Shiloh, TN

Shiloh National Military Park preserves the American Civil War Shiloh and Corinth battlefields. The Battle of Shiloh began a six-month struggle for the key railroad junction at Corinth. Afterward, Union forces marched from Pittsburg Landing to take Corinth in a siege in May, then withstood a Confederate counter-attack in October. The Shiloh National Military Park was established on December 27, 1894. Duke was appointed commissioner of Shiloh National Military Park by President Theodore Roosevelt. A newcomer can read Shiloh through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Shiloh comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. The visitor center provides exhibitions, films and a self-guided auto-tour. Shiloh includes the Shiloh National Military Park. Shiloh includes the park was transferred from the War Department to the National Park.