A HISTORY LESSON

We left Memphis at 0930 this morning and arrived at Shiloh, the famous battlefield  of the Civil War at 1230. 

The Battle of Shiloh, between the North, led by General Ulysses S. Grant and the South, led by General Albert S. Johnston took place on April 6th and 7th.  General Johnston was struck by a stray bullet and bled to death.  General P.G.T. Beauregard took his place leading the troops.

The Battle of Shiloh is famous due to the fact that it was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War . . . the casualties numbered 23,746.  This included killed, wounded and missing in action.

It was at Shiloh that Federal surgeons set up one of the first tent hospitals of the Civil War.  By concentrating medical services on the battlefield, patient care was greatly improved and the death rate lowered.

Shiloh and it's surrounding area are an impressive and often beautiful landscape.  Another stop that was, again, so worthwhile and rich with history.  It is truly awesome to stand and picture what happened here so long ago.