Shiloh
National Military Park
Tour Stop-10:
Hornets' Nest
Parts of three Federal divisions stubbornly defended this densely wooded area on April 6, so named by attacking Confederates because of the stinging shot and shell they faced here. |
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(2012) Enlarge Marker Detail Tour Stop-10: Hornet's Nest Bill Bechmann |
(2012) Enlarge Center of the Union Line Bill Bechmann |
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(Winter 1999) General
Prentiss' Surrender Site Brian Risher |
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View looking southeast from Eastern Corinth Road Webmaster |
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(2003) The Minnesota Monument at the Hornets' Nest Brian Risher |
Brig. Gen. Prentiss surrendered here at 5:30 P.M. April 6, 1862. East of Corinth-Pittsburg Landing Road, south of Confederate monument Glenn Bandy |
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