My great,great grandfather was in company E of the 8th Iowa infantry. He was wounded at the Hornet's Nest and evidently was not captured with the rest of the company. He recovered and continued to serve until he was mustered out at Selma, Alabama in 1866.
I have a copy of a letter written by my great great grandfather John R Bloomer back home to his family. It’s caption with his unit and then he’s under Cap’n Henry Terry. He started out with his location, which is Camp on the field of Shiloh and it’s dated April 28/62. He writes a long gossipy letter and talks about troops arriving and who he seen, and states that the rebels fight on whiskey and gun powder, and when the whisky runs out, they have to fall back to their entrenchment at Corinth. It’s not a particularly bloody letter, and some of it is about the weather, etc. very interesting stuff. He made it home, although somewhat damaged, after being shot in the shoulder at the battle of Chickamauga. And he ended up becoming a carpenter, and having eight children. He died in 1901.
My great grandfather fought in the battle of Shiloh, was wounded, went home and got married, eventually had children in the late 1870's and I am here in 2021 because he survived.
As children growing up in North Alabama we visited Shiloh every summer it was sad but American history at its best it's a huge place but I recommend you go these were brothers fathers uncle's whom gave their life for our freedom 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
All Civil War battlefields have their strong points . Just try to see one when traveling to any other location if you can that way you can get whole family to go along . Gettysburg and Antietam are by far because of the topography of the land .Shiloh is flatter and the wooded areas limit views. The memorials great and the Confederate massacre graves I have not seen at other battlefields. Cold harbor is nice to see the trenches but Petersburg has rebuilt trenches .
@Jon Kline, if you go, try and find time to drop down to Corinth, MS, just across the state line. There is a Civil War interpretive center there that is worth the visit.
I was there today. Great place to visit. But read up before you go so you don’t get confused by the “First day” markers and “Second day” markers. A solid understanding of the flow of the battle on the First day really enhances your appreciation of the park and it’s layout.
I went there on a field trip with my 9th grade class. Despite living most of my life just a couple hours away, I’ve never been back. I’ve often thought of that trip and how little appreciation a bunch of 9th grade boys had for what happened there. To us, it was just a reason to get out of class for a day and cut up with one another. Now in my 60’s and with a rekindled interest, I want to go back and take it all in; show my proper respect to the men who died there. As the late Shelby Foote stated, the commanders should’ve taken stock after that battle and figured another way to settle things.
Same, I’m only 17 though. I used to live about 20 minutes away. I went there a few times when I was younger but just in the last year or so I really got into the civil war. Now I live about 13 hours away in Texas so I don’t even have the opportunity to go see it very often. I went back last month and saw it all, read every plaque, walked the snake fences, and watched the film inside their museum. I’ve been wanting to get permission to go metal detect there around Shiloh, I don’t even care giving them what I find. Just to dig up a piece of history and hold it in my hands is a moment I can only imagine.
That’s awesome, my young brother. When I was 17, I had no interest in anything significant, and wasn’t worth a dime. Kind of made up for it over time, but I’m stoked you have an interest at 17. I live in the ‘burbs of Memphis, so not far away,, and am planning a trip to Shiloh next April.
@@melodymakermark Oh nice! Hopefully I'll get to make another visit up there around July to visit family. I'll go back to the places I may have read over quickly due to it getting dark lol. Best of luck my friend! God Bless!
@@melodymakermark I hope you were able to make it back. I just took my family yesterday for the 162nd anniversary. There were demonstrations including cannon fire and soldiers shooting muskets. I took my kids around the park and walked several of the trails. It's the first time my wife and I have been there in nearly seven years. It was an awesome experience.
My 2GG Father was Joseph Petty Howard, Pvt. Co. A 9th Kentucky Infantry (Union) which was under Gen. T.L. Crittenden. I visted the battlefield in 2014.
My Great Grand father served in the 7th illinois Cavalry Regiment as a bugler, from October 1863- until Nov. 1865. He died during the Great Depression. He must have been a tough customer.
Those were Iowa boys in there. They held out as long as they could, but eventually had to surrender. At least, what was left of them. They bought time with their lives. Grant would win tomorrow. I've been to this spot. What the map doesnt show well is that there is a rise between those Confederate guns and the "sunken road". Aimed too low they would hit that rise. Aim too high and they would over-shoot that road. I imagine there were alot of tree bursts.
If they are going to get rid of all Confederate statues in the public squares of the South, they would be great for marking positions, troop movements, retreats, headquarters in Civil War battlefield parks.
