Pittsburg Landing in Shiloh in Hardin County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Sweeney

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 2, 2023

1. Sweeney Marker

Inscription.

U.S. Headquarters 3^D Brigade,
2^D Division,
Army of the Tennessee,
Col. Thos. W. Sweeney,
52^D Illinois Commanding
Established March 14th, 1862

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is April 6, 1862.

Location. 35° 9.169′ N, 88° 19.957′ W. Memorial is in Shiloh, Tennessee, in Hardin County. It is in Pittsburg Landing. It is on Pittsburg Landing Road 0.3 miles east of Tennessee Route 22, on the right when traveling west. Located in Shiloh National Military Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Shiloh TN 38376, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial 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: Hickenlooper's Battery

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(about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); U.S. Camp of Willard's Battery, (about 600 feet away); 81st Ohio Infantry (about 600 feet away); Tuttle (approx. 0.2 miles away); 13th Missouri Infantry (approx. 0.2 miles away); 9th Illinois Infantry (approx. 0.2 miles away); 43rd Illinois Infantry (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Hickenlooper's Battery (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Shiloh.

Photographed by David Austin, May 29, 2022

2. Sweeney Marker

Sweeney Marker Area image. Click for full size.

Photographed by David Austin, May 29, 2022

3. Sweeney Marker Area

Credits. This page was last revised on April 10, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 30, 2022, by David Austin of Scotts Hill, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 210 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on April 10, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 2, 3. submitted on May 30, 2022, by David Austin of Scotts Hill, Tennessee. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.