The Guns of Shiloh: A Story of the Great Western Campaign
1914
The Guns of Shiloh: A Story of the Great Western Campaign
1914
The Civil War's brutal reality crashes into a young soldier's world in this gripping historical adventure. Dick Mason enters the narrative at a breaking point: the Union defeat at Bull Run has shattered illusions of quick victory, and he finds himself swept up in a chaotic retreat that tests every notion of courage he ever held. Through the smoke and despair, he encounters Sergeant Whitley, whose steady optimism becomes an anchor as the army licks its wounds and prepares for the blood-soaked fields of Shiloh. Yet beneath the military drama lies a more intimate wound: Dick's cousin Harry Kenton fights for the South, and their inevitable confrontation looms like a shadow over every march and campfire. Altsheler renders the psychological toll of war with surprising depth, capturing not just battles won and lost, but the quieter devastation of boys becoming men in circumstances none of them chose. This is adventure fiction at its core, but one that understands the high cost of glory.
