Shiloh national military park Tennessee is a place you should definitely visit if you want to know about the civil wars or American history buff. You can almost hear the battle cries of the soldiers who fought there. It is located in the southern part of the state, near savannah and it is 185 kilometers away and in the southwest direction of Nashville. This park commemorates one of the most major civil war and the first major blood bath. You will be shock to know that more than 23000 soldiers were killed in just two days of fighting.

The engagement took place when union troops under general Ulysses S. Grant pushed south in 1852 and were met by Confederate army based in nearby Corinth, Mississippi.  Grant was the winner but had the union reinforcement army would not have arrived at the end of the first day the result would have been completely different.

Shiloh national Military Park covers a large area of rolling, wooded hill and a convenient driving booth leads to important battle sites. You must try to get out and walk to the ground as much as you can. It is a very pretty area made more poignant for the bloodshed that took place there. You will definitely enjoy the sunken road where the most devastating bloodshed took place. Monument throughout the park and the different area shows the signs of the different regiments which fought at that location. There are also some preserved prehistoric Indian mounds and the Shiloh cemetery is really great.

Shiloh battlefield
The battle of Shiloh was the first major battle in the western theatre of the American Civil War. The two day battle took place on April 6 and April 7 1862. It included around 65000 soldiers under Grant and 44000 confederates under Albert Sydney who was killed in the battle. The battle resulted in about 24000 killed, missing or wounded. The battlefield is named after Shiloh Methodist church which is a small log church near Pittsburg landing, Tennessee.

The national military park was established on December 27th 1894. This was due to the request of local farmers who were tired of their pigs rooting up the remains of the soldier which fell during the battle and requested that the federal government should do something about it. This all happened for the railroad junction.

You will also find the Corinth battlefield, Shiloh cemetery, Shiloh Indian mound sites, all of them are really a treat to watch. I must say that you will definitely find these properties to be really great for one time visit. Either you talk about the farmers who requested for the park or you talk about Albert Sydney. You will definitely have to agree that it is all history now but we still love hearing about it.

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