Ulysses S. Grant once remarked that the Battle of Shiloh “has been perhapsless understood, or, to state the case more accurately, more persistentlymisunderstood, than any other engagement . . . during the entire rebellion.”In Rethinking Shiloh, Timothy B. Smith seeks to rectify these persistentmyths and misunderstandings, arguing that some of Shiloh’s story is eithernot fully examined or has been the result of a limited and narrow collectivememory established decades ago. Continuing the work he began in TheUntold Story of Shiloh, Smith delves even further into the story of Shilohand examines in detail how the battle has been treated in historiography andpublic opinion.     The nine essays in this collection uncover new details about thebattle, correct some of the myths surrounding it, and reveal new avenues ofexploration.
