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| Shiloh National
Cemetery. Tennessee River in the background Photo courtesy of Webmaster |
Grant's Headquarters Site Marker HEADQUARTERS General Grant in his memoirs says, "During the night rain fell in torrents and our troops were exposed without shelter. I made my headquarters under a tree a few hundred yards back from the river bank." The large oak tree referred to, standing where this marker now stands, was destroyed by cyclone October 14, 1909 |