John K. Shellenberger

Born on February 25, 1843, John K. Shellenberger was an American Civil War officer who served in the Union Army. He lived a long life after the war and died on March 30, 1926.

Shellenberger is remembered today chiefly for his writing on the Tennessee campaigns of 1864. His works on the battles of Spring Hill and Franklin drew on his own service experience and were written with a strong interest in correcting what he believed were mistaken claims about those events.

That combination of soldier and witness gives his books their lasting appeal. For listeners interested in Civil War history, his writing offers not just military narrative, but the voice of someone who had been close to the action and cared deeply about how it would be remembered.