Tour Stop 9: The Battle of Shiloh Begins in Fraley Field

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2 жыл бұрын

General Parker Hills of Battle Focus Tours details the beginning of the Battle of Shiloh. #ShilohBattlefieldTour
This video is part of our Battlefield Tour Series covering Civil War Tennessee and Mississippi. View the full playlist here: • Civil War Tennessee/Mi...
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@user-rs5kn1lo8h 25 күн бұрын

I live about 35 miles from Shiloh, close to a town called Belmont. I loved seeing all the out of state tags whenever we went to visit Shiloh yesterday, saw Illinois, Texas, Florida , Georgia plates and people walking around taking pictures. It warmed my heart knowing this place is so close to me, knowing my ancestors likely fought each other in this battle.

@DustinsNScaleRailroad 2 жыл бұрын

I'm really enjoying the series. That being said, please tell me I'm not the only one giggling at the fact that Peabody & Sherman are on the field. They're helping us go way back.

@jimwind7589 2 жыл бұрын

The 70s cartoons. The best

@SuperPhester 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for saving my great grandfather Everett Peabody!

@intpete Жыл бұрын

I've lost count of how many ABT videos I have watched, but an overriding impression is that Garry is the one who ties it all together. Kris and the guests are also wonderful. Thanks so much for all you do.

@debramartin7029 2 жыл бұрын

I came at dawn on April 6th one year. The Park service sponsors those hikes too.

@CSAFD 2 жыл бұрын

I live: 70 miles from Shiloh 50 miles from Corinth 10 miles from Brice’s Crossroads 2 miles from tupelo (my family land is part of the 2nd day battle of old town creek) 20 miles from Okalona 13 miles from pontotoc 4 hrs from Raymond/Jackson and Vicksburg. My GGG-grandfather’s brother was General John Bell Hood.

@bluesuncompanyman 2 жыл бұрын

I visited Shiloh 2 years ago and I was so impressed with how preserved the land is. Places like Antietam or Gettysburg have development encroaching but Shiloh is remote. I really felt as though I was seeing the land the way my ancestors saw it in April 1862.

@Baseballnfj Жыл бұрын

Only Antietam is comparable in my opinion. Different.. but just like 1862

@Joecms 2 жыл бұрын

Enjoy watching these videos. Before I go to Shiloh I will know something and not be wondering around trying to get the flow of the battle. Makes it more enjoyable for me. Thank you

@eltharhunter8164 2 жыл бұрын

You guys are the greatest! I feel as though I'm there with you!

@markvassallo9918 Ай бұрын

Can't wait to travel to Shiloh next year for vacation for a week

@debramartin7029 2 жыл бұрын

I am enjoying your tour very much! I am in Oregon but have been to Shiloh several times, like seeing an old friend. I have already learned new things from Parker.

@VloggingThroughHistory 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah! I see my 3rd great grandfather's 5th Kentucky Mtd Infantry at 1:26 meanwhile my 4th great grandfather on the Union side was marching to nowhere with the 20th Ohio under Lew Wallace. Great stuff as always!

@Baseballnfj Жыл бұрын

Hey... Lew Wallace.. battle of Monocacy winner and author of Ben Hur

@SmedleyDouwright 2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed Parker Hills' map presentations and all the American Battlefield Trust presenters in this Shiloh series so far.

@lizlittle1641 2 жыл бұрын

I've been to Shiloh and it was amazing!

@moementum821 2 жыл бұрын

One of the few battlefields that was left in the condition it was in the Civil War, NO encroachment by urban sprawl.

@derekrupert2013 2 жыл бұрын

Can’t wait to make this trip myself!

@MayoFilms83 2 жыл бұрын

General Polk was a 3rd cousin to my great great grandfather William H Gaines. Who was in the 1st Kentucky Regiment. Only fought at two battles. Drainesville and Yorktown.

@lefin3730 2 жыл бұрын

These videos over the last few days have been absolutely terrific. Really informative as always but I also love the first hand accounts of who did what, who said what and who was responsible for what! Great stuff, please keep it up!

