Shiloh

Shiloh National Military Park preserves the Civil War battlefields at Shiloh and Corinth. The main section of the park is in the unincorporated town of Shiloh, about nine miles south of Savannah, Tennessee, with an additional area located in the city of Corinth, Mississippi, 23 miles southwest of Shiloh. The Battle of Shiloh (April 6–7, 1862) began a six-month struggle for control of the strategic railroad junction at Corinth that continued through the Battles of Iuka (September 19, 1862) and Corinth (October 3–4, 1862). Although Union forces ultimately succeeded in capturing Corinth, the high number of casualties on both sides – over 23,000 total – made it clear that the Civil War would be a long and bloody conflict. Today, visitors to Shiloh National Military Park can see the preserved battlefields where some of the fiercest fighting of the war took place.