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

Ross's Battery Camp

Hurlbut's Division

— Army of the Tennessee —

 
 
Ross's Battery Camp Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen Gathman, November 20, 2010
1. Ross's Battery Camp Marker
Inscription.
U.S.
Camp of
Ross' Battery,
(2d Michigan), Hurlbut's (4th) Div., Army of the Tennessee.
First position in line of battle April 6, 1862, was 7/8 mile south, at south side of Peach Orchard.
 
Erected by Shiloh National Military Park Commission. (Marker Number A53.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is April 6, 1904.
 
Location. 35° 8.678′ N, 88° 20.025′ W. Marker is in Shiloh, Tennessee, in Hardin County. It can be reached from Cavalry Road 0 miles west of Hamburg-Savannah Road, on the left when traveling west. About 100 yards south of Confederate Burial Trench, on a trail off Cavalry Road, 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
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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: U.S. 81st Ohio Infantry, (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Kirk's (5th) Brigade (about 400 feet away); U.S. Second Division, Army of the Ohio (about 400 feet away); Michigan Monument (about 500 feet away); 7th Illinois Infantry (about 500 feet away); McAllister's Battery (about 600 feet away); Confederate Burial Trench (about 600 feet away); The Cost of Battle (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Shiloh.
 
Ross's Battery Camp Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen Gathman, November 20, 2010
2. Ross's Battery Camp Marker
View of marker looking south on trail.
Ross's Battery Camp Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen Gathman, November 20, 2010
3. Ross's Battery Camp Marker
Looking north.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 28, 2010, by Allen Gathman of Pocahontas, Missouri. This page has been viewed 530 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on November 28, 2010, by Allen Gathman of Pocahontas, Missouri. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
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