{"product_id":"seeing-the-elephant-raw-recruits-at-the-battle-of-shiloh-paperback-softback-9780252071263","title":"Seeing the Elephant; RAW RECRUITS at the BATTLE of SHILOH (Paperback \/ softback) 9780252071263","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSeeing the Elephant\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRAW RECRUITS at the BATTLE of SHILOH\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoseph Allan Frank (Author), George A. Reaves (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780252071263\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 25 February 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.367 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eOne of the bloodiest battles in the Civil War, the two-day engagement near Shiloh, Tennessee, in April 1862 left more than 23,000 casualties. Fighting alongside seasoned veterans were more than 160 newly recruited regiments and other soldiers who had yet to encounter serious action. In the phrase of the time, these men came to Shiloh to “see the elephant.”\u003cbr\u003e Drawing on the letters, diaries, and other reminiscences of these raw recruits on both sides of the conflict, \u003ci\u003e“Seeing the Elephant”\u003c\/i\u003e gives a vivid and valuable primary account of the terrible struggle.\u003cbr\u003e From the wide range of voices included in this volume emerges a nuanced picture of the psychology and motivations of the novice soldiers and the ways in which their attitudes toward the war were affected by their experiences at Shiloh.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523432509720,"sku":"9780252071263","price":18.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/seeing-the-elephant-raw-recruits-at-the-battle-of-shiloh-paperback-softback-9780252071263","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}