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| Posted: Tue Jul 29th, 2008 06:57 pm |
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Bama46
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I LOVE echo taps.. 30 bugles wow! Corinth is hardly big enough for 30 bugles...LOL, but wish I lived there!
That must have brought a lump to your throat and tears to your eyes... would have mine
Ed
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30th, 2008 12:13 am |
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Captain Crow
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I just have to say that the Corinth/Shiloh battlefield parks are a most excellent way to spend a couple of days. Beautifully maintained and staffed with some of the most knowledgeable folks I've ever encountered. I have to get back there soon.
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30th, 2008 12:13 am |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30th, 2008 02:48 am |
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Bama46
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If you have never been to Vicksburg, you are in for a treat... I dearly love Shiloh, growing up in the area, but Vicksburg is a gorgeous place as well..
There is a guide named Pat, great lady who is informative, knowledgable and a good storyteller...if you get her you will have a good tour
Ed
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30th, 2008 04:38 am |
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susansweet
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Bama is Pat an older soft spoken lady? I had a female guide at Vicksburg who had great stories and was so wonderful driving my van around telling me about everything . I took her picture but didn't write her name down.
Susan
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31st, 2008 12:27 am |
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Captain Crow
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I've never used a guide...is it worth the effort? I have always self toured. I just read up a little before I go to the Battlefield and then explore and take pictures until I'm too tired to walk anymore. If I decide to go with a guide should I call ahead?
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31st, 2008 02:50 am |
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susansweet
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The guide I had was well worth the money. I enjoyed some of the inside stories she told about the Park and pointed out some things I would not have known about if I hadn't hired her. I lucked out at the time I was in Vicksburg,(the spring) and hired a guide while I was there. I would think in the summer it is best to call ahead.
Susan
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Bama46
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Miss Susan,
Yes she is...from Mobile I believe...
wonderful storyteller
Ed
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Wrap10
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Here's a link to a close-up picture of the markers for the two re-buried Confederate soldiers that Tom and Nita mentioned -
http://civilwarlandscapes.org/cwla/states/tn/sh/places/3ct3-2.htm
You can see more pictures of this burial trench, and the others, here -
http://civilwarlandscapes.org/cwla/states/tn/sh/gal/mod/mod001f.htm
Just click on the drop-down menu and scroll to the bottom of the list for more pictures of the five burial trenches. There are also other pictures there from around the park. Very nice web site.
Those two unknown soldiers are buried beside burial trench #5, across from Woolf Field. This one probably gets the largest number of visitors due to its proximity to the road compared to the others. As an interesting side note, on one of the anniversary hikes last year, our guide pointed out that all five of the known burial trenches are on the western side of the battlefield.
Seems like I've read, or was told, that park officials do know the location of one trench outside the park, but won't reveal it for obvious reasons. Not sure if that's true or not, but I seem to remember hearing it. I imagine that someday the remaining trenches inside the park will all be located.
I do wish Armchair Confederate and his friend luck on their quest to locate any of the lost burial trenches inside the park. Maybe they'll do so, but it sure seems like a tough assignment. Look over the pictures of the five known trenches, and ask yourself, if they were not already marked, would you know they were there? I don't think I could find them without the help. They would just blend into the landscape. I suspect the missing trenches will be that way, and some or all of them may very well be concealed in the woods by now. But hey, any excuse for tramping around at Shiloh is a good excuse. 
Perry
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Wrap..
I have seen that stone and the markers on countless occasions, and never put the tow together until I read your post...thank you
Ed
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susansweet
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Ed I have seen those markers too and wondered what they were. Interesting what we learn isn't it ?
Susan
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Bama46
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Yes, it is..
We had a wonderful trip to San Diego, culminating in dinner on the Midway.. what a beautiful city. I looked out my window and tried to imagine what it was like pre WWII when it was a small town.. and NO skyscrapers
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Wrap10
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Bama46 wrote: Wrap..
I have seen that stone and the markers on countless occasions, and never put the tow together until I read your post...thank you
Ed
You're very welcome, Ed.
Perry
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| Posted: Sun Sep 13th, 2009 11:33 am |
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Maverick
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Albert Sailhorst wrote: Renee,
He may not even be buried at Shioh.
He could have died days or weeks later as a result of wounds received at Shiloh; hence, he was killed at Shiloh, but in actuality, died at another location.
Additionally, he could have been buried at Shiloh, then, some time later, disinterred by either the government or by his own family who then re-interred him in a cemetary or family plot.
You have some research to do, that's for sure!
Have you gotten his war record yet?
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A soldier may not have been buried on the battlefield as Mr. Albert Sailhorst related.
If I may add: I highly suggest researching General Stout's (Medical Director Army of Tennessee) Medical records for Confederate Army of Tennessee soldiers reported to be killed on any particular battlefield "per family history." Often this was the last info family received of a soldier's fate: ex: killed at Murfreesboro---when the soldier was wounded, medically treated in a Field Hospital and transported to another Hospital to heal.
If the soldier was wounded and he died later, he may have been taken to a CS hospital. Records may exist where his burial took place in a plot inside the City Cemetery of a "Hospital Town." These hospitals were mainly located nearby and along the rail roads where mass transportation was utilized to transport these soldiers to places out of harm's way. You'll find the Medical records were much more complete than most people expect.
The U. of Texas at Austin has a lot of Surgeon General Stout's medical records as well as a University in Hanceville, Alabama.
There is always the chance that a soldier was indeed killed outright and was buried in a mass grave on the battlefield.
Maverick
Last edited on Sun Sep 13th, 2009 11:35 am by Maverick
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