Have You Ever Sneaked Into Shiloh National Military Park
I do feel that if you will ever sneak into the Shiloh national park then you will definitely enjoy some great historic facts. In fact way back on April 6th and 7th there was a civil war in US. The union army under the leadership of General Grant moved south with intention of war. It was on the bank of the river Tennessee when the General Grant decided to wait for the army under Buell to join him the next day.
However the general Albert Sydney understood the situation and hence he decided to attack the army of Grant before Buell could join him. With this intention at 6:00 a.m. in the morning of April 6th he decided to attack the Grants army before Buell could join him because he knew that if he will not do that then he would not be able to stop the Grant from fulfilling his intentions. This was really a surprise for General grant. Albert Sydney was backed up by 45000 soldiers where as the General Grant was backed up by only 25 thousand soldiers. In the beginning it looked as if Albert Sydney would be successful but unfortunately he was not able to give the finishing touch to the war. The soldiers under Grant fought bravely and never gave up. At the end of the day Albert Sydney could not force the Grants army to move to the swamp of owl creek and was dead. This was really a shock for the armies of Mississippi who was really shell shocked and can never recover from this huge loss.
The very next day General Grant invaded again with the fresh army since Buell joined him at night. He was easily able to defeat the army of Mississippi. Around 24000 soldiers were killed from both side and I must tell you that this was really a big loss for both the side. Hence you can really not say that who was the clear cut winner was. This was the costliest bloodshed in the American history up till that time.
When you will enter this park then you can still hear the cry of thousand of soldiers who lost their lives in this battle. You will also see the Shiloh Methodist church on behalf of which this battle was named. This was really a major bloodshed and the park explains all that happened. I do feel that when you will sneak though this park then you will definitely find all these things which happened in 1862.
I do feel that you should definitely visit this place for once since it has lots of historical importance and you will certainly enjoy the trip.