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| Posted: Wed Jul 30th, 2008 12:13 am |
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Captain Crow Progressive Southerner 
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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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Captain Crow Progressive Southerner
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But this year it's Vicksburg!
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30th, 2008 04:38 am |
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susansweet Member 
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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 Progressive Southerner
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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 Member
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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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| Posted: Sun Aug 3rd, 2008 04:17 pm |
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Wrap10 Member 
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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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| Posted: Mon Aug 4th, 2008 08:16 pm |
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susansweet Member
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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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| Posted: Wed Aug 6th, 2008 01:01 am |
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Bama46 wrote: Wrap.. You're very welcome, Ed. Perry
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| Posted: Sun Sep 13th, 2009 11:33 am |
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Maverick 45th Alabama Inf., Co. F 
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Albert Sailhorst wrote: Renee, Last edited on Sun Sep 13th, 2009 11:35 am by Maverick ____________________ "Where this division defended, no odds broke its line; where it attacked, no numbers resisted its onslaught, save only once; and there is the grave of Cleburne." ~ Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee |
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