I belive they should never get rid of any southern Staues let them lie where they are at its part of our history and there ne reason to shame anyone over their beliefs the south contribution to our great country should never be dimmised
@@davidbowman4259Why keep them out of public squares? It's part of our nation's history. Union or confederate, many fathers, sons, brothers and uncles died for this country. Erasing the memorials of the past won't change the reasons why they fought. Our history doesn't change just because a statue is taken down.
my great. great, grandfather Coleman Connelly fought as a Private in the 12th Iowa Volunteer Infantry inside the Hornets nest. He was subsequently captured and furloughed in the October 1863, he moved to Waltham Massachusetts and started a family, my recently deceased grandmother who passed away at 98 years old last decade remembered her grandfather fondly. Born in Ireland, he sailed to Boston and joined the Union army in Sommerville Massachusetts in the summer of 1861. We are still trying to figure out how he ended up in an Iowan Regiment, I would have assumed he would have joined the 9th or 20th Mass who were both recruited from Immigrant Irish, but I guess those are the mysteries of History. Side Note, he went on to fight in The Spanish American War and subsequently in the Phillipine Insurrection. On Waltham Common in Waltham MA, there is a statue of an American Soldier from the Spanish American War and etched on the back is his name along with others from Waltham who fought in that forgotten War.
Your GGGrandfather served his country well. I can just Imagine the stories he could tell of his military experiences. I hope some were passed along through the generations.
These Videos are excellent and that's from a European..Love the American Civil War History,The Officers Corps on both sides went to Military school together,classmates..Must've been very conflicting,even for Families???
My thoughts as well...Currently reading the book "Grant"..It tells of Grant,Longsteet,Sherman,Sheridan,McLennan,Jackson,Pickett & others all being at West Point togrther . All to meet later on the battle field against each other.
It's hard to imagine how these two sides came to fight each other with such determination...I mean, this was brutal hand to hand fighting, limbs blown off, wounded everywhere, dead everywhere, charge and retreats, then charge again---all day long. It's just hard to imagine things couldn't be worked out.
@@Anomaly-uz9pr Settling differences by killing each other is a bad way to reach a solution. Guess the only good thing to come out of it was the ending of slavery for good.
Would love to come to the U.S too see these places; The American civil war is so interesting to me in the U.K.You Guys do a fantastic job .Maybe one day who knows .
The 2 hour presentation by the park ranger i was lucky enough to catch today. Really drove home just how bad the hornets nest was. description of dead Confederates snagged in thorns so dense.they looked like they were floating. was just one aspect i never really heard about or considered.Brags failure to head multiple requests for artillery. Really speaks badly on Brag. When one of his own generals comes to requests artillery.and is told to keep attacking. while implying he was a coward. Was bad enough.the fact that the general was severely wounded.from being shot through both cheak of his mouth.covered in his own blood. Was a massive insult in my view. Even going so far as to send one of his officers to carry the company flag .to keep driving the men forward. The same wounded general took the flag back from the officer by force. And told him to leave.and especially since that same Man had refused to leave his men.and had stuffed cotton on the wounds and wrapped a bandage around his head to keep them in place. When nobody would be able to hold.leaving the field of battle to get medical care. against him. Only after Bragg was dispatched to another position to replace the head general who was killed. Did the infantry get the much needed artillery support. That turned the tide of battle for the Confederates. Up to that point. union artillery was taking a brutal toal in the men in the thickets.
Notice how quiet it is in this video. Coeincidentally we hear song birds whch matches some union accounts of the battle. Now imagine being a federal soldier and that silence ends with the rebel yell comming from 40k confederates....terrifying to say the least
Have you ever seen a very old road that began as a trail that was followed by hunters and became a trading path and then a migratory route and then a path for people to herd their animals to market? Those roads look like they have been hollowed out between trees. I always think of that explanation first.
@@luxbeci2 I live 70 miles from this battle of Shiloh, 50 from the battle of Corinth, Mississippi, 10 miles from the battle of Brice’s Crossroads, Mississippi , and 2 miles from battle of tupelo, Mississippi, my land is the first day action here in and my other family land is the 2nd day action @ old town creek.
There a cemetery near that battle field ..where there's a lot of C.S. vet's barried in the local cemetery..it needs lots of clean up.. overgrown....why can't the government take over the maitance of it..they are us vet's. Seen it on a tube channel..
Major General John Sappington Marmaduke was in the battle of Shiloh and Prairrie Grove but never no mention of him anywhere why is that?he is my ancestor
Invaders!!! Very lucky they were not completely exterminated. Perhaps though you guys will stand with us against the leftists and Mohammadans in the coming second revolution/ civil war to save our nation.
