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The book was hard for me to follow because I did not know every officer that was involved in the Civil War. The writer seemed to take the contents from official war records, without explaining whom they were representing in the actions.Product details
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From Fort Henry to Corinth eBook M F Manning Ferguson Force Reviews
This book is for those interested specifically in the early part of the Civil War, when Union forces were just beginning their push into Confederate territory.
It follows the movemtents of the Army of the Tennesse and Army of the Ohio, providing specific details of what went on in various divisions.
The battles are logically, in chronological order, and the index (more than a dozen pages!) provides easy access to details.
As told by one who served under him.
Manning Force was an officer in the Union Army that moved south into Tennessee at the beginning of the Civil War. This army was involved in the fighting at Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, the carnage at Shiloh, and finally entered Northern Mississippi at Corinth - which began the initial phase of the march on Vicksburg.
Force later went on to serve under Sherman at Atlanta, and during Hood's desperate counterattacks was gravely wounded. However he survived and later became a prominent judge and politician in his native Ohio.
Along with a number of other former Union Civil War officers, Force helped write the multi-volume "Campaigns of the Civil War" series in the early and mid-1880s. The series became extremely popular with that generation which was beginning to forget about the Civil War.
Even after over 20 years, General Force was able to provide his reads with a sense of the scope of Grant's plans in the spring of 1862. He also sheds light on the operations and generalship of John Pope, who was then a rising star in the Union Army by his successes at New Madrid, Island Number 10, and Corinth - only to fail fast when he went east to confront Bobby Lee later that year. Here Force shows that Pope was NOT the braggart or ne'er do well later Civil War histories made him out to be, as his campaigns along the Mississippi were just as successful as Grant's were, though he faced considerably less resistance.
Force honorably sheds light too, on Grant's opposite - the well-respected and reluctant Confederate Major General Albert Sidney Johnston, quoting much from the late General's son's biography. Forced south after the fall of Fort Donelson, Johnston turned around and surprised Grant at Shiloh Church (Pittsburg Landing) only to be mortally wounded in a description by Force that is pretty terse rather than the dramatic tales of how he could have lived had a tourniquet been applied. With Johnston's death, and the arrival of Union reinforcements, the Confederate surge collapsed - and the Union armies was able to clear western Tennessee and North Mississippi of their foe. With his military experience, General Force was able to illuminate much of the action and tactics involved during this major battle as well as the other campaigns mentioned in this work.
This reprint has the original tiny lettering and ink maps of the period, so it may be a bit difficult to read, as all of the books in this series are. Still, it is a major account of the Shiloh Campaign, and a wonderful addition by a former serving officer in the Civil War enthusiast's bookshelf.
My Great-grand-father Samuel Carson Smith was with the 12th Iowa Volunteer Infantry from 1861 until 1866. From Fort Henry to Corinth gives me a more detailed account of the 12th Iowa's participation in the battles and campaigns they were involved in. I've only completed 25% of From Fort Henry to Corinth, and I'm very excited about the up-dated information I've read. The 12th Iowa held the center of the line at the Hornet's Nest at the battle of Shiloh and I'm looking forward to From Fort Henry to Corinth's accounting of a very controversial history of this battle. My grandfather was also wounded at the battle of Corinth and I'm hoping to find if there is any accounting of his participation in that campaign in From Fort Henry to Corinth. I'm extremely excited about the new information I've read in this book! From Fort Henry to Corinth has already enlightened my knowledge of my grandfathers participation in these campaigns. From Fort Henry to Corinth is the best history of this period that I've found so far!
My great-grandfather also fought in the Blackhawk Uprising in Minnesota 1856-1859 (?). He was under the Command of Albert Sidney Johnson who was killed at the Battle of Shiloh, so my great-grandfather fought with Albert Johnson in the Minnesota campaign and also against him at Shiloh. These comments may not be totally accurate, but this is the story passed down to me by family.
The book was hard for me to follow because I did not know every officer that was involved in the Civil War. The writer seemed to take the contents from official war records, without explaining whom they were representing in the actions.
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