Shiloh: The War is Civil No More
Civil War Documentaries
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35m
Battle at Shiloh: The Devil’s Own Two Days is a narrative documentary that presents six characters, based on real-life accounts, each filmed as documentary-style interviews.
These stories reveal the dramatic and haunting effects of Shiloh, which resulted in almost 24,000 maimed, missing or dead; more casualties than in all previous American wars combined. The Battle of Shiloh marked a turning point in our nation’s history, opening our nation’s eyes, in North and in South, to the true, bloody cost of Civil War.
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