderness
• The Tree of Appomattox

 

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FOREWORD

 

VOLUMES IN THE CIVIL WAR SERIES

 

PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS IN THE CIVIL WAR SERIES

 

HISTORICAL CHARACTERS

 

IMPORTANT BATTLES DESCRIBED IN THE CIVIL WAR SERIES

 

I.    IN FLIGHT

 

II.    THE MOUNTAIN LIGHTS

 

III.    THE TELEGRAPH STATION

 

IV.    THE FIGHT IN THE PASS

 

V.    THE SINGER OF THE HILLS

 

VI.    MILL SPRING

 

VII.    THE MESSENGER

 

VIII.    A MEETING AT NIGHT

 

IX.    TAKING A FORT

 

X.    BEFORE DONELSON

 

XI.    THE SOUTHERN ATTACK

 

XII.    GRANT'S GREAT VICTORY

 

XIII.    IN THE FOREST

 

XIV.    THE DARK EVE OF SHILOH

 

XV.    THE RED DAWN OF SHILOH

 

XVI.    THE FIERCE FINISH OF SHILOH

 

FOREWORD

 

 

"The Guns of Shiloh," a complete story in itself, is the complement of "The Guns of Bull Run."  In "The Guns of Bull Run" the Civil War and its beginnings are seen through the eyes of Harry Kenton, who is on the Southern side.  In "The Guns of Shiloh" the mighty struggle takes its

color from the view of Dick Mason, who fights for the North and who is with Grant in his first great campaign.

 

 

VOLUMES IN THE CIVIL WAR SERIES

 

  THE GUNS OF BULL RUN.

  THE GUNS OF SHILOH.

  THE SCOUTS OF STONEWALL.

  THE SWORD OF ANTIETAM.

  THE STAR OF GETTYSBURG.

  THE ROCK OF CHICKAMAUGA.

  THE SHADES OF THE WILDERNESS.

  THE TREE OF APPOMATTOX.

 

 

 PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS IN THE CIVIL WAR SERIES

 

  HARRY KENTON, A Lad Who Fights on the Southern Side.

  DICK MASON, Cousin of Harry Kenton, Who Fights on the Northern Side.

  COLONEL GEORGE KENTON, Father of Harry Kenton.

  MRS. MASON, Mother of Dick Mason.

  JULIANA, Mrs. Mason's Devoted Colored Servant.

  COLONEL ARTHUR WINCHESTER, Dick Mason's Regimental Commander.

  COLONEL LEONIDAS TALBOT, Commander of the Invincibles,

   a Southern Regiment.

  LIEUTENANT COLONEL HECTOR ST. HILAIRE, Second in Command of the

   Invincibles.

  ALAN HERTFORD, A Northern Cavalry Leader.

  PHILIP SHERBURNE, A Southern Cavalry Leader.

  WILLIAM J. SHEPARD, A Northern Spy.

  DANIEL WHITLEY, A Northern Sergeant and Veteran of the Plains.

  GEORGE WARNER, A Vermont Youth Who Loves Mathematics.

  FRANK PENNINGTON, A Nebraska Youth, Friend of Dick Mason.

  ARTHUR ST. CLAIR, A Native of Charleston, Friend of Harry Kenton.

  TOM LANGDON, Friend of Harry Kenton.

  GEORGE DALTON, Friend of Harry Kenton.

  BILL SKELLY, Mountaineer and Guerrilla.

  TOM SLADE, A Guerrilla Chief.

  SAM JARVIS, The Singing Mountaineer.

  IKE SIMMONS, Jarvis' Nephew.

  AUNT "SUSE," A Centenarian and Prophetess.

  BILL PETTY, A Mountaineer and Guide.

  JULIEN DE LANGEAIS, A Musician and Soldier from Louisiana.

  JOHN CARRINGTON, Famous Northern Artillery Officer.

  DR. RUSSELL, Principal of the Pendleton School.

  ARTHUR TRAVERS, A Lawyer.

  JAMES BERTRAND, A Messenger from the South.

  JOHN NEWCOMB, A Pennsylvania Colonel.

