Near Shiloh in Hardin County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Myers' Battery
Hurlbut's Division
| | Army of the Tennessee | |
Photographed by Allen Gathman, March 17, 2011
1. Myers' Battery Marker
Meyers' Battery,
13th Ohio Lt. Art., Hurlbut's (4th) Div.,
Army of the Tennessee.
This battery took position here at 9 a.m. April 6, 1862, and soon after abandoned its guns.
Erected by Shiloh National Military Park Commission. (Marker Number 172.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1884.
Location. 35° 7.783′ N, 88° 20.083′ W. Marker is near Shiloh, Tennessee, in Hardin County. It is on Hamburg-Purdy Road 0.4 miles east of Eastern Corinth Road, on the left when traveling east. 150 yards north of road on western edge of Sarah Bell's Cotton Field. 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
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 17th Kentucky Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); Welker's Battery (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Willard's Battery (about 300 feet away); 1st Tennessee Infantry Battalion and 9th Tennessee Infantry Regiment (about 300 feet away); Harper's Mississippi Battery (about 400 feet away); 25th Kentucky Infantry (about 400 feet away); Forrest's Tennessee Cavalry (about 400 feet away); McClung's Tennessee Battery (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Shiloh.
Photographed by Allen Gathman, March 17, 2011
2. Myers' Battery Marker
Looking west from Sarah Bell's Cotton Field.
Photographed by Allen Gathman, March 17, 2011
3. Myers' Battery Marker
Looking south.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 1, 2011, by Allen Gathman of Pocahontas, Missouri. This page has been viewed 749 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 1, 2011, by Allen Gathman of Pocahontas, Missouri. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
