| Our primary reason for staying at a resort near | | | | the CSA bombarded the area with 62 cannon. |
| Hornsby, Tennessee is because it is close to the | | | | The US was saved by darkness from being |
| battlefield at Shiloh. Today we paid homage to the | | | | crushed. At that time Buell's Army arrived and |
| dead who are buried there and to find out what | | | | took up positions with Grant's forces. On Monday |
| happened. From April 6-7, 1862 the woods of | | | | the battle continued, this time the edge belonging |
| South Tennessee witnessed the greatest blood | | | | to the US. The CSA fell back in retreat to Corinth. |
| bath in American History to that date, over | | | | Some notable participants in the battle were |
| 24,000 casualties. The reason for this was a small | | | | William T Sherman, PGT Beauregard, who took |
| town twenty miles south called Corinth, Mississippi. | | | | over command of the CSA forces, James |
| This was the crossroads of two major railroads | | | | Garfield, who found his bullet while President, Lew |
| and was a major target for the Union forces. | | | | Wallace, the author of Ben Hur, Ambrose Bierce, |
| Grant, commander of the Army of Tennessee, | | | | the author of The Devil's Dictionary, and Lt. |
| was given orders by Gen. Halleck not to engage | | | | Stanley, who one day went on to say, "Doctor |
| the enemy until reinforcements under Gen. Buell, | | | | Livingston, I presume." |
| commander of the Army of Ohio. | | | | The battlefield is marked with many kiosks, |
| His men were encamped near a small church | | | | showing the movement and placement of the |
| called Shiloh near the Pittsburg Landing along the | | | | different troops. These are very accurate, |
| Tennessee River. Little did he know that The | | | | because they were pointed out by survivors, who |
| CSA, under the command of Albert S. Johnston, | | | | returned to the field some twenty years later to |
| who dies in the battle, was headed his way and | | | | dedicate the area as a military park. |
| encamped about 100 yards from each other. | | | | On the battlefield too are the remains of Indian |
| Early Sunday Morning shots broke out from a | | | | Mounds, dating from 1200 AD. There are six large |
| Union Patrol at some Rebels. Then all hell broke | | | | primary mounds, which are visible today, plus |
| loose. The Union was able to hold off the CSA at | | | | numerous other smaller mounds. These mounds |
| a sunken road and the Oak woods behind it that | | | | are unique because the remains of some of the |
| became known as "The Hornets Nest" because of | | | | houses are still visible today. The best time to see |
| the fierce fighting that took place. The position | | | | them is in the summer and not the fall when the |
| was finally taken after six hours of battle when | | | | ground is covered with fallen leaves. |
