Shiloh & Corinth

[Bradley]

I reckon Shiloh is where I first really fell in love with the Civil War. I came up with the Boy Scouts at ten or twelve years old and my mom brought me back up for a reenactment a couple of years after that. Bloody Pond, the mass graves, and, yes, Johnston's tree all impressed me very much. Reenactors that had the time of day to sit for a picture and answer my questions about their muskets, camp life, and all of that were celebrities, to me. Other kids had baseball cards, I had photographs I had taken of reenactors. I still have pictures of some of them, but I'll just share the one picture I have of myself.

Anyway, fast forward about 25 years...

Me and my little boy at Ruggles' Battery

6-lb at Schwartz's Battery

Bloody Pond. It is smaller than I remember it.

Dresser's (IL) and Cobb's (KY) batteries, back-to-back.

Carolina Wren sitting on a 12-lb belonging to Harper's (MS) Bty.

McClung's (TN) Bty. If you look closely, there's a whitetail between the howitzer and the marker. I saw a nice buck and about six doe in the woods around the Peach Orchard.

Waterhouse's (IL) Bty and the Bloody Sixth monument.

Shiloh Church (reproduction)

The Visitor's Center is closed, unfortunately. All the roads were open, which I don't take for granted as a student of the Vicksburg campaign. The book store and restrooms are open.


We are headed to Corinth, today.

I'm going to visit Mr. Larry DeBerry's Shiloh Museum tomorrow, and I will probably also make time for another quick drive through of Shiloh before we head back home.

 

[UCVRelics]

Glad to see you out there with your son. Enjoy your time with him.

 

[bankerpapaw]

Great pictures!! Thanks!!!

 

[gjpratt]

Brings back my own distant memories. This was the first battlefield I visited as a kid and my memories are very close to your photos, too. Thank you for posting.

 

[UCVRelics]

I'm going to visit Mr. Larry DeBerry's

Be your to give him my best and be sure you have time for "One more story"

 

[JOHN42768]

Thanks for posting

 

[Bradley]

Today, we roamed around Corinth. We visited the interpretive center, did some shopping downtown, and I had a slug burger at Borroum's Drugstore because folks here at CWT recommended it.

The highlight for me was the battleflags on display: the Sixth Missouri, Eleventh Mississippi, and Corinth Rifles.

I have been working as a research assistant for my advisor on the Second Texas, and so seeing Battery Robinette, where so many of the men I have been studying died, was interesting.

My little boy really liked the debris leading up to the center.

My only disappointment was that NPS has devoted so much wall space entirely to text. Where visitors could have artifacts contextualized, instead we have giant walls of text and some pictures we've all seen before. As cool as the debris is leading into the building, it was just an incredibly awkward transition for my kid who went from stooping down to identify soldiers' gear to cutting through two rooms of text.

Here's the slug burger.

 

[DixieRifles]

Enjoyed your post. Hope your son catches the fever for CW history.

 

[lupaglupa]

I agree with @DixieRifles - I hope your adorable son gets the bug too!

 

[archieclement]

I too prefer artifacts over text, all three boards cover what used to be taught in school when I was a kid. Guess a sign of the current times.

What wasn't presented in school was rare and period artifacts collections.

 

[Ole Miss]

Amazing how sights/things we see as little 'uns get smaller as we age! Glad you are at the Park!
Regards
David

 

[Gibbon]

Great pictures thanks for sharing.

 

[16thAL]

Today, we roamed around Corinth. We visited the interpretive center, did some shopping downtown, and I had a slug burger at Borroum's Drugstore because folks here at CWT recommended it.

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The highlight for me was the battleflags on display: the Sixth Missouri, Eleventh Mississippi, and Corinth Rifles.

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I have been working as a research assistant for my advisor on the Second Texas, and so seeing Battery Robinette, where so many of the men I have been studying died, was interesting.

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My little boy really liked the debris leading up to the center.

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My only disappointment was that NPS has devoted so much wall space entirely to text. Where visitors could have artifacts contextualized, instead we have giant walls of text and some pictures we've all seen before. As cool as the debris is leading into the building, it was just an incredibly awkward transition for my kid who went from stooping down to identify soldiers' gear to cutting through two rooms of text.

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Here's the slug burger.

Don't forget to go to the depot and see WHY Shiloh and Corinth were fought and why Corinth was occupied by more that a hundred thousand invading troops . Also the veranda house. Our last original structure. Thank you for coming and passing it down to the next generation. Love it when people show this place off .

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

What a handsome little man !

He looks to be having great time.
I'm so glad you're teaching him about history.

Next time ... take him down to Vicksburg.
If he liked Shiloh, he will LOVE the Vicksburg NMP.

 

[rbasin]

How big is the Corinth battlefield?

 

[16thAL]

How big is the Corinth battlefield?

It's the town . Besides the interpretive center ,a couple of breastworks , and the Beauregard line you will just find markers . One example is the house where grant stayed where house to house fighting was is now city hall . The library now sits on the site of one of the old batteries . One original structure left .

 

[19thOhio]

The 19th Ohio was involved inbuilding the road from Shiloh to Corinth and then the siege of Corinth. One of my sources reported that eventually:
They built fortifications, dig in, move, build fortifications . . .

"Halleck's 100,000 troops were spread over such a large ground that a battle involving one part of the army might not even be noticed at other places on the front."

 

[16thAL]

The 19th Ohio was involved inbuilding the road from Shiloh to Corinth and then the siege of Corinth. One of my sources reported that eventually:
They built fortifications, dig in, move, build fortifications . . .

"Halleck's 100,000 troops were spread over such a large ground that a battle involving one part of the army might not even be noticed at other places on the front."

Exactly. One of the largest invader encampments is now Lowes .

 

[lupaglupa]

One of the largest invader encampments is now Lowes .

I'm guessing the scene this Saturday will be reminiscent of the past....

 

[Bradley]

Today, I stopped by Mr. Larry DeBerry's Shiloh Civil War Museum on the way back out to Shiloh Battlefield.

Mr. Larry and I only had a couple of hours to chat, unfortunately, but I learned a lot. As advertised, he tells very good stories about Shiloh and I cannot wait to make a return trip to book a tour with him. I have never seen so many artifacts in one place. I meant to take a lot more pictures, but we got carried away chatting. Here's a couple of neat pictures I took in the museum...

The second trip this week to Shiloh Battlefield was extra special because my mom drove up to join us. We all thought it was really special to recreate this picture...