Grand Harbor in Counce, Tennessee
Day #114: Up at 6:30 A.M for coffee and cinnamon roll. Boats jobs completed. At 9:20 A.M. we left Grand Harbor heading to Enterprise in Corinth so that Bruce and Bev could drop off their rental car, Mike and I had the courtesy car from the marina. After dropping off the rental car we headed to Shiloh National Military Park. The Battle of Shiloh was one of the first major battles in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The two-day battle, April 6 and April 7,1862, involved about 65,000 Union troops under Ulysses S. Grant and Don Carlos Buell and 44,000 Confederates under Albert Sidney Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard. The battle resulted in nearly 24,000 killed, wounded and missing. The battlefield tour starts at the visitor center, where exhibits and a 32-minute film introduce the battle and the war. After the video we got into the van following maps that highlight troop movements of the armies before and during the two-day battle. It was pouring rain so when Bev and I wanted to take pictures we would open the sliding doors on the van to take pictures from the van. When Bev and I couldn't get a good picture we would get out of the van to take our pictures. After touring Shiloh we headed to Hagy's Catfish Hotel Restaurant for lunch. The Catfish Hotel is one of the oldest family owned restaurants in the country. Mike and I had our first catfish which was very good. Rain, wind and cold temperatures all day. Time for blogging and reading.
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The visitor center has exhibits and a 32-minute film to introduce the battle and the war.
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The 17th Indiana Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served West Virginia before being transferred to the Western Theater.
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In 1918, the State of Michigan erected this memorial to her three regiments of infantry and one battery of artillery which participated in the battle.
Confederate Monument: This memorial commemorates where Confederate troops encircled and captured nearly 2,000 Union defenders of the "Hornet's Nest". Duncan Field: Union troops defended this position for seven hours on April 6, before finally giving ground. They retook it in the counterattack the next day. Col L.F. Ross 17th Illinois Headquarters 3rd Brigade, Army of the Tennessee. Shiloh Church: Here stood Shiloh Meeting House, the log Methodist church that gave the battle its name.
The 6th Mississippi Infantry, for one suffered 70% casualties. Death of General Johnston: Struck by a stray bullet, Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston died in the ravine south of this monument.
Dill Branch Ravine: Tennessee River wooden U.S. gunboats, Lexington and Tyler, Anchored opposite the mouth of the Dill Branch to support General Grant's defense of Pittsburg Landing.
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| Pittsburg Landing: Gen. Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio arrived here on the night of April 6-7 to reinforce Grant. |
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| Shiloh National Cemetery |
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| Heading out of the Shiloh National Military Park. |
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Mike and I heading into Hagy's Catfish Hotel.
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Time to try some catfish.
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Cool catfish.
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Interior of Hagy's is all wood.
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| July 2018 Hagy's Catfish Hotel celebrates 80 years. |
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Huge sign pointing you to catfish!!
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| Water turbine for generating electricity in the dam. On display at the TVA Park at Pickwick Dam. |
