Shiloh Recommendations

[AlexPensFan86]

@AlexPensFan86 I apologize for coming late to the party but somehow or another I did not discover your request till this evening. I am suggesting that you should contact Kevin, @16thAL and Ashley, @MS2623 as they live in Corinth and are great resources for any visitor and they love sharing their hometown with all.

I have stayed multiple times at the Hampton Inn on Hwy 72 and recommend it highly. If possible we might be able to meet up when you visit the park so let us know.

You have been told of Hagy's but here are two other excellent restaurants for you to visit. Top of the River, Hwy 57, Michie, TN and Taylor's in Corinth on Hwy 72. Enjoy the food!

Where in Maryland do you live? My sister lives in West Friendship. Have a safe trip and enjoy your visit. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate
Regards
David

Suggested Itinerary:

1) Visit the Corinth Civil War Interprative Center for a solid grounding in the importance of Shiloh, Pittsburg Landing and Corinth, MS. The railroad crossing in this small North Mississippi town was the reason for this tremendous battle. Ranger Tom Parson, @TomP,a Shiloh Ranger is located here and is an excellent source of information and assistance on all aspects of this campaigan and its participants.

2) The Shiloh NMP Visitor Center has an excellent 49 minute film, Shiloh - Fiery Trial, coupled with a small but very interesting museum which enhance one's visit.

3) Next to the Visitor's Center is in my opinion the most beautiful National Cemetery in the World. The 10 acre Shiloh National Cemetery holds the remains of over 3,500 Civil War soldiers, the majority of which are unknown. This web site provides additional information about this cemetery.*

4) Hagy's Catfish Hotel is a must stop during you Shiloh Visit! Located 1 mile North of the Park, this restaurant is open for dinner or supper---except Mondays---and truly a refreshing break from traipsing the Park in July!!!

5) The Iowa Monument is the tallest one in the Park and is on the way to the Visitor's Center.

6) The United Daughters of the Confederacy's Confederate Monument is quite simply one of the most beautiful tributes to soldiers in the world. A must see.

7) The Park is easily visited by car with most of the major sites on and off the road.

8) I would recommend visiting the 5 known Confederate Burial Trenches, 2 of which are on the side of the road, with the other 3 requiring short walks. These trenches were established just days after the battle as Union troops hurriedly buried the Confederate dead.

If you are interested in further details about the Confederate Burial Trenches here is a link to an existing thread about this subject.**

9) I am unsure of what else I can provide at this time but please contact me if you wish. I would be pleased to assist in any way possible.

10) Guided Tour. If you are interested in securing a guide for you visit I have 2 recommendations. Listed alphabetically. I have had the pleasure of having both men lead a tour of the battlefield and they are excellent!

Larry DeBerry at Shiloh Tours and Museum is a very qualified man and knows the Battle and Field very well. His contact info is here***

Miller Civil War Tours is owned by Starke Miller who is also very qualified tour guide and can be contacted here****

11) Brices Crossroads Battlefield about 45 minutes South of Corinth off of Hwy 45 S

Regards
David

*https://www.nps.gov/shil/learn/historyculture/upload/Cemetery-2021-Update-3.pdf

**https://civilwartalk.com/threads/th...urial-trenches-at-shiloh.170670/#post-2218096

***https://shilohtours.com/

****https://www.facebook.com/Miller-Civil-War-Tours-1113715165341508/

Thank you so much for all the wonderful recommendations I am getting more excited by the moment! We are in Western Maryland near the town of Cumberland.

 

[redbob]

@AlexPensFan86 I apologize for coming late to the party but somehow or another I did not discover your request till this evening. I am suggesting that you should contact Kevin, @16thAL and Ashley, @MS2623 as they live in Corinth and are great resources for any visitor and they love sharing their hometown with all.

I have stayed multiple times at the Hampton Inn on Hwy 72 and recommend it highly. If possible we might be able to meet up when you visit the park so let us know.

You have been told of Hagy's but here are two other excellent restaurants for you to visit. Top of the River, Hwy 57, Michie, TN and Taylor's in Corinth on Hwy 72. Enjoy the food!

Where in Maryland do you live? My sister lives in West Friendship. Have a safe trip and enjoy your visit. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate
Regards
David

Suggested Itinerary:

1) Visit the Corinth Civil War Interprative Center for a solid grounding in the importance of Shiloh, Pittsburg Landing and Corinth, MS. The railroad crossing in this small North Mississippi town was the reason for this tremendous battle. Ranger Tom Parson, @TomP,a Shiloh Ranger is located here and is an excellent source of information and assistance on all aspects of this campaigan and its participants.

2) The Shiloh NMP Visitor Center has an excellent 49 minute film, Shiloh - Fiery Trial, coupled with a small but very interesting museum which enhance one's visit.

