At the reenactment we found a friend who is involved with these activites.
August 6, 2012 | Categories: Battle of Shiloh, Heritage Hill, Portraits/People | 12 Comments
For the finale both sides combined in an organized bayonet attack toward the audience.
August 5, 2012 | Categories: Battle of Shiloh, Heritage Hill | 6 Comments
The muskets were loud and smokey when fired in unison.
August 4, 2012 | Categories: Battle of Shiloh, Heritage Hill | 4 Comments
An officer stands out to lead a counterattack the next morning, April 7. Reinforcements from General Buell’s Ohio Army and Grant’s own army forced the Confederates to retreat, allowing the Union to advance into northern Mississippi.
August 3, 2012 | Categories: Battle of Shiloh, Heritage Hill | 10 Comments
Union soldiers fire their muskets in a recreation of the 1862 battle of Shiloh at Heritage State Park in Green Bay.
August 2, 2012 | Categories: Battle of Shiloh, Heritage Hill | 9 Comments
Confederate forces led by Generals Albert Sidney Johnston and P.G. Beauregard launched a surprise attack on the Union camp on April 6, 1862. The bloodiest battle up to that time had begun and, as in every war, both sides sacrificed their youth.
August 1, 2012 | Categories: Battle of Shiloh, Heritage Hill, Portraits/People | 5 Comments
General U.S. Grant commanded his Army of Western Tennessee.
July 31, 2012 | Categories: Battle of Shiloh, Heritage Hill, Portraits/People | 6 Comments
A Union sentry took guard duty very seriously. He questioned our presence and asked if we knew the whereabouts of the Rebs.
July 30, 2012 | Categories: Battle of Shiloh, Heritage Hill, Portraits/People | 8 Comments
The Union Camp was plain and simple, deep in southwestern Tennessee.
July 29, 2012 | Categories: Battle of Shiloh, Heritage Hill | 14 Comments
The day started out peacefully enough as young men grabbed some shut-eye under a tree near the Union camp.
July 28, 2012 | Categories: Battle of Shiloh, Heritage Hill, Portraits/People | 9 Comments
Civilians relax in the shade prior to the Heritage Hill reenactment of the battle of Shiloh of April 6 and 7, 1862.
July 27, 2012 | Categories: Battle of Shiloh, Heritage Hill, Portraits/People | 8 Comments
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