Dr. Timothy B. Smith

That last line of defense at Shiloh, there's some 50 pieces of artillery in the first third of a mile inland from the river. And you've got the two gunboats, Tyler and Lexington, in the river itself firing up Dill Branch Ravine. The area is so strong. And this is one of the key things for battlefield preservation. And the federal government did it a long time ago in the 1890s.

That last line of defense at Shiloh, there's some 50 pieces of artillery in the first third of a mile inland from the river. And you've got the two gunboats, Tyler and Lexington, in the river itself firing up Dill Branch Ravine. The area is so strong. And this is one of the key things for battlefield preservation. And the federal government did it a long time ago in the 1890s.

The American Battlefield Trust is a wonderful organization still doing it today. But to be able to go to those battlefields, And to see the terrain, you really can't understand it until you go there. You know, there are a lot of people that argue, oh, the Confederates have just had one more hour of daylight.

The American Battlefield Trust is a wonderful organization still doing it today. But to be able to go to those battlefields, And to see the terrain, you really can't understand it until you go there. You know, there are a lot of people that argue, oh, the Confederates have just had one more hour of daylight.

The American Battlefield Trust is a wonderful organization still doing it today. But to be able to go to those battlefields, And to see the terrain, you really can't understand it until you go there. You know, there are a lot of people that argue, oh, the Confederates have just had one more hour of daylight.

Or if Johnson had just lived, they would have swept over Grant's last line of defense and won that battle. And I dare say the vast majority of those folks that argue that have never been to shallow and looked at Dill Branch Ravine and looked at the terrain. You can go out there and cross that thing on foot and put yourself in that position facing 50 cannons

Or if Johnson had just lived, they would have swept over Grant's last line of defense and won that battle. And I dare say the vast majority of those folks that argue that have never been to shallow and looked at Dill Branch Ravine and looked at the terrain. You can go out there and cross that thing on foot and put yourself in that position facing 50 cannons

Or if Johnson had just lived, they would have swept over Grant's last line of defense and won that battle. And I dare say the vast majority of those folks that argue that have never been to shallow and looked at Dill Branch Ravine and looked at the terrain. You can go out there and cross that thing on foot and put yourself in that position facing 50 cannons

in front of you and the gunboats to the side and all of that, and this thing filled with backwater and the steep fields and all that, there is absolutely no way. And so I've quit arguing with people until they go out there and actually see it. And then we can discuss, you know, from a level playing field kind of thing.

in front of you and the gunboats to the side and all of that, and this thing filled with backwater and the steep fields and all that, there is absolutely no way. And so I've quit arguing with people until they go out there and actually see it. And then we can discuss, you know, from a level playing field kind of thing.

in front of you and the gunboats to the side and all of that, and this thing filled with backwater and the steep fields and all that, there is absolutely no way. And so I've quit arguing with people until they go out there and actually see it. And then we can discuss, you know, from a level playing field kind of thing.

But if you go to Shiloh and actually see this, you're really not in a place to even comment on it, really.

But if you go to Shiloh and actually see this, you're really not in a place to even comment on it, really.

But if you go to Shiloh and actually see this, you're really not in a place to even comment on it, really.

Yes. Day two is very much a mirror image of the first day, just in reverse, because they're fighting back over the same areas. And so for all practical purposes, the Hornet's Nest Peach Orchard, all those same areas that become so famous on the first day become famous on the second day.

Yes. Day two is very much a mirror image of the first day, just in reverse, because they're fighting back over the same areas. And so for all practical purposes, the Hornet's Nest Peach Orchard, all those same areas that become so famous on the first day become famous on the second day.

Yes. Day two is very much a mirror image of the first day, just in reverse, because they're fighting back over the same areas. And so for all practical purposes, the Hornet's Nest Peach Orchard, all those same areas that become so famous on the first day become famous on the second day.

But what is really remarkable, I think, about the second day is really the fight that the Confederate Army that fought all day yesterday puts up. And in fact, they will stop cold turkey.

But what is really remarkable, I think, about the second day is really the fight that the Confederate Army that fought all day yesterday puts up. And in fact, they will stop cold turkey.

But what is really remarkable, I think, about the second day is really the fight that the Confederate Army that fought all day yesterday puts up. And in fact, they will stop cold turkey.