Preservation at the Battle of Shiloh

From the American Battlefield Trust 2023 April Calendae.

SHILOH, TENNESSEE

The Battle of Shiloh began on the morning of April 6, 1862, when Confederate soldiers poured out of the nearby woods and struck a line of Union soldiers encamped near Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River.

The resulting carnage was unprecedented, causing both sides to realize the magnitude of thye war.

The Trust has protected more than 1,300 acres of the battlefield, including land that witnessed the initial Confederate assaults against the Union camps.

--Old Secesh