Title: Scapegoat of Shiloh : the distortion of Lew Wallace's record by U.S. Grant /
Authors: Getchell, Kevin, 1951-
Year: 2013
Subjects: Wallace, Lew,; Grant, Ulysses S.; Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862
Abstract: " A great controversy surrounds General Lew Wallace at the Battle of Shiloh. General U.S. Grant blamed Wallace for the huge numbers of casualties the Union suffered. Wallace was obsessed with these accusations his entire life and wrote Ben Hur as much to work through the injustice of being a scapegoat as for literary aspirations. "--
Contents: Before the fame came -- The hard foot of Uncle Sam in Hardin County, Tennessee -- Streaming situations that shaped the battle -- The problems with Napoleon -- Precursors and premonitions -- Forrest's movements -- While waiting for Grant -- "I smell the blood," said an Englishman -- Setting the stage for a scapegoating -- The need for a cover-up -- Critical decisions -- For want of a horse -- No arrangements for supply -- Cutting off the head of the supply and transportation corps -- A tangled web -- The cost -- Elephants -- The ongoing battle of Shiloh -- Appendices: A. The Derickson documents -- B. Pertinent complete reports from the official records of the war of the rebellion.