Hi everyone! First, a bit of news. Today’s giveaway marks the
conclusion of our Civil War Sesquicentennial March campaign.
We’ll continue to commemorate the anniversary throughout the
coming months, but our official 40-book sweepstakes will close
March 31st, 12 a.m. EST. So don’t forget to share it with your
friends (to get additional prizes) and then enter to win today’s
Free Book Friday by commenting on this post by Sunday, April 1,
at 12 :00 a.m. EST. Today’s freebie, A History & Guide to the
Monuments of Shiloh National Park, comes just in time for the
150th anniversary of Shiloh. The Battle of Shiloh took place on
April 6-7 in 1862 on the banks of the Tennessee River. General
Albert Sidney Johnston marched his army of 40,000 Confederates
from Corinth, Mississippi to attack General Ulysses S. Grant’s
army encamped at Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee. The battle ended
with General Johnston and several other generals dead or
mortally wounded and the Confederate army retreating back to
Mississippi. The two days