140th Shiloh
Three members of Company K made the 1000-mile journet west to join members of the 28th PA, 26th PA, and other Mifflin Guard members at the 140th Shiloh battle reenactment. We also toured the original Shiloh Battlefield and Corinth, Mississippi.
Shiloh battlefield near the visitor's center.
Puzzy, Mark, and Scott at Pittsburg Landing. Just imagine the river choked with boats of all sizes bringing troops to the battle.
National Cemetery
Iowa Monument
Confederate monument
The Union position in the Sunken Lane
Puzzy, Mark, and Scott in the Sunken Lane
Reb gun position facing across a field toward the Sunken Lane
Confederate view of the Sunken Lane (at the opposite tree line) from the artillery position.
Original burial lacation of the 45th Illinois Infantry. These men were moved to the Nation Cemetery. The Reb burial trench is in the background.
Confederate burial trench. These soldiers remain buried at this location.
Tennessee monument
Rebuilt Shiloh Church
Puzzy inside the Shiloh church.
Three comrades at the church. Oddly my camera would not take the picture after many tries and even different people trying. This shot came from someone else's camera.
Fraley Field, where the battle began. See next photo.
Fraley Field sign explaining the action here
Original cabin on the battlefield near the Peach Orchard.
Johnston monument
Peach Orchard
Peach Orchard sign.
Mark at the cabin.
Mark expired on the fence.
Bloody Pond. Ambrose Bierce wrote about the "wretched debris of battle" from this location.
We caught this reb girl out in the open at the Bloody Pond. Actually she's the daughter of the McCaskill family of the 30th Miss Inf that we met as we toured the battlefield.
Repro earthworks or redan at the Corinth Museum.
Puzzy and Mark man the gun.
Scott having a rest at the gun.
William Rogers monument.
Behind the Rogers monument.
Water monument at the museum. Water initiates at the black stone in the background that represents the constitution then flows through 13 wiers, one for each original state. The waters are calm until the Civil War years marked by black stones at interval on either side. The water is turbulent as it flows through pink granite blocks representing major Civil War Battles. Water calms as it passes blocks representing freeing of slaves and end of reconstruction. Water reunites in calm pool representing unity and peace.
Where'd Mark go?
Mark in one of the many remaining original earthworks.
The contested Corinth Junction today. This is the site of a huge battle with over 9000 casualties.
An artist's rendering of the battle at Corinth.
Redan for Union Battery F, one of many protecting the city and the important railroad junction.
Shot of the action during the first day's tactical.
Puzz is unworried about the pending Reb advance. Little did he know he was to be gunned down following Lieut. Kuchta running the guantlet to escape capture.
Rebs step off during the Saturday battle scenario.
The Best "V" in Tennessee.
