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

Anderson's Brigade

Ruggles' Division - Bragg's Corps

— Army of the Mississippi —

 
 
Anderson's Brigade Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen Gathman, November 20, 2010
1. Anderson's Brigade Marker
Inscription.
C.S.
Anderson's (2d) Brigade,
29th La., 9th Tex., 1st Fla. Batt'n., Conf. Gds. Resp. Batt'n., 17th La.,
Ruggles' (1st) Div., Bragg's Corps,
Army of the Mississippi.

This brigade was engaged here from noon to 2 p.m., April 6, 1862, and then moved to south side of Duncan Field.
 
Erected by Shiloh National Military Park Commission. (Marker Number 354.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1891.
 
Location. 35° 8.425′ N, 88° 21.038′ W. Marker is near Shiloh, Tennessee, in Hardin County. It can be reached from Sherman Road Ό mile north of Hamburg-Purdy Road, on the left when traveling south. To the right on the loop road to the confederate burial trench, Park tour stop #5, 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.
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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: 40th Illinois Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); 30th Indiana Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); 17th Illinois Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); 43rd Illinois Infantry (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Washington (La.) Artillery (about 300 feet away); 11th Iowa Infantry (about 300 feet away); 29th Indiana Infantry (about 300 feet away); The Counterattack Buys Time (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Shiloh.
 
Anderson's Brigade Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen Gathman, November 20, 2010
2. Anderson's Brigade Marker
Looking north.
Anderson's Brigade Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen Gathman, November 20, 2010
3. Anderson's Brigade Marker
Looking north from loop road.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on December 7, 2010, by Allen Gathman of Pocahontas, Missouri. This page has been viewed 669 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on December 7, 2010, by Allen Gathman of Pocahontas, Missouri. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
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