Blogs from Shiloh Battlefield National Park, Tennessee, United States, North America
Fort Donelson /Shiloh National Military Park
Published: November 25th 2009North America » United States » Tennessee » Shiloh Battlefield National Park
November 1st 2009
Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind. - Seneca WEB SITES click on the blue letters tp learn more Fort Donelson National Battlefield Shiloh National Military Park Fort Donelson National Battlefield. Tennessee November 1, 2009, Sunday Just a bit of history…“The morning of February 14, 1862 dawned cold and quiet. Early in the afternoon a furious roar broke the stillness, and the earth began to shake. Andrew H. Foote's Union gunboat fleet, consisting of the ironclads St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Louisville, and Corondolet, and the timberclads Conestoga and Tyler, had arrived from Fort Henry via the Tennessee and Ohio Rivers and were exchanging "iron valentines" with the... read more
midland tennesee
Published: June 13th 2007North America » United States » Tennessee » Shiloh Battlefield National Park
June 13th 2007
Blogger: Katie Location: EBF, TN, potentially near Dickson. Or Shiloh Welcome to central time. We just pulled off to get some more gas, use the bathroom and eat. DJ and I have been on a weird eating schedule today, I think that might be why I felt weird. We stopped at this really nice on/off Horizon gas station with a Backyard Burgers place. At the food place I discovered my new favorite drink: Sobe Lean cranberry grapefruit drink. At first I said that sounds weird, but now I love it. DJ got talking to this guy who saw our license plate and asked him about it because his insurance company is called Fortis. That's kinda interesting. It is always interesting to hear DJ talk to people because he adopts their accents really quickly. I think ... read more
End of the trip
Published: February 16th 2005North America » United States » Tennessee » Shiloh Battlefield National Park
February 16th 2005
The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. --Augustine (354-430) February 16,2005 Wednesday This will probably be our last day of sightseeing. We were up early and the first stop was Mt. Woodall, the highest point in Mississippi, 806 feet. It is located at the northeast corner of MS. It was a drive up point, so no hiking was necessary. After breakfast we were on our way to Shiloh, a National Monument Park, in southwest Tennessee. At the Visitor’s center we watched a video describing the bloody battle that took place here during the Civil War. The surrounding National Cemetery holds the remains of the union soldiers that lost their lives here. The monument of Meriwether Lewis was our last stop. Lewis ended his own life, he bravely ... read more
