This appendix offers readers a photo gallery of many significant and interesting portions of the battlefield at Shiloh. We included this gallery for several reasons.
First, we believe it helps readers better understand the terrain of the battlefield and thus more fully appreciate the ebb and flow of the tactical action described in the main text. This is accomplished by numbering each photograph and keying each image to the map that appears on the following page (426). Simply find the number of the photograph on the map to determine where on the field the image was captured. The map also depicts the direction of the camera when the photograph was taken.
Second, this photo gallery can be used as a quick and useful guide for walking or driving the Shiloh battlefield.
Lastly, many people who study and enjoy Civil War history do not visit—for a wide variety of reasons—the battlefields they read about. Hopefully, these modern photographs will serve as a helpful (though admittedly poor) substitute for a tour in the flesh.