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Annotated Bibliography

Primary Sources
Albert Sidney Johnston. [Between 1860 and 1862] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress,
<​www.loc.gov/item/2018670318/​>

We used this source to get a picture of General Albert Sidney Johnston of the Confederate Army. This will help us
in our project by allowing us to show the viewers what the general looked like. We were also going to put a quote from him
underneath his photo to put a quote to a face.

Battle of Shiloh. The gunboats Tylor i.e. Tyler and Lexington supporting the national troops​. Photograph. Retrieved from
the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2003664892/>.

We used this source to show the advancements in technology from the 1700s to the 1800s. This will help our
project by showing the new technology that the Union used while attacking the Confederate soldiers at Shiloh. It will also
help show where the Union soldiers attacked from during the Battle of Shiloh.

Bradford, Nichol. “A Civil War Memoir.” Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN.

We used this source to get information about the Battle of Shiloh from someone who was there. Though it was
written in 1901, it was written by someone who was at the battle. This source provided us with plenty of information and
gave us some pictures to use on our website.

Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries, photographer. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in military uniform / M.B. Brady &
Co. National Photographic Portrait Galleries, No. 352 Pennsylvania Av., Washington, D.C. & New York.
Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2013648326/>.

We used this source to show the viewer what Ulysses S Grant looked like, we put this picture as the main photo
on “The Union” tab in our website. This primary source shows Grant in his military uniform and it shows you how generals
dressed going into battle during the Civil War.

Colton, J. H. Colton's map of the southern states, including Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, showing also part of
adjoining states & territories locating the forts & military stations of U. States & showing all the railroads, r. r.
stations, & other internal improvements. New York J. H. Colton, 1862. Map. Retrieved from the Library of
Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/99447073/>.

We used this source to use as an example in the confederate tab in our website, it shows most of the Confederate
states during the Civil War. This source we help the viewer better understand the difference in the number of confederate
states there are versus the amount of Union states there are.

Cosack & Co., Lithographer, Théophile François Henri Poilpot, and Mccormick Harvesting Machine Company. Battle of
Shiloh - April 6th/ Cosack & Co. Lith. Buffalo & Chicago. Dec. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of
Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2013645344/>.

We used this source to put in our website under “the battle” tab and it shows the battlefield in which the Battle of
Shiloh was fought. This picture is a good source because it's a primary source and because it shows the battlefield, and
clearly shows which side of the battlefield the Union and the Confederate were on.
Currier & Ives. The battle of Antietam, Md. Sept. 17th. [New York: Currier & Ives, or 1863?] Photograph. Retrieved from
the Library of Congress, <​www.loc.gov/item/90709032/​>

We used this source to get a picture for the timeline located in the “aftermath” page. This will help our project by
allowing to give a visual representation of the Battle of Antietam and how bloody the event might’ve turn out.

Currier & Ives. The battle of Gettysburg, Pa. July 3d. [New York: Published by Currier & Ives, ?] Photograph. Retrieved
from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90709061/>

We used this source to get a picture for our timeline. It gives a representation of the Battle of Gettysburg and just
how many soldiers were fighting.

Currier & Ives. ​The battle of Pittsburgh, Tenn. April 7th​. New York: Published by Currier & Ives. Photograph. Retrieved
from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90709391/>

We used this source as a representation in our website to show a perspective of how the battle of Shiloh also
known as the battle of Pittsburg Landing. This first-hand source made me feel the most excited to discover all the angles
in the battle.

Dedication of monument at Gettysburg cemetery. [Photographed 1863 nov. 19, printed between 1880 and 1889]
Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, ​<​www.loc.gov/item/2012647713/​>

We used this source to get a picture for the timeline located on the aftermath page. This source will contribute to
our project by allowing us to show the crowd that showed up when President Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg
Address.

Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co, et al. ​The Battle of Shiloh. Charge and taking of a New Orleans battery by the 14th Regt.
Wisconsin Volunteers Monday. April 7,/ sketched by A.E. Mathews, 31st Regt. O.V.; lith. by Ehrgott, Forgriger &
Co. Cin. O​. [Cincinnati, Ohio: Ehrgott, Forgriger & Co. Cin. O] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of
Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2003653260/>.

We used this source to show a different perspective on the battle. This will help our project by showing what the
battle was like and to show the conditions during the battle. This will also help because it helps portray to the viewer the
hardships that the soldiers faced.

Frémaux, Léon Joseph, and G. T Beauregard. ​Map of the battlefield of Shiloh, April 6 & 7.​ 1862. Map. Retrieved from the
Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/85690890/>.

We used this source as a map to help the reader better understand the terrain of which the battle of Shiloh was
fought. This primary source helped me understand most of the struggles the Union and Confederate forces faced during
the war.

