Battle of Shiloh
150th Anniversary
Reenactment
Last month I had the honor of attending the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Shiloh.
The Battle of Shiloh was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War; it was fought on April 6-7, 1862 near a small church along the Tennessee River. The casualties were so high at Shiloh that they exceeded all previous wars the U.S. had been in to this point: the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the Mexican American War COMBINED! There were around 24,000 casualties in this two day battle.
150th at Shiloh
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Smoke from the reenactment battle
Union troops marching toward the reenactment
Confederate canons firing toward Union lines
The Veatch monument on the battlefield
Soldiers during the reenactment
Troop movement after the reenactment
Part of sutler's row near the camps
In this tent, a reenactor demonstrated how doctors amputated limbs.