@@davidschwartz6380 In violation of the 3rd amendment of quartering troops…. It was done all throughout 1861-65, Antietam, Gettysburg, Franklin ‘64, Atlanta, and other places. Shows the Constitution didn’t mean much back then like it doesn’t now.
many curriers were sent by Wallace, and its well known that Prentiss was wanted to court-martial original soldiers that said the attack was starting.. Prentiss IMHO does not deserve the accolade of holding the Hornets nest
My great,great grandfather was in company E of the 8th Iowa infantry. He was wounded at the Hornet's Nest and evidently was not captured with the rest of the company. He recovered and continued to serve until he was mustered out at Selma, Alabama in 1866.
I have a copy of a letter written by my great great grandfather John R Bloomer back home to his family. It’s caption with his unit and then he’s under Cap’n Henry Terry. He started out with his location, which is Camp on the field of Shiloh and it’s dated April 28/62. He writes a long gossipy letter and talks about troops arriving and who he seen, and states that the rebels fight on whiskey and gun powder, and when the whisky runs out, they have to fall back to their entrenchment at Corinth. It’s not a particularly bloody letter, and some of it is about the weather, etc. very interesting stuff. He made it home, although somewhat damaged, after being shot in the shoulder at the battle of Chickamauga. And he ended up becoming a carpenter, and having eight children. He died in 1901.
My great grandfather fought in the battle of Shiloh, was wounded, went home and got married, eventually had children in the late 1870's and I am here in 2021 because he survived.
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As children growing up in North Alabama we visited Shiloh every summer it was sad but American history at its best it's a huge place but I recommend you go these were brothers fathers uncle's whom gave their life for our freedom 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Shiloh is the best Civil War battlefield to visit, in my humble opinion.
Lee Hutch I’ve only been to Antietam, Gettysburg, and Franklin.
After all my 65 years traveling all of Europe with Army . I now feel compelled to visit Shiloh.
I just visited Shiloh today, I went to Gettysburg exactly 2 years ago. They are both very interesting but to me, Gettysburg was so much better.
All Civil War battlefields have their strong points . Just try to see one when traveling to any other location if you can that way you can get whole family to go along . Gettysburg and Antietam are by far because of the topography of the land .Shiloh is flatter and the wooded areas limit views. The memorials great and the Confederate massacre graves I have not seen at other battlefields. Cold harbor is nice to see the trenches but Petersburg has rebuilt trenches .
@Jon Kline, if you go, try and find time to drop down to Corinth, MS, just across the state line. There is a Civil War interpretive center there that is worth the visit.
I was there today. Great place to visit. But read up before you go so you don’t get confused by the “First day” markers and “Second day” markers. A solid understanding of the flow of the battle on the First day really enhances your appreciation of the park and it’s layout.
I went there on a field trip with my 9th grade class. Despite living most of my life just a couple hours away, I’ve never been back. I’ve often thought of that trip and how little appreciation a bunch of 9th grade boys had for what happened there. To us, it was just a reason to get out of class for a day and cut up with one another. Now in my 60’s and with a rekindled interest, I want to go back and take it all in; show my proper respect to the men who died there.
As the late Shelby Foote stated, the commanders should’ve taken stock after that battle and figured another way to settle things.
Same, I’m only 17 though. I used to live about 20 minutes away. I went there a few times when I was younger but just in the last year or so I really got into the civil war. Now I live about 13 hours away in Texas so I don’t even have the opportunity to go see it very often. I went back last month and saw it all, read every plaque, walked the snake fences, and watched the film inside their museum. I’ve been wanting to get permission to go metal detect there around Shiloh, I don’t even care giving them what I find. Just to dig up a piece of history and hold it in my hands is a moment I can only imagine.
That’s awesome, my young brother. When I was 17, I had no interest in anything significant, and wasn’t worth a dime. Kind of made up for it over time, but I’m stoked you have an interest at 17. I live in the ‘burbs of Memphis, so not far away,, and am planning a trip to Shiloh next April.
@@melodymakermark Oh nice! Hopefully I'll get to make another visit up there around July to visit family. I'll go back to the places I may have read over quickly due to it getting dark lol. Best of luck my friend! God Bless!
@@melodymakermark I hope you were able to make it back. I just took my family yesterday for the 162nd anniversary. There were demonstrations including cannon fire and soldiers shooting muskets. I took my kids around the park and walked several of the trails. It's the first time my wife and I have been there in nearly seven years. It was an awesome experience.
