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Albert Dillahunty
Best known for a concise National Park Service history of Shiloh, this mid-20th-century writer helped make one of the Civil War’s most consequential battles easier for general readers to understand. His work blends battlefield narrative with the broader story of how Shiloh changed the course of the war.
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Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee
by Albert Dillahunty
About the author
Albert Dillahunty is credited as the author of Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee, a National Park Service handbook first issued in the 1950s and later reprinted. The book was written for a broad audience, offering a clear account of the Battle of Shiloh and the historic landscape preserved by the park.
Available library and public-domain catalog records point to that Shiloh handbook as the main work that can be confidently connected to his name. Those sources present him less as a literary celebrity than as a practical historical interpreter: someone writing to explain an important American battlefield in a direct, accessible way.
Little biographical information about Dillahunty himself was easy to confirm from reliable public sources, so it is safest to let the book speak for him. For listeners interested in Civil War history, his enduring appeal lies in how simply and steadily he guides readers through the events, people, and consequences of Shiloh.