For years I thought that the General in Ray's story was Grant, but later I realized that it is quite possibly William Tecumseh Sherman. It was Sherman who was with his company that night before the attack near the church, while Grant was in a house on the other side of the river, Sherman was known to be a talkative while Grant was a person of few words. That is the good thing about well-written works, which have more than one reading.

Prof. Hospodor is tremendous. Highly recommended.

Great speaker and excellent talk by someone who understands the totality of Shiloh and has walked it as well. I really enjoyed this.

Mr. Hospodor does a very good job explaining the battle of Shiloh. The important concept are the ability of the railroad and steam riverboat transport to concentrate large bodies of men in big armies sustained by a logistical network. The Confederates used the railroad to concentrate their armies at Corinth, Mississippi. The Union forces used a 144 steam riverboat transports to rapidly move their armies to Pittsburg landing. This concentration of armies along with the ability to KEEP armies supplied meant these concentrations could be kept. Napoleonic era battles had to have the armies spread apart rapidly because draft animals ate all the fodder/grass available in a given geographic area around a Napoleonic battlefield. Hence, the steam riverboat, the railroad, and the steam powered ocean going ship were in many ways the most dangerous weapons of the Civil War. The concentration of armies with the sustained ability to keep those armies fed, supplied with ammunition, reinforcements, and fodder for animals made the battle of Shiloh the first modern battle on the North American continent. The first modern battles in Europe were the battles Magenta and Solferino in the 1859 Franco-Austrian war in northern Italy with the railroads allowing concentration of armies with enormous casualties resulting the Red Cross being organized for these mass casualty wars. The American Civil War also resulted in as many soldiers in the rear area in service roles of logistics, signal communications, railway and steamboat operations, port operations and barge operators, teamsters, and rear area guards of key bridges tunnels etc from sabotage to keep the armies supplied. The large ratio of service troops in the Civil War with at least one soldier/officer in the rear for every solider at the front. In more modern wars, the rear area soldiers in service roles greatly outnumbered those serving at the frontlines. These service troops were vital in the age of industrial warfare to keep the armies supplied and concentrated at the warfront. The battle of Shiloh is a monumental battle made possible only from Industrial age steam power and transport. The telegraph became enormously important for both sides in the Civil War to coordinate railways and steam riverboats. As long as the steam riverboats and railways ran on time to supply the armies of both sides, the killing and maiming never stopped resulting in enormous casualties.

We had 3 brother ancestors in this Battle & 3 Other big battles. They were with the 4th AL. Inf. 1 hit & transported to Civil War Hospital where he Died. Issah Bedsole was 20 yrs old. 2 Brothers were with Lee at Appomattox VA as it ended. They made it to NC. Hospital learned Bro. Died 1 was hit in leg other made crutch they walked 6 months home to Chilton Al. Travis Bedsole was 21 family thought they were all 3 lost until they arrived. = Archives are amazing Thanks to Historians like you

This is one of the best most informative presentations I've seen ...... excellent

Great lecture ..once it started

That was great. thank you very much for sharing

I do hate we are losing so many monuments.

I enjoyed this. Thanks for posting!

Skip to 10 minutes- after that it is excellent!

you can skip to 9:34

The over all presentation is very good, so I give it a thumbs up.

"The South never smiled again after Shiloh." --GEORGE WASHINGTON CABLE

Johnny "Lincoln" Clem wasn't at Shiloh, the regiment he served with, the 22nd Michigan, wasn't mustered until after Shiloh.

Great presentation

Superb! As to the neg. comments about his moving around: any audience is easily distracted, so BE the distraction.

Great video! Wish he could of done a longer lecture...he seemed rushed for some reason.

Good teacher.

EVERY book about Shiloh treats the second day as an afterthought. This video does the same and gives 40 minutes to day one and 3 minutes to day 2.

Actually Mr. Grant's name was Hiram Ulysses, but when he enrolled at West Point they had him listed as Ulysses Simpson but rather than make a stink about it, he changed his name. Such are the vagaries of history. "Unconditional Surrender" Grant instead of "Hugs" Grant.

Promote what YOU LOVE instead of bashing what YOU HATE...

If the is another lecture on Shiloh watch that one

I was reminded that my blood type is Be Positive. I thoroughly enjoyed this. Listen for the message DON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER.

Maps keep rotating at random and no compass roses.

I can't resist reminding the pedant below that the drummer boy's name is "John Lincoln Clem," not "John Lawrence Clem."

Why isn't the map oriented N/S? The whole presentation seemed like a farce.

Its April 6-7, 1862. Not the 17th

Right, cause that makes a HUGE difference.....yawn.

"That Terrible Field" 21st Al. Redtop mess 19 now 49 i did the 125th

(Sigh!) NORTH goes at the TOP! DAMMIT! I went for the longest time thinking the Confederates attacked from the west.

good point!!! i can't stand rehashers or people that puke out the same shit their professor told them!!!!

tocumseh gamboa is vback

this guy couldn't make it as the stand in for richard dreyfuss...he wouldn't shave his beard!!!

Had the south won Shiloh, the outcome of the war would have been different, making Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio vulnerable to confederate advances, forcing federal troups off of the eastern front..Lee would have marched on dc within a year.

This guy either has to go to the bathroom or is late for a date. Good lecturers don,t pace rapidly back and forth.

It does actually make a HUGE differance. You either teach history right, or you contribute to the vast ignorance of the masses. I for one like my experts to be you know experts, and not some guy who appearantly does no research on the matter.