150th Anniversary of the Civil War-Shiloh NMP - Shiloh, TN
Posted by: Don.Morfe
N 35° 09.066 W 088° 19.338
16S E 379556 N 3890599
Shiloh National Military Park-Congress established Shiloh National Military Park on December 27, 1894 to commemorate the April 6-7, 1862 battle that raged around Shiloh Church and Pittsburg Landing.
Waymark Code: WM121X5
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 02/04/2020
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Shiloh National Military Park-Congress established Shiloh National Military Park on December 27, 1894 to commemorate the April 6-7, 1862 battle that raged around Shiloh Church and Pittsburg Landing.
Producing more than 23,000 casualties, the battle was the largest engagement in the Mississippi Valley campaign during the Civil War. Originally under the War Department, Shiloh National Military Park was transferred to the National Park Service in the Department of the Interior in 1933. Currently, the park has over 4,200 acres. The Corinth Battlefield Unit encompass roughly 240 acres with potential for a total of 800 acres.
Address: 1055 Pittsburg Landing Road Shiloh, TN USA 38376
NPS Web Page for this Station: [Web Link]
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