Today the Chattanooga Campaign begins. Straddling the Georgia border, the town is strategic for both the Confederacy and the Union, the latter of which has held the town for over two months. Union forces, however, are confined to the city as Confederates control the mountains to the southwest and east, effectively blockading the Tennessee River…
The Battle of Shiloh occurs near a small log church in western Tennessee. The primary fighting will last until the morrow. The church building, destroyed shortly after the battle, is Shiloh United Methodist Church. Some references indicate that a Baptist congregation also utilizes the building. Indeed, Protestant denominations frequently share buildings in the rural South.…
Today in Tennessee, Generals William Tecumseh Sherman and Stephen Hurlbut arrive at Pittsburg Landing and move inland to Shiloh Church, a small log building. Three weeks hence, the Battle of Shiloh, a major conflict in the Western theater of the war, will take place around this small church. The church was built by United Methodists,…