Visit to Shiloh

[FiremarshalBill]

A week from tomorrow (Sept. 10th) I'll be visiting the Shiloh National battlefield with some old high school buddies. I haven't been there in almost exactly 50 years and I suspect there will be some changes. Does anyone have any "tour guide" hints on visiting the park? I'm re-reading "A Blaze of Glory" by Jeff Shaara and really looking forward to the trip. Any suggestions for getting some down-home cookin' for lunch in the local area?

 

[bdtex]

A week from tomorrow (Sept. 10th) I'll be visiting the Shiloh National battlefield with some old high school buddies. I haven't been there in almost exactly 50 years and I suspect there will be some changes. Does anyone have any "tour guide" hints on visiting the park? I'm re-reading "A Blaze of Glory" by Jeff Shaara and really looking forward to the trip. Any suggestions for getting some down-home cookin' for lunch in the local area?

Eat at Hagy's Catfish Hotel.

 

[bdtex]

A week from tomorrow (Sept. 10th) I'll be visiting the Shiloh National battlefield with some old high school buddies. I haven't been there in almost exactly 50 years and I suspect there will be some changes. Does anyone have any "tour guide" hints on visiting the park? I'm re-reading "A Blaze of Glory" by Jeff Shaara and really looking forward to the trip. Any suggestions for getting some down-home cookin' for lunch in the local area?

Do you have the NPS brochure and/or Trailhead Graphics battlefield map?

 

[Jimklag]

Eat at Hagy's Catfish Hotel.

Right on, @bdtex . The Catfish Hotel is great.

 

[Albert Sailhorst]

Eat at Hagys' or I will come and Haunt you!
We were at Shiloh in June. There is a smart Phone App tour available, that we got for free at the Park. Since I wanted to spend more time walking around, I did not waste time learning the App while I was there.....I wish I had known about it sooner.....Here is the link for the App https://www.civilwar.org/visit/mobile-apps/shiloh-battle-app-guide
Have fun!

 

[bdtex]

A week from tomorrow (Sept. 10th) I'll be visiting the Shiloh National battlefield with some old high school buddies. I haven't been there in almost exactly 50 years and I suspect there will be some changes. Does anyone have any "tour guide" hints on visiting the park? I'm re-reading "A Blaze of Glory" by Jeff Shaara and really looking forward to the trip. Any suggestions for getting some down-home cookin' for lunch in the local area?

I have only been there once and that was in June. Spent the day there and ate an early dinner at Hagy's. It was great. The NPS brochure and Trailhead Graphics map were very helpful. My traveling companion had been there a year earlier and said some signage had been added since his last visit.

 

[DixieRifles]

You should be sble to find a copy of NPS tour brochure on the internet.
There is also a site called Civil War Album that has photos of the park, including most of the stops.

Link: http://civilwaralbum.com/misc/index.htm

 

[Albert Sailhorst]

I have only been there once and that was in June. Spent the day there and ate an early dinner at Hagy's. It was great. The NPS brochure and Trailhead Graphics map were very helpful. My traveling companion had been there a year earlier and said some signage had been added since his last visit.

We were there the last week of June.....I hope I didn't miss knowing you were there the same time as me!

 

[bdtex]

We were there the last week of June.....I hope I didn't miss knowing you were there the same time as me!

I was there on June 4th.

 

[mofederal]

Shiloh is well worth the trip. One of my favorite battlefields.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

Try to visit the Fallen Timbers Battlefield just outside the boundaries of the Shiloh National Military Park.

Bill

 

[tonijustine]

Corinth has a nice little museum called the Civil War Interpretive Center and they also have protected a portion of the Corinth Contraband Camp with a short walking trail and some bronze statues. Both are administered by Shiloh NMP.

I was there last year and was surprised they had recently removed signage from Bloody Pond. The rangers indicated it was because there was a question about the authenticity of the stories about the events supposed to have happened there.

Also, stop in Cloud Field to see Hiram and Julia, the park's bald eagles in residence. If they aren't there, they could be hanging out at the Indian mounds by the river.

 

[redbob]

Try to visit the Fallen Timbers Battlefield just outside the boundaries of the Shiloh National Military Park.

Bill

And Corinth is just down the road.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

And Corinth is just down the road.

Yes!!!

 

[bdtex]

Yes!!!

Corinth sorta deserves a day all by itself though.

 

[RochesterBill]

A week from tomorrow (Sept. 10th) I'll be visiting the Shiloh National battlefield with some old high school buddies. I haven't been there in almost exactly 50 years and I suspect there will be some changes. Does anyone have any "tour guide" hints on visiting the park? I'm re-reading "A Blaze of Glory" by Jeff Shaara and really looking forward to the trip. Any suggestions for getting some down-home cookin' for lunch in the local area?

With all due respect sir, Shaara is a novelist. I'm not going to characterize his stuff except to say that if you really want to know the battle, instead of re reading his no w/o there are several really excellent books you could be reading instead.
My favorite is Wiley Swords Shiloh Bloody April, but Shiloh by Larry Daniel is terrific as well, and DW Reed's Battle of Shiloh is about as good as history gets.

I'm sure others here have favorites too. You should try one. Or two.

 

[FiremarshalBill]

Just ordered the Kindle version of "Shiloh: The Battle That Changed the Civil War" by Larry J. Daniel. I'll take it with me. Thanks!

 

[RochesterBill]

Just ordered the Kindle version of "Shiloh: The Battle That Changed the Civil War" by Larry J. Daniel. I'll take it with me. Thanks!

I guarantee you won't be disappointed.

 

[FiremarshalBill]

Visited Corinth and did a little digging (no metal detector - found nothing), then the Corinth Interpretive Center, then on to Fallen Timbers where just walking along the edge of a cornfield I picked up a small 2.5" by 2.5" piece of a 6-lb case shot (just outside the park), then lunch at Hagys' for the best BBQ ribs, catfish & hush puppies I've ever had! After lunch a tour of the Shiloh park and then back to Memphis where an old collector friend gave me a minie' ball from his collection that he had picked up at Fort Pillow, TN many years ago. All in all a Great trip! Currently reading "Shiloh: The Battle That Changed the Civil War" by Larry J. Daniel. Excellent book so far!

 

[shermans_march]

With all due respect sir, Shaara is a novelist. I'm not going to characterize his stuff except to say that if you really want to know the battle, instead of re reading his no w/o there are several really excellent books you could be reading instead.
My favorite is Wiley Swords Shiloh Bloody April, but Shiloh by Larry Daniel is terrific as well, and DW Reed's Battle of Shiloh is about as good as history gets.

I'm sure others here have favorites too. You should try one. Or two.

Have you read Timothy B. Smith's Conquer or Perish? I have finished his other book Grant Invades Tennessee. He really focuses on the geography and eyewitness accounts. He also devotes more to the 2nd day than a lot of other others authors.