The Hornet’s Nest looks much like it did on those two bloody days in 1862. A wooden split-rail fence lines the sunken dirt lane at the edge of a dense oak thicket that has become an icon of the ...
"Shiloh is a wonderfully dramatic battle. The leader of one side is killed, and the other one is going on to glory, and it was the first great battle. It lasted two days." – author Shelby Foote More ...
SHILOH NATIONAL MILITARY PARK, Tenn. -- "The battle of Shiloh, or Pittsburg Landing, fought on Sunday and Monday, the 6th and 7th of April, 1862," wrote Union Major Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, "has been ...