The Battle of Shiloh with Timothy B. Smith
New in April 2026
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1h 8m
Daz is joined by acclaimed author and historian Timothy B. Smith to explore one of the war’s most pivotal clashes — the Battle of Shiloh.
The Battle of Shiloh (April 6–7, 1862), fought in southwestern Tennessee, was a major early clash of the American Civil War and one of its bloodiest battles up to that point. Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederate Army of Mississippi, initially led by Albert Sidney Johnston, who was killed in battle and succeeded by P. G. T. Beauregard.
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