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

Wood's Brigade

Hardee's Corps

— Army of the Mississippi —

 
 
Wood's Brigade Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen Gathman, March 18, 2011
1. Wood's Brigade Marker
Inscription.
C. S.
Wood's (3d) Brigade,
27th Tenn., 16th Ala., 44th Tenn., 9th Ark., 8th Ark., 3d Miss., 55th Tenn.,
Hardee's Corps,
Army of the Mississippi.

At this place the right of this brigade was engaged with infantry and the left was under fire from Waterhouse's Battery at 9 a.m., April 6, 1862.
 
Erected by Shiloh National Military Park Commission. (Marker Number 438.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is April 6, 1862.
 
Location. 35° 7.578′ N, 88° 21.066′ W. Marker is near Shiloh, Tennessee, in Hardin County. It can be reached from Peabody Road Ό mile east of Corinth Road, on the right when traveling east. On a trail in the woods. Trail begins 170 yards south of road near the southeast corner of Rea Field. Marker is 300 yards south of 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
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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: 53rd Ohio Infantry (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); 25th Missouri Infantry (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named 53rd Ohio Infantry (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named 25th Missouri Infantry (approx. 0.2 miles away); Union Line of Defense (approx. Ό mile away); Camp of 53rd Ohio Infantry (approx. Ό mile away); 12th Michigan Infantry (approx. Ό mile away); 7th Arkansas and 2d Arkansas (approx. Ό mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Shiloh.
 
Wood's Brigade Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen Gathman, March 18, 2011
2. Wood's Brigade Marker
Looking east.
Wood's Brigade Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen Gathman, March 18, 2011
3. Wood's Brigade Marker
Looking south on trail.
Wood's Brigade Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen Gathman, March 18, 2011
4. Wood's Brigade Marker
Beginning of trail near southeast corner of Rea Field. Looking east.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 25, 2011, by Allen Gathman of Pocahontas, Missouri. This page has been viewed 809 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 25, 2011, by Allen Gathman of Pocahontas, Missouri. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
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