Encompassing over 3,950 acres, the Shiloh National Military Park, in southwestern Tennessee, contains over 90% of the historic battlefield...Located throughout the forest and fields are 150 commemorative monuments, 500 troop position markers and over 200 cannons.
- follow the Quick Tour, which traces the National Park Service's driving tour at Shiloh (not in chronological order of battlefield events), with 14 stops along the "route" highlighted by still photographs and panoramic movie(s) at the tour stops, illustrating the surrounding Park grounds. Brief textual descriptions and troop movement maps help place the events at each stop on the Shiloh Park Service tour in historical perspective.
- follow the Full Tour, similar to the above scenario except that it follows the chronological sequence of events at Shiloh, with running commentary regarding all places of interest, monuments, regimental markers, and other signage found on the Shiloh battlefield. More extensive textual descriptions, quotations by participants in the battles, and troop movement maps help place the events at Shiloh in historical perspective.
OR - view the Image Gallery, containing Historic battlefield images, Modern battlefield photographs, and Apple QTVR panorama movie files of Shiloh.
- view the Map Gallery, containing both Historic battlefield maps and Modern two and three-dimensional battlefield maps designed to explain the detailed and intricate movements of troops during each engagement.
- view the 3D Gallery, containing numerous views of a 3-Dimensional surface model which reconstructs the battlefield terrain as it was in 1862.
Development of our Civil War website is in its initial stage.
Shiloh is our first battlefield, others will follow.
Information is added frequently.