Grant, Ulysses S. “PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF U. S. GRANT.” Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll,
Project Gutenberg, 4 June 2004, <www.gutenberg.org/files/4367/4367-h/4367-h.htm#ch24/>

We used this source to pull quotes from, and a map, but we also used it to gain knowledge of Ulysses S Grant’s
perspective on his entire life as well as the battle of Shiloh. This source will better help our project by allowing the viewer
to read the quotes we pulled from this source.
J.H. Bufford's Lith. The Battle of Shiloh, or Pittsburg Landing, April 6th & 7th,/ J.H. Bufford's lith., Boston. Boston:
Published by Oliver Ditson & Co. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress,
<www.loc.gov/item/92504845/>.

We used this to show another perspective of the battle and another set. This picture will help our project because
it will show how the battle went and shows how the forces were aligned.

King, Thomas. “Diary of Thomas King, 1862.” Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN.

We used this source to get a first-hand account from a Confederate soldier during the Battle of Shiloh. It also gave
us plenty of information on events before and after the civil war. This provided us with information from the Confederacy’s
side and we can use some pictures in our project.

Lee, Fitzhugh. Map of the Confederate States of Ameri-65. [Des Moines, Iowa, Kenyon Co, 1910] Map. Retrieved from
the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/99447182/>.

We used this source on our timeline to display the Confederate state and where they were when they formed.
This source also gave us information about the generals as they are displayed in the margins.

Marsh, William, photographer. Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, half-length portrait, looking left, May 20. ,
1860. [, Printed Later] Photograph. ​https://www.loc.gov/item/2009630662/

We used this source to get a picture for our timeline. This source helped us to be able to put an interactive
timeline on our website and to show the readers how Abraham Lincoln looked like as a young candidate.

Michler, N, Don Carlos Buell, and John E Weiss. ​Sketch of the battlefield of Shiloh: showing the disposition of the troops
under the command of Major General D.C. Buell, on the 6th and 7th of April.​ [S.l.: s.n, 1862] Map. Retrieved from
the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2007627473/>.

This map is a sketch of the fields and mountains of where the battle was located, it also shows where the Union
and Confederate forces were positioned. We used this source to give us background knowledge about the battle of
Shiloh.

Middleton, Strobridge & Co., Lithographer, and Alfred Edward Mathews. The siege of Vicksburg, the fight in the crater of
Fort Hill, after the explosion, June 25 63 / sketched by A.E. Mathews, 31st Reg. O.V.I. ; Middleton, Strobridge &
Co. Lith. Cin. O. [Cincinnati, Ohio: Middleton, Strobridge & Co. Lith] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of
Congress, <​www.loc.gov/item/2013645286/​>

We used this source to get a picture for our timeline. This will help our project by showing the viewers of our
website what the battlefield of Vicksburg looked like.

National Tribune. The first battle of Bull Run. Washington, Dec 26, 1895. [S.l, 1861] Map. Retrieved from the Library of
Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/99439122/>.

We used this source to put in our timeline to show the first battle of bull run, this source shows the entire
battlefield and also gives information about the battle.

O'Sullivan, Timothy H, photographer. McLean's House, Appomattox, Va. Scene of Lee's surrender. [Photographed ,
Printed Later] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <​www.loc.gov/item/2014646187/​>

We used this source to get a picture for our timeline. This source contributed to our project by allowing us to give
a picture of the place that the surrender took place.
Scene at Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee River, Sunday Afternoon, 6th April. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of
Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2005694843/>.

We used this source in our project to illustrate the difficulties and hardships that the Union and Confederate
soldiers had to go through. This will also help illustrate what was happening during the battle.

Singletary, Don, “Battle of Shiloh,”​ The Commercial Union City Tennessee, Tennessee State Library and Archives,
October 17, 2018.

We used this source to pull a qoute from it, the quote being “Here brother fought brother and friend fought friend.”
This is a very strong quote becasue it shows the relationship the Union and the Confederate soldiers had even though
they fought in the war.

Sneden, Robert Knox. Battle of Shiloh or Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee. [to 1865, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library
of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00313/>.

We used this source to show a hand-drawn version of a map which will help show someone’s point of view of the
battlefield. This will help our project by allowing us to show off an interesting map that we have found.

Sneden, Robert Knox. Map showing the position of Union Army at Pittsburg Landing before and after the battle 6th and
7th April. [to 1865, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00086/>.

We used this source to show where the Union was positioned before and after the battle was fought. This will help
our project by allowing us to show the viewers where the Union was positioned and the disadvantages of being there.

