Shiloh in Hardin County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Harper's Mississippi Battery
Wood's Brigade - Hardee's Corps
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Photographed by Nick Kurtz, June 13, 2004
1. Harper's Mississippi Battery Marker
Harper's Mississippi Battery,
Wood's (3d) Brigade, Hardee's Corps,
Army of the Mississippi.
This battery of four guns, known also as "Jefferson Artillery", was in action here from 8 A.M. to 9 A.M., April 6, 1862.
Erected by Shiloh National Military Park Commission. (Marker Number 443.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1905.
Location. 35° 7.334′ N, 88° 20.647′ W. Marker is in Shiloh, Tennessee, in Hardin County. It can be reached from Eastern Corinth Road. Located on a walking trail extending west from the road, opposite the Gladden Mortuary Monument, in Shiloh National Military Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Shiloh TN 38376, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in West Tennessee. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Swett's Mississippi Battery (within shouting distance of this marker); 16th Wisconsin Infantry (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named 16th Wisconsin Infantry (about 500 feet away); Brig. Gen. Adley H. Gladden (about 600 feet away); Munch's Battery (about 700 feet away); 21st Missouri Infantry
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Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 14, 2008, by Nick Kurtz of Littleton, Colorado. This page has been viewed 961 times since then and 8 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on November 14, 2008, by Nick Kurtz of Littleton, Colorado. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
