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Visit the sites of the most epic struggle in the Western Theater of the Civil War. Nearly 110,000 American troops clashed in a bloody contest that resulted in 23,746 casualties; more casualties than in all of America's previous wars combined. Explore both the Shiloh and Corinth battlefields to discover the impact of this struggle on the ...
Plan Your Visit. Shiloh's Visitor Center. NPS Photo/Mekow. Shiloh Battlefield Visitor Center. Open: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm daily. Location: 1055 Pittsburg Landing Road. Shiloh, TN 38376.
Originally under the War Department, Shiloh National Military Park was transferred to the National Park Service in the Department of the Interior in 1933. Currently, the park has over 5,200 acres. The Corinth Battlefield Unit encompass roughly 240 acres with potential for a total of 800 acres.
The battle of Shiloh, or Pittsburg Landing, was over. It had cost both sides a combined total of 23,746 men killed, wounded, or missing, and ultimate control of Corinth’s railroad junction remained in doubt.
Explore iconic Civil War sites like Shiloh Church and the Hornets’ Nest or visit the pristine battlefield at Davis Bridge. This app also includes a tour of the Shiloh Indian Mounds National Landmark, allowing you to explore the remains of an early Native American village right in the middle of the Shiloh battlefield.
Shiloh National Military Park contains a wide array of historic sites. In addition to the battlefield of Shiloh itself, the park contains a separate unit at Corinth, Mississippi, that preserves and interprets the Siege and Battle of Corinth.
Shiloh National Military Park contains a wide array of historic sites. In addition to the pristine 5,200 acre Shiloh Battlefield, the park contains a separate unit at Corinth, Mississippi.
Established in 1894, Shiloh National Military Park remains one the the best preserved and most pristine Civil War battlefields.
Map of the Shiloh and Corinth Area. NPS/Shiloh. Map of the Shiloh Indian Mounds and Interpretive Trail. NPS. Last updated: January 20, 2021.
The Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center is a unit of Shiloh National Military Park. General Albert Sidney Johnston used Corinth as a staging ground to prepare for the Battle of Shiloh, and Shiloh would not have been fought had Corinth’s rail junction not been of high strategic importance.