The Battle of Pittsburg Landing Shiloh, Tenn., April: The woods on fire...Sunday, Apr. 6; 44th Regt, Indian Volunteers
engaged. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <​www.loc.gov/item/2005694845/​>

We used this source to get a picture for our timeline. It helps to show yet another visual representation of the
Battle of Shiloh.

United States Military Academy. Department Of Military Art And Engineering, Vincent J Esposito, and Inc Frederick A.
Praeger. The West Point Atlas of the Civil War. [New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1962] Map. Retrieved from the
Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/map62000023/>.

We used this source to put in our website as a header photo on our website under the aftermath part of the
website. This picture fits perfectly in that section because it shows the route the Confederates used to get in and to
retreat, this would be the route that the union used to get to Corinth.

Waud, Alfred R., Artist. ​Pittsburg Landing.​ [ca. April] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress,
<www.loc.gov/item/2004660985/>.

We used this source to show someone’s point of view of Pittsburg landing where the union's reinforcements came
in after the battle. It also shows how peaceful the battlefield was without all the fighting.

Secondary Sources

“A Very Bloody Affair.” ​The Civil War.​ Burns, Ken. 1990. ​Totaro Elementary School. ​Web. August 27, 2018.
<https://tos.brun.k12.va.us/apps/video/watch.jsp?v=102576>
We used this source to explain the battle of Shiloh in very heavy detail as it is one of our most useful sources.
This will help our project by giving us almost every little detail that happened in the battle of Shiloh, it’ll also show the
hardships in which they faced defending different points on the battlefield.

Basler, Roy P. “Selected Quotations by Abraham Lincoln.” ​Abraham Lincoln's Advice to Lawyers,​ 2018,
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/quotes.htm.
  
We used this website to pull quotes from these quotes where put into our website. These quotes are from
Abraham Lincoln and the ones we pulled related to the Civil War and how Abraham Lincoln felt about slavery.

“Battle of Shiloh.” ​History.com​, A&E Television Networks, 9 Dec. 2009,


<​www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-shiloh​>

We used this source to find more information on our topic and help us understand our topic more. This source will
contribute to our topic by allowing us to write more on our topic and provide the viewer with more information on the topic.

“Battle of Shiloh Concludes.” ​History.com,​ A&E Television Networks, 13 Nov. 2009,


<​www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-shiloh​>.

This source provided us with information on our project, but more specifically the Aftermath. This will help
contribute to our project by providing information to the reader but also help portray the triumph of our project.

Flood, Charles Bracelen. ​Grant and Sherman: The Friendship That Won the Civil War​. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.

We used this source to gain information that we can use in our website under the “Union” tab. This source can
better help the reader better understand how the friendship of Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman helped the Union
win most of the battles.

Groom, Winston, and Winston Groom. “Prologue.” ​Shiloh 1862: the First Great and Terrible Battle of the Civil War​,
National Geographic, 2013, pp. 15–20.

We used this book to back our claim of “​The Battle of Shiloh became the most tragic battle of the Civil War up to
that point because of the high number of casualties on both the Confederate and Union sides​.” ​We also used this book to
get a few more maps.

Logsdon, David R. ​Eyewitnesses at the Battle of Shiloh.​ D.R. Logsdon, Kettle Mills Press, 1994

We used this book to collect quotes for our website, we will use these quotes in certain parts of our website to
help the viewer understand how certain people felt during the battle of Shiloh.

N.p. “Advantages and Disadvantages of the North and South during the Civil War.” ​Google Sites​, 1 Dec. 2009,
<sites.google.com/a/email.cpcc.edu/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-the-north-and-south-during-the-civil-war/>.

We used this source to get a picture for our website, it was put on the tab “The sides” for viewers to better
understand the expressions the Confederate and the Union used towards each other. This source is perfect for the
website because it shows clearly the Union and the Confederate which fits into the topic “the sides.”

Place, History. “The U.S. Civil War 1861-1865.” ​The History Place - World War II in Europe Timeline,​ 1996,
www.historyplace.com/civilwar/.

We used this source to gain ideas for what goes on our timeline, it also helped us expand our timeline to give
better topics that fit into our topic aswell as the Civil War.

Roland, Charles Pierce. ​Albert Sidney Johnston, Soldier of Three Republics​. University Press of Kentucky, 2001.
We used this source to get information on General Albert Sidney Johnston so we can include more about him on
our website. This will help us during our project because we have more information about him that we can share to others
to help them learn more about General Johnston.

Thompson, Ben. ​Guts and Glory: The American Civil War​. New York, NY; Blackstone Audio, Inc., 2014.

We used this source to get a quote from General Ulysses S. Grant and get some information on our topic. This
will be used in our website for information and to put in one of our sections about General Ulysses S. Grant or the union.

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