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Home Tennessee McNairy County Selmer Historical Markers Approach to Shiloh ~ Apr. 5, 1862

Approach to Shiloh ~ Apr. 5, 1862

US 64 at Charlie Pounds Rd., Selmer, TN , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 35° 11' 37.379976", -88° 28' 58.379988"
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Marching southeast from Bethel Springs via Purdy, Cheatham's Div., Confederate Army of the Mississippi, passed here enroute to join the army for its attack at Shiloh. Location of this force had caused Grant, the Federal commander to dispose Lew Wallace's division on a broad front, facing north, with it's left at Adamsville, 6 miles east, expecting attack.

Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission.

Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00
 
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