My 2GG Father was Joseph Petty Howard, Pvt. Co. A 9th Kentucky Infantry (Union) which was under Gen. T.L. Crittenden. I visted the battlefield in 2014.
Visited twice. It's such a peaceful place now.
My Great Grand father served in the 7th illinois Cavalry Regiment as a bugler, from October 1863- until Nov. 1865. He died during the Great Depression. He must have been a tough customer.
Shiloh, a very sad historical site. So many men died on both sides..I cried so hard reading their names, battalions
Those were Iowa boys in there. They held out as long as they could, but eventually had to surrender. At least, what was left of them. They bought time with their lives. Grant would win tomorrow. I've been to this spot. What the map doesnt show well is that there is a rise between those Confederate guns and the "sunken road". Aimed too low they would hit that rise. Aim too high and they would over-shoot that road. I imagine there were alot of tree bursts.
Thank you for posting this summary...its from a different visual perspective than I've seen before, and the content was informative
So eloquently spoken for such a horrific day of battle.
If they are going to get rid of all Confederate statues in the public squares of the South, they would be great for marking positions, troop movements, retreats, headquarters in Civil War battlefield parks.
Yep. Somewhere they belong
I think that’s a great idea.
Agree. Keep them in battlefield parks, museums, etc. Keep them out of public squares.
I belive they should never get rid of any southern Staues let them lie where they are at its part of our history and there ne reason to shame anyone over their beliefs the south contribution to our great country should never be dimmised
@@davidbowman4259Why keep them out of public squares? It's part of our nation's history. Union or confederate, many fathers, sons, brothers and uncles died for this country. Erasing the memorials of the past won't change the reasons why they fought. Our history doesn't change just because a statue is taken down.
This is a great video about the Hornet's nest. I learned a lot. thanks for showing this.
I was there in July, 2019. I had 4 days of a 2-week vacation left and I drove all night from Austin, TX. I wish I'd watched this first.
My ancestors lived at shiloh and continued to live there for years after the battle, my great great great grandparents are buried nearby
my great. great, grandfather Coleman Connelly fought as a Private in the 12th Iowa Volunteer Infantry inside the Hornets nest. He was subsequently captured and furloughed in the October 1863, he moved to Waltham Massachusetts and started a family, my recently deceased grandmother who passed away at 98 years old last decade remembered her grandfather fondly. Born in Ireland, he sailed to Boston and joined the Union army in Sommerville Massachusetts in the summer of 1861. We are still trying to figure out how he ended up in an Iowan Regiment, I would have assumed he would have joined the 9th or 20th Mass who were both recruited from Immigrant Irish, but I guess those are the mysteries of History. Side Note, he went on to fight in The Spanish American War and subsequently in the Phillipine Insurrection. On Waltham Common in Waltham MA, there is a statue of an American Soldier from the Spanish American War and etched on the back is his name along with others from Waltham who fought in that forgotten War.
Your GGGrandfather served his country well. I can just Imagine the stories he could tell of his military experiences. I hope some were passed along through the generations.
Nice description of the Hornets nest. Great place. I feel fortunate to have been able to visit Shiloh on two occasions,
These Videos are excellent and that's from a European..Love the American Civil War History,The Officers Corps on both sides went to Military school together,classmates..Must've been very conflicting,even for Families???
My thoughts as well...Currently reading the book "Grant"..It tells of Grant,Longsteet,Sherman,Sheridan,McLennan,Jackson,Pickett & others all being at West Point togrther . All to meet later on the battle field against each other.
It's hard to imagine how these two sides came to fight each other with such determination...I mean, this was brutal hand to hand fighting, limbs blown off, wounded everywhere, dead everywhere, charge and retreats, then charge again---all day long. It's just hard to imagine things couldn't be worked out.
It was building up for decades before the actual civil war started
@@Anomaly-uz9pr Settling differences by killing each other is a bad way to reach a solution. Guess the only good thing to come out of it was the ending of slavery for good.
Sir thank you for your lesson on this sad day of our History I pray for all the souls of lost American life 🙏
My ancestor died here his name was Paris P. Casey he was a private still very young
Sorry for your loss may he rest in peace in heaven
Nicely done, thanks for posting. This place is on my bucket list.
Go Shiloh is amazing I loved it and im a kid and found it insterting
Nice job, Stacy. As usual your description really brings it to life.
Thats my great uncle.
Note WHL Wallace is not Lee Wallace (who is the author on Ben Hur). Lew Wallace forces show up later in the battle.
