We visited the Shiloh Civil War battlefield after listening to the audio-book, Shiloh, 1862, by Winston Groom. Familiarity with the history of the battle really enhanced our visit.
The Shiloh and Corinth battlefields were the “sites of the most epic struggle in the Western Theater of the Civil War. Nearly 110,000 American troops clashed in a bloody contest that resulted in 23,746 casualties; more casualties than in all of America’s previous wars combined.” After this battle, generals on both sides realized winning the war was not going to be quick nor easy.
This park was established in the 1890s, using surviving soldiers from both sides to mark where the battles were on each day, and in which direction the regiments faced.