@joemabry9643 2 жыл бұрын

Oh yea! Thank you!

@davidsachs4883 2 жыл бұрын

You were talking about the western campaign. Ever consider visiting pea ridge and the other battlefields west of the Mississippi River

@davewallace8219 2 жыл бұрын

thank you

@nastrael 2 жыл бұрын

I heard the Prentiss quote as "If I have truly brought this fight on, I shall lead the van."

@perrycuskey3987 2 жыл бұрын

There are a few different quotes attributed to Peabody that morning. My personal favorite has him telling Prentiss that the battle was coming without his (Peabody's) assistance. True enough of course, whether he said it or not. I think that's the common element among all the different quotes. Peabody understood long before Prentiss that it was a general attack, and not simply a detachment stirred up by Peabody's patrol under Major Powell. That's the logical explanation for why Prentiss chewed him out. He didn't yet understand the true situation. The Confederates explained it to him soon enough, in a manner of speaking.

@tomjones2202 3 ай бұрын

Can you imagine McClernand trying to pull rank on GRANT! LOL Another great video Gary and Gen. Hills. I was there many years ago and I do plan to go back now that I'm retired! :)

@markjurgens8898 2 жыл бұрын

One thing I would love to know about Shiloh is actually from the night of the 6th into the 7th. I remember watching a documentary that stated that Union gun boats would bounce their artillery shells off of the bluff of the Tennessee river. It was on Battlefield Detectives at Shiloh. I can't seem to be able to purchase that episode so I'm not sure if it was debunked? Anyone with knowledge??

@jimwind7589 2 жыл бұрын

I heard the same

@herberthinton1499 2 жыл бұрын

Great narrative, as usual from this channel. A terrible introduction to the horrors of war for many on that morning.

@ironeagle2k13 2 жыл бұрын

Would love to see a talk about the skirmish that followed the Confederate retreat at Shiloh between Sherman and Forrest

@AmericanBattlefieldTrust 2 жыл бұрын

You're in luck! Look for the video about Fallen Timbers tomorrow evening.

@inthedarkwoods2022 2 жыл бұрын

Ya'll should go more indepth about Powell. The guy fought like a lion and ended up killed in the hornet's nest after being shot multiple times.

@calebjames7444 Жыл бұрын

I believe Gen. Hills meant to say A. B. Hardcastle (Not Greencastle) at 5:20. Hardcastle was in charge of the 3rd Battalion MS Infantry, which was changed to the 3rd MS under BG S.A.M. Wood at the start of the battle. Wood is wounded, and command falls to Col. William K. Patterson. Thanks for the content, ABT!

@detsportsfan18 2 жыл бұрын

Just ordered the Battle Maps of the Western Theater book, looks neat! With memberships for the American Battlefield Trust, is it a monthly or yearly type thing? Just curious, is all. Thanks! 👍

@AmericanBattlefieldTrust 2 жыл бұрын

Memberships are paid for once a year. You can learn more here: www.battlefields.org/become-member-american-battlefield-trust

@detsportsfan18 2 жыл бұрын

@@AmericanBattlefieldTrust Much appreciated! Just wasn't sure how it all worked, so good to know!

@markjurgens8898 2 жыл бұрын

They sent me the Eastern theater once I donated. Loved it and bought the Western theater shortly there after. Very good tool to understand the battles. If you read memoirs you literally can follow along with the soldier.

@BP-dc4uj 2 жыл бұрын

This is a rare time I heard someone pronounce Peabody, correctly.

@dannyglesing 2 жыл бұрын

Please fix the sound on this video. Other than that it's great!

@Calatriste54 2 жыл бұрын

I understand my Great, Great Grandfather, !st Lt. Joseph Johnson Oliver of 21st MO Infantry Regiment, CO I, was wounded by friendly fire from panicky Federal troops of Tuttle's Brigade leaving the field. JJ's Brother-in-Law, Hudson Rice also wounded, but guided him by foot and a floating wood plank to the safety of Pittsburg Landing. The next day was dreadful for the 21st Missouri, at the Hornet's Nest. "All my hope is in GOD" the Fraser Clan Motto, am grateful..