Dr. Timothy B. Smith

But the Civil War, you know, you get into the debate of the first modern war, all that kind of stuff. I happen to believe every war is the most modern war at that point. There is no first modern war. But, you know, the Industrial Revolution absolutely has a significant effect on the Civil War. And we see that vividly at Shiloh.

He doesn't get a lot of attention, and rightly so. He's not very good. He is America's military theorist. He takes the old Napoleonic Germany mindset and brings that to the fighting men of America. Wrote the book, for instance, you know, the elements of military art and science that a lot of American officers use. So

He doesn't get a lot of attention, and rightly so. He's not very good. He is America's military theorist. He takes the old Napoleonic Germany mindset and brings that to the fighting men of America. Wrote the book, for instance, you know, the elements of military art and science that a lot of American officers use. So

He doesn't get a lot of attention, and rightly so. He's not very good. He is America's military theorist. He takes the old Napoleonic Germany mindset and brings that to the fighting men of America. Wrote the book, for instance, you know, the elements of military art and science that a lot of American officers use. So

He is very set in his ways, very rigid in doing things the way Napoleon would have done it. And as a result, he doesn't turn out to be a very good general. Grant, you know, that relationship, you always talk about jealousy and all of that. I'm not so sure it's jealousy. Highlight biographer John Marslake basically says that the two spoke two different military languages.

He is very set in his ways, very rigid in doing things the way Napoleon would have done it. And as a result, he doesn't turn out to be a very good general. Grant, you know, that relationship, you always talk about jealousy and all of that. I'm not so sure it's jealousy. Highlight biographer John Marslake basically says that the two spoke two different military languages.

He is very set in his ways, very rigid in doing things the way Napoleon would have done it. And as a result, he doesn't turn out to be a very good general. Grant, you know, that relationship, you always talk about jealousy and all of that. I'm not so sure it's jealousy. Highlight biographer John Marslake basically says that the two spoke two different military languages.

Alec just didn't like Grant because he didn't do things by the book. He was kind of sloppy. He was not, you know, a rigid by the book kind of guy. Just tell you one interesting story real quick. When Alec shows up after shot, he gets all over Grant for fighting this battle and for not being prepared. You're not ready to fight another battle if we have to, all that kind of stuff.

Alec just didn't like Grant because he didn't do things by the book. He was kind of sloppy. He was not, you know, a rigid by the book kind of guy. Just tell you one interesting story real quick. When Alec shows up after shot, he gets all over Grant for fighting this battle and for not being prepared. You're not ready to fight another battle if we have to, all that kind of stuff.

Alec just didn't like Grant because he didn't do things by the book. He was kind of sloppy. He was not, you know, a rigid by the book kind of guy. Just tell you one interesting story real quick. When Alec shows up after shot, he gets all over Grant for fighting this battle and for not being prepared. You're not ready to fight another battle if we have to, all that kind of stuff.

And at one point he tells him, I'm getting letters from your officers and they are not folding their letters correctly. You have your officers fold your letters correctly by military style. And I'm sure Grant's thinking, how are we going to win this war if we don't fold our letters correctly? You know, so that illustrates the difference kind of between the mentalities of Halleck and Grant.

And at one point he tells him, I'm getting letters from your officers and they are not folding their letters correctly. You have your officers fold your letters correctly by military style. And I'm sure Grant's thinking, how are we going to win this war if we don't fold our letters correctly? You know, so that illustrates the difference kind of between the mentalities of Halleck and Grant.

And at one point he tells him, I'm getting letters from your officers and they are not folding their letters correctly. You have your officers fold your letters correctly by military style. And I'm sure Grant's thinking, how are we going to win this war if we don't fold our letters correctly? You know, so that illustrates the difference kind of between the mentalities of Halleck and Grant.

Well, as they say in real estate, location, location, location, of course. Yes, shallow is very much part of the Mississippi Valley campaign, starting up at Belmont, Fort Henry, Fort Donaldson, all the way through Vicksburg. Shallow, in fact, is the largest battle in the Mississippi Valley campaign. So it holds that importance. But what makes the ground at shallow itself important?

Well, as they say in real estate, location, location, location, of course. Yes, shallow is very much part of the Mississippi Valley campaign, starting up at Belmont, Fort Henry, Fort Donaldson, all the way through Vicksburg. Shallow, in fact, is the largest battle in the Mississippi Valley campaign. So it holds that importance. But what makes the ground at shallow itself important?

Well, as they say in real estate, location, location, location, of course. Yes, shallow is very much part of the Mississippi Valley campaign, starting up at Belmont, Fort Henry, Fort Donaldson, all the way through Vicksburg. Shallow, in fact, is the largest battle in the Mississippi Valley campaign. So it holds that importance. But what makes the ground at shallow itself important?

is basically the landing on the river itself. There's nothing really at Shallow that makes it important in terms of people saying, okay, we're going to fight a battle here. In fact, Shallow was never intended to be a battlefield. It was intended to be a staging area for further Union operations southward against Corinth, Mississippi, and those important railroads.

is basically the landing on the river itself. There's nothing really at Shallow that makes it important in terms of people saying, okay, we're going to fight a battle here. In fact, Shallow was never intended to be a battlefield. It was intended to be a staging area for further Union operations southward against Corinth, Mississippi, and those important railroads.

is basically the landing on the river itself. There's nothing really at Shallow that makes it important in terms of people saying, okay, we're going to fight a battle here. In fact, Shallow was never intended to be a battlefield. It was intended to be a staging area for further Union operations southward against Corinth, Mississippi, and those important railroads.

So the Union Army will camp there largely because in the spring of 1862, the Tennessee River has risen so much that most of the landings up and down the river are underwater. Pittsburgh Landing being the one or two, there are a couple others around, but the one good one that provides access not only to Corinth, but also good camping areas, good fields to drill the troops, all of that.