3) Next to the Visitor's Center is in my opinion the most beautiful National Cemetery in the World. The 10 acre Shiloh National Cemetery holds the remains of over 3,500 Civil War soldiers, the majority of which are unknown. This web site provides additional information about this cemetery.*

4) Hagy's Catfish Hotel is a must stop during you Shiloh Visit! Located 1 mile North of the Park, this restaurant is open for dinner or supper---except Mondays---and truly a refreshing break from traipsing the Park in July!!!

5) The Iowa Monument is the tallest one in the Park and is on the way to the Visitor's Center.

6) The United Daughters of the Confederacy's Confederate Monument is quite simply one of the most beautiful tributes to soldiers in the world. A must see.

7) The Park is easily visited by car with most of the major sites on and off the road.

8) I would recommend visiting the 5 known Confederate Burial Trenches, 2 of which are on the side of the road, with the other 3 requiring short walks. These trenches were established just days after the battle as Union troops hurriedly buried the Confederate dead.

If you are interested in further details about the Confederate Burial Trenches here is a link to an existing thread about this subject.**

9) I am unsure of what else I can provide at this time but please contact me if you wish. I would be pleased to assist in any way possible.

10) Guided Tour. If you are interested in securing a guide for you visit I have 2 recommendations. Listed alphabetically. I have had the pleasure of having both men lead a tour of the battlefield and they are excellent!

Larry DeBerry at Shiloh Tours and Museum is a very qualified man and knows the Battle and Field very well. His contact info is here***

Miller Civil War Tours is owned by Starke Miller who is also very qualified tour guide and can be contacted here****

11) Brices Crossroads Battlefield about 45 minutes South of Corinth off of Hwy 45 S

Regards
David

*https://www.nps.gov/shil/learn/historyculture/upload/Cemetery-2021-Update-3.pdf

**https://civilwartalk.com/threads/th...urial-trenches-at-shiloh.170670/#post-2218096

***https://shilohtours.com/

****https://www.facebook.com/Miller-Civil-War-Tours-1113715165341508/

Trust him, he knows of what he is talking about.

 

[SJU]

I took the advice of Ole Miss and was able to get Larry DeBerry as a guide. I can't recommend him highly enough. Great tour.

 

[Ole Miss]

Thanks for this thread. I'm going at the end of May. I won't have time for much besides the Shiloh Battlefield and Corinth Interpretive Center. I will look the suggestions over carefully for possible add -ons. I am highly anticipating Hagy's from the great number of recommendations about it! I purchased Timothy B. Smith's book Shiloh National Military Park to read the history of the park and monuments. After Shiloh I am going to Chattanooga and then to East TN to visit my kids.

Please be sure to let me know when you come to Shiloh. Looking forward to seeing you again if possible
Regards
David

 

[Kathy the history sleuth]

Please be sure to let me know when you come to Shiloh. Looking forward to seeing you again if possible
Regards
David

I sent you a pm. If anyone else is local on May 22 maybe we can meet for dinner at Hagy's!

 

[James N.]

Thank you so much for all the wonderful recommendations I am getting more excited by the moment! We are in Western Maryland near the town of Cumberland.

To continue to whet your appetite:

The Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, April 6 & 7, 1862 | Shiloh / Pittsburg Landing

Don Troiani's Men of Arkansas! portrays Confederate commander general Albert Sidney Johnston mounted at right exhorting his men for another assault on the Federal lines during the Battle of Shiloh on April 6, 1862. Johnston is brandishing a new tin cup taken from one of the overrun Union camps...

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Confederate Burial Trenches at Shiloh NMP | Shiloh / Pittsburg Landing

The mass graves of Confederate soldiers killed at Shiloh and interred right after the battle in burial trenches of varying size have their own peculiar fascination and brooding sadness. There are five such marked, and during my recent visit to the battlefield I managed to locate and photograph...

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The Cherry Mansion, Grant's Headquarters in Savannah, Tennessee | Shiloh / Pittsburg Landing

In downtown Savannah, Tennessee, only about ten miles by the Tennessee River from the once waterlogged camps at Pittsburg Landing and around Shiloh Methodist Meeting House, stands the imposing stack of cannonballs above, flanked by the pair of equally imposing thirty-pounder Parrott rifled...

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I'll put in a couple of plugs for nearby Savannah: In addition to the Cherry Mansion there's the very interesting Tennessee River Museum in the old Post Office Building there, and another fine restaurant just across and right on the river at the site of Crump's Landing where Lew Wallace's division was stationed before the battle.

 

[Kathy the history sleuth]

I sent you a pm. If anyone else is local on May 22 maybe we can meet for dinner at Hagy's!

And a little group is forming to tour the battlefield starting in Corinth at 8 am. . if you are local and want to come let me know. I'm delighted to have company.

 

[Kathy the history sleuth]

I'll be at Chicamauga Tuesday May 24 if anyone is local in that area.