  JOHN MARKHAM, A Northern Officer.

  JOHN WATSON, A Northern Contractor.

  WILLIAM CURTIS, A Southern Merchant and Blockade Runner.

  MRS. CURTIS, Wife of William Curtis.

  HENRIETTA GARDEN, A Seamstress in Richmond.

  DICK JONES, A North Carolina Mountaineer.

  VICTOR WOODVILLE, A Young Mississippi Officer.

  JOHN WOODVILLE, Father of Victor Woodville.

  CHARLES WOODVILLE, Uncle of Victor Woodville.

  COLONEL BEDFORD, A Northern Officer.

  CHARLES GORDON, A Southern Staff Officer.

  JOHN LANHAM, An Editor.

  JUDGE KENDRICK, A Lawyer.

  MR. CULVER, A State Senator.

  MR. BRACKEN, A Tobacco Grower.

  ARTHUR WHITRIDGE, A State Senator.

 

 

 HISTORICAL CHARACTERS

 

  ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States.

  JEFFERSON DAVIS, President of the Southern Confederacy.

  JUDAH P. BENJAMIN, Member of the Confederate Cabinet.

  U. S. GRANT, Northern Commander.

  ROBERT B. LEE, Southern Commander.

  STONEWALL JACKSON, Southern General.

  PHILIP H. SHERIDAN, Northern General.

  GEORGE H. THOMAS, "The Rock of Chickamauga."

  ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON, Southern General.

  A. P. HILL, Southern General.

  W. S. HANCOCK, Northern General.

  GEORGE B. McCLELLAN, Northern General.

  AMBROSE B. BURNSIDE, Northern General.

  TURNER ASHBY, Southern Cavalry Leader.

  J. E. B. STUART, Southern Cavalry Leader.

  JOSEPH HOOKER, Northern General.

  RICHARD S. EWELL, Southern General.

  JUBAL EARLY, Southern General.

  WILLIAM S. ROSECRANS, Northern General.

  SIMON BOLIVAR BUCKNER, Southern General.

  LEONIDAS POLK, Southern General and Bishop.

  BRAXTON BRAGG, Southern General.

  NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST, Southern Cavalry Leader.

  JOHN MORGAN, Southern Cavalry Leader.

  GEORGE J. MEADE, Northern General.

  DON CARLOS BUELL, Northern General.

  W. T. SHERMAN, Northern General.

  JAMES LONGSTREET, Southern General.

  P. G. T. BEAUREGARD, Southern General.

  WILLIAM L. YANCEY, Alabama Orator.

  JAMES A. GARFIELD, Northern General, afterwards President of

   the United States.

 

  And many others

 

 

 IMPORTANT BATTLES DESCRIBED IN THE CIVIL WAR SERIES

 

  BULL RUN

  KERNSTOWN

  CROSS KEYS

  WINCHESTER

  PORT REPUBLIC

  THE SEVEN DAYS

  MILL SPRING

  FORT DONELSON

  SHILOH

  PERRYVILLE

  STONE RIVER

  THE SECOND MANASSAS

  ANTIETAM

  FREDERICKSBURG

  CHANCELLORSVILLE

  GETTYSBURG

  CHAMPION HILL

  VICKSBURG

  CHICKAMAUGA

  MISSIONARY RIDGE

  THE WILDERNESS

  SPOTTSYLVANIA

  COLD HARBOR

  FISHER'S HILL

  CEDAR CREEK

  APPOMATTOX

 

CHAPTER I  IN FLIGHT

 

 

Dick Mason, caught in the press of a beaten army, fell back slowly with his comrades toward a ford of Bull Run.  The first great battle of the Civil War had been fought and lost.  Lost, after it had been won! Young as he was Dick knew that fortune had been with the North until the very closing hour.  He did not yet know how it had been done.  He did not know how the Northern charges had broken in vain on the ranks of Stonewall Jackson's men.  He did not know how the fresh Southern troops from the Valley of Virginia had hurled...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.3.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Anthologien
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• ISBN-10: 1-4553-6734-6 / 1455367346
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4553-6734-4 / 9781455367344