Would love to come to the U.S too see these places; The American civil war is so interesting to me in the U.K.You Guys do a fantastic job .Maybe one day who knows .
Stacy is my great uncle, hes saying that hes not gonna retire next year.
I love Battle of Shiloh
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The 2 hour presentation by the park ranger i was lucky enough to catch today. Really drove home just how bad the hornets nest was. description of dead Confederates snagged in thorns so dense.they looked like they were floating. was just one aspect i never really heard about or considered.Brags failure to head multiple requests for artillery. Really speaks badly on Brag. When one of his own generals comes to requests artillery.and is told to keep attacking. while implying he was a coward. Was bad enough.the fact that the general was severely wounded.from being shot through both cheak of his mouth.covered in his own blood. Was a massive insult in my view. Even going so far as to send one of his officers to carry the company flag .to keep driving the men forward. The same wounded general took the flag back from the officer by force. And told him to leave.and especially since that same Man had refused to leave his men.and had stuffed cotton on the wounds and wrapped a bandage around his head to keep them in place. When nobody would be able to hold.leaving the field of battle to get medical care. against him.
Only after Bragg was dispatched to another position to replace the head general who was killed. Did the infantry get the much needed artillery support. That turned the tide of battle for the Confederates. Up to that point. union artillery was taking a brutal toal in the men in the thickets.
Notice how quiet it is in this video. Coeincidentally we hear song birds whch matches some union accounts of the battle. Now imagine being a federal soldier and that silence ends with the rebel yell comming from 40k confederates....terrifying to say the least
Perhaps the Sunken Road name was derived from a partially flooded road? Backwoods talk.
Have you ever seen a very old road that began as a trail that was followed by hunters and became a trading path and then a migratory route and then a path for people to herd their animals to market? Those roads look like they have been hollowed out between trees. I always think of that explanation first.
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Thanks for tour
I went there yesterday
Who is it sheriff?? How he know What happening in Civil war? Which battle this? Gettisburg?
Never heard of gettisburg, are u meaning “GETTYSBURG”??
@@CSAFD I know Gettisburg battlefield american civil war 1865 Lee and Grand fight very bloody 100000 soldiers died or more
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Where u from Poland? 🇵🇱
@@CSAFD I ám from Hungary
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I live 70 miles from this battle of Shiloh, 50 from the battle of Corinth, Mississippi, 10 miles from the battle of Brice’s Crossroads, Mississippi , and 2 miles from battle of tupelo, Mississippi, my land is the first day action here in and my other family land is the 2nd day action @ old town creek.
There a cemetery near that battle field ..where there's a lot of C.S. vet's barried in the local cemetery..it needs lots of clean up.. overgrown....why can't the government take over the maitance of it..they are us vet's. Seen it on a tube channel..
Major General John Sappington Marmaduke was in the battle of Shiloh and Prairrie Grove but never no mention of him anywhere why is that?he is my ancestor
He is mentioned online in several areas. Google him, he got promoted for his actions with the 3rd CSA Infantry.
hoss4468 yes I found it thank you
So is gettysburg pennsylvania
Logging road lol. We call them logging roads on Sand MTN Alabama
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5:17 is that a ghost
It’s just a guy visiting the park. I was there today and there are hikers all over the place.
My great, great, grand pappy fought the Yankees in Miami Beach Florida. Got two horses and seventeen Red Cross nurses shot right out from under him.
And lived to tell..!!😉
Iowa 2nd 7th 8th 12th and 14th infantry "The Hornets nest Brigade " STAND FAST
Invaders!!! Very lucky they were not completely exterminated. Perhaps though you guys will stand with us against the leftists and Mohammadans in the coming second revolution/ civil war to save our nation.
Deo Vindice
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I do understand,part of my family members fought ww2. From Canada.
Too bad we had Union sympathizers here that let Grant use Cherry Mansion and helped the Union so much.Proud Hardin Countian and Son of the Confederacy
I dont feel sorry.
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In violation of the 3rd amendment of quartering troops…. It was done all throughout 1861-65, Antietam, Gettysburg, Franklin ‘64, Atlanta, and other places. Shows the Constitution didn’t mean much back then like it doesn’t now.
Wallace is the forgotten Hero here
many curriers were sent by Wallace, and its well known that Prentiss was wanted to court-martial original soldiers that said the attack was starting.. Prentiss IMHO does not deserve the accolade of holding the Hornets nest
He was not a hero. 🤮
don't mess with America.bad idea.
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