Civil War Odyssey Leads to Shiloh, Tennessee

My husband and I took a cross-country vacation which took us on a U.S. Civil War odyssey. Our first historic stop was to Shiloh, Tennessee. We toured this pristine battlefield which gave us history buffs the opportunity to visualize how the confrontations took place 150 years ago. Here's some historical background on Shiloh:

Civil War Odyssey Leads to Shiloh Tennessee

The Battle at Pittsburg Landing

Union General Ulysses S. Grant concluded after the Battle at Shiloh on April 6 and 7, 1862, that the Union was in for a long and arduous Civil War. Likewise, Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard wired to his superiors in Richmond, "If defeated here we lose the Mississippi Valley, and probably our cause."

Since two important Southern railroads crossing through Corinth, Mississippi were at stake during the Civil War (the Memphis & Charleston, and the Mobile & Ohio), the railroad intersection made Corinth the most strategic transportation hub for the Western Confederacy.

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