Shiloh - "Cry Havoc!" 10/5/24
Sat, Oct 05
|Shiloh
"I would fight them if they were a million." With these words General Albert Sidney Johnston set in motion the titanic struggle that would become the Battle of Shiloh. Join me as I follow Hardcastle's 3rd Mississippi Battalion as they fight their way into history on April 6 & 7, 1862.
Time & Location
Oct 05, 2024, 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM CDT
Shiloh, 1055 Pittsburg Landing Rd, Shiloh, TN 38376, USA
Guests
About the event
Join me at Shiloh National Military Park for a unique walking tour designed to imerse you in the setting of one of the greatest clash of arms in military history. This battlefield tour is an interactive program that moves at the tactical level across the farm lots, and wooded planes of Shiloh. We follow in the footsteps of two men, John Henry and Albert Coker, my ancestors, as part of the 3rd Mississippi Battalion fighting their way forward on April 6, 1862.
We'll begin in Wood's Field at the site where my ancestors lay in wait and watched through the night in anticipation of what the dawning of the day would bring.
As the "tip of spear" we'll stand in line with Hardcastle's 3rd Mississippi Battalion as they engage the 25th Missouri in the first shots fired in Fraley's Field.
We'll move through the battle pushing past the ghosts of…