Comments on: In the Presence of the Past-Visiting Shiloh Military Park

By: Mike Adams - Hooks & Bullets

Mike Adams - Hooks & Bullets — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:23:35 +0000

This is a trip you will NEVER forget. I’m a civil war history nut. I was born in the south (eventually moved to Michigan) and had family that fought in the Civil War (we call it the War of Northern Aggression, LOL), but seriously that is the most amazing place I have ever been. I have been to a lot of the bigger Civil War battlefields, but there is something special about this place. I have a book that was written from actual letters from the soldiers that fought there. After reading those first hand accounts and then to visit those places, you can’t come from there with any other feeling but being humbled. When I came across mass graves of over 700 Confederat soliders I kneeled and cried, when I got to the bloody pond, I dipped my hand into the water and it felt as thick as blood! I stood in the sunken road where the battle took place what an awe inspiring sight to behold. And lastly walking through the peach grove, with the blooms on the trees just as it was during the battle, I visited the same day in April when the battle took place it was as if you could smell the burnt powder. No other place has had an effect on me such as Shiloh. It is a trip I will never forget.

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By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:52:37 +0000

As a civil war buff I can relate to your words and thoughts. My great great great grandfather fought at Gettysburg with the Union Cavalry.
This was a very good post and the pictures were awesome. Thanks for sharing.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:07:46 +0000

Very cool post… we live right in the middle of the path that Sherman took when he marched to the sea, so we are loaded with important Civil War sites. I too love studying our country’s history as well as visiting these sacred places.
Please feel free to post more about this topic!

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:02:08 +0000

I agree with you! We can’t forget the events in history that got us here today. My parents are war buffs too, they took us to may battle sites as kids and I loved it!
This post may not be about hunting, but I really loved it!

By: TwoTrack

TwoTrack — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:11:16 +0000

I’ve only been to one battlefield and that was Gettysburg. The most solemn experience I had was at Devil’s Den at dusk when someone on one of the hills nearby started to play Taps (real person, not a ghost). The second would be when I scoured the nearby hill to find marker where the troops from Michigan just so I could see where they fought.

I would, however, like to visit Shiloh.

By: deerPhD

deerPhD — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:27:17 +0000

I have deep respect for history buffs. I want to be a history buff, but I can’t pull it off. However, have you ever read “A People’s History of the United States”?

By: rexhowell

rexhowell — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:22:50 +0000

Vicksburg and Shiloh are must visits for everyone that wants to learn about the Civil War. I have visited these and Gettysburg and I was not impressed with Gettysburg which I figured would be the most dramatic of the three.
come visit this summer, maybe I will meet you there.

By: GunslingerKristine

GunslingerKristine — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:16:51 +0000

O.k., that post gave me the shivers. Very powerful.

I’ve been to Gettysburg. I can’t say I’m a military historian, or even that much interested in battles that are past, but there is a profound sense of history that can be felt when you stand on that ground.

I can’t wait to read the post you write when you actually go to Shiloh.