Civil War Flames: Cannons Waiting

SHILOH

The word Shiloh has a beautiful sound to the name. A little research tells me that Shiloh is a Hebrew word that means gift. A second meaning is he who was sent. He who was sent was a gift God sent to us.

The little Shiloh Church in Tennessee had a beautiful setting to go along with the sound of its name. In the quiet country side of Tennessee at Pittsburgh Landing stood the Shiloh Church. It had a peach orchard that filled the area with its sweet aroma from its full pink blossoms.

Pittsburgh Landing was across from Corinth, Mississippi. Here Albert S. Johnston and his Confederate boys were stationed. Grant and his Union boys were camped by the Shiloh Church. Grant was hoping for a decisive win.

Tension ran high with the anticipation of what was to come. Then Johnston attacked. Two days these large armies clashed. General Johnston was called to his maker along with thirty-five hundred blue and gray boys. The casualties rose to a total of twenty-five thousand. The bodies of the dead and the casualties were covered with the pink pedals of the peach blossoms. Grant did win but the cost was great.

The public of both the North and the South were appalled at the numbers. This gruesome page of history did not deter these armies. They continued this slaughter for two more years. The Civil War cost our country six hundred thousand lives plus an enormous number of casualties.

Strange But True

It was reported that the Battle of Gettysburg was heard 140 miles away. The First Lady heard the Battle of Manassas 40 miles away.

The most interesting were the 'silent' battles. There was the bombardment of Port Royal in South Carolina. People saw the flash of the cannons but did not hear their roar in the duel between the Monitor and the Merrimac. There were several others like Gains Mill in Virginia and Mississippi's Burnsville Road.

One occurred in my home state, Perryville, Kentucky. General Carlos Buell did not hear the clash of the Blue and Gray armies just three miles from his headquarters.

The acoustics produced by the terrian, the wind's speed and direction, and the density of the air may be factors in these phenomenons. Weaver Of Tales

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Monday, February 1, 2010

Cannons Waiting

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