Shiloh Battlefield

We stayed at Aqua Yacht Harbor in Iuka, Mississippi. (remember how proud you were of yourself when you learned how to spell Mississippi?) We took the courtesy car and drove to Shiloh Battlefield. We saw a 25-minute film about the war and the battle. We went with the troops through the two days of battle. April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. This was the bloodiest military engagement in American history. Nearly 24,000 casualties. The economic, farm production and property values reached before the civil war would not reach that level again until the 1900s. This was one of the best tours I have ever been on.