Description

Shiloh: The Devil’s Own Day                 One-shot Comic
One of the bloodiest conflicts ever fought during the American Civil War.
Writers: Wayne Vansant & Ethan Krash
Artist: Wayne Vansant
Editor: Ethan Krash
Wraparound Cover by: Wayne Vansant

On April 6 and 7, 1862, more than 100,000 Union and Confederate soldiers clashed near a small, log-cabin church in west Tennessee named after the Hebrew word for “peace” – Shiloh. The Battle of Shiloh, one of the bloodiest conflicts ever fought on American soil, rewrote the notion of war as “glorious.” Nearly 24,000 soldiers were killed, missing or wounded. Shiloh: The Devil’s Own Day movingly explores the human cost of these two days through the tragic stories of the men and women involved in this conflict. This one-shot comic graphically recounts this pivotal chapter in American history.

Story/Spoilers
The Battle of Shiloh was an early battle during the American Civil War, fought April 6-7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee. The Union Army of the Tennessee (Major General Ulysses S. Grant) had moved via the Tennessee River deep into Tennessee and was encamped principally at Pittsburg Landing on the west bank of the Tennessee River, where the Confederate Army of Mississippi (General Albert Sidney Johnston, P. G. T. Beauregard second-in-command) launched a surprise attack on Grant’s army from its base in Corinth, Mississippi. Johnston was mortally wounded during the fighting; Beauregard took command of the army and decided against pressing the attack late in the evening. Overnight, Grant was reinforced by one of his divisions stationed farther north and was joined by three divisions from the Army of the Ohio (Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell). The Union forces began an unexpected counterattack the next morning which reversed the Confederate gains of the previous day.

On April 6, the first day of the battle, the Confederates struck with the intention of driving the Union defenders away from the river and into the swamps of Owl Creek to the west. Johnston hoped to defeat Grant’s army before the anticipated arrival of Buell and the Army of the Ohio. The Confederate battle lines became confused during the fighting, and Grant’s men instead fell back to the northeast, in the direction of Pittsburg Landing. A Union position on a slightly sunken road, nicknamed the “Hornet’s Nest” and defended by the divisions of Brig. Gens. Benjamin Prentiss and William H. L. Wallace, provided time for the remainder of the Union line to stabilize under the protection of numerous artillery batteries. Wallace was mortally wounded when the position collapsed, while several regiments from the two divisions were eventually surrounded and surrendered. Johnston was shot in the leg and bled to death while leading an attack. Beauregard acknowledged how tired the army was from the day’s exertions, and decided against assaulting the final Union position that night.

Fresh troops from Buell’s army and a division of Grant’s army arrived in the evening of April 6 and helped turn the tide the next morning, when the Union commanders launched a counterattack along the entire line. Confederate forces were forced to retreat, ending their hopes of blocking the Union advance into northern Mississippi. Though victorious, the Union army had suffered heavier casualties than the Confederates, and Grant was heavily criticized in the media for being taken by surprise.

The Battle of Shiloh was the bloodiest engagement of the Civil War up to that point, with nearly twice as many casualties as the previous major battles of the war combined.

Also features a map that includes part or all of the nine states surrounding Shiloh as of April 1862.

One-shot Comic is bagged & triple boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

First Printing
Publisher: The Heritage Collection / S.A.F.E. Systems of America, Inc.
Publication Date: 1995
Format: FC, 32 pages, Comic, 10.25″ x 6.5″
UPC: None Stated

Collectible Entertainment note: One-shot Comic is in Fine condition.  Nice!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Civil War collector and/or enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Highly Recommended.

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