While an increasing number of soldiers are dying on battlefields, wounds and sickness in general are more common threats in the daily lives of the warriors of the North and South. Today, Jacob John Tanner, born October 27, 1841 in Siblingen, Canton Schaffhausen, Switzerland, and now fighting on behalf of the United States, is stricken…
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,…