"Battle of Shiloh" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... success in a defensive struggle are apt to warp with the observer's position, as indeed General Grant has remarked in answer to criticisms on his army's state at the end of the first day of the battle of Shiloh or 'Pittsburg Landing. The man placed in the front rank or fighting line sees attack after attack beaten off. He sees only part of his own losses, am most of the wounded disappear, and he also knows ...
— The Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte • Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton |
