The impact of 24-pound Howitzers that the Union Army deployed during the Battle of Shiloh will be discussed this coming weekend as Shiloh National Military Park marks the 161st anniversary of the battle.
"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 soldiers and on the nation."
There's lots going on around the National Park System, from ranger-led bike tours of the monuments at Shiloh National Military Park to a tour of the country's first railroad tunnel at Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site.
Preserving historic battlefields, purchasing inholdings, acquiring wildlife habitat, and purchased water rights are among the National Park Service projects the Biden administration wants to tackle with nearly $57 million from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for Fiscal 2022.
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Visitor improvements recently made to Shiloh National Military Park in Tennessee and Mississippi include new signs along tour routes in the park and fruit trees added to orchards to recreate how the landscape appeared during the Civil War.
In what might just be the first canceled Memorial Day Weekend event, officials at Shiloh National Military Park have decided to cancel their annual Memorial Day activities.
The National Park Service is starting a planning process to prepare a foundation document for Parkers Crossroads Battlefield, recently recognized as an Affiliated Area of the National Park Service. Staff at Shiloh National Military Park welcomes all interested persons to participate in this effort.
Interpreting, and presenting, history is a key role of the National Park Service. So while the prospect of designing new exhibits for the Shiloh National Military Park visitor center might sound relatively ho-hum, the opportunity to update 30-year-old exhibits describing and explaining the events that occurred at Shiloh in 1862 is enticing.