Battle of Pittsburg Landing

• There are 4,200 acres overlooking the Tennessee River with 156 monuments, 217 cannons and more than 650 historic tablets marking the battlefield. We took the car and drove 14 stops along the 10 mile battlefield. Pittsburg Landing, Grant's last line, Hornets' Nest, Ruggles' Battery, Shiloh's Casualties, Confederate Retreat, Shiloh Church, Union Reconnaissance Patrol, Union Lines of Defense, Invasion of the Union Camps, Field Hospital, Death of General Johnston, The Peach Orchard and Bloody Pond.
• We asked the ranger if she ever walked the entire field. Her response was, "No, but boy scouts often spend several days here camping and walking the battlefields."
• I was very surprised at the size of the Bloody Pond. During the battle, soldiers on both sides came here to drink and bathe their wounds. Both men and horses died in the pond. There was so much blood that the water actually turned dark red.