Linda, George, David & Warren--This is great news the 8th may rise again! Four years ago I drove over from Texas to The Shiloh Battlefield. I hiked the old Corinth Road from SH 22 & 142 and followed the "Red Markers" north to the Hornets Nest then southeast via the Sunken Road to the Peach Orchard and finally Bloody Pond (2.7 miles).

I could almost feel and smell the battle. The Park Rangers at Shiloh are fantastic. They have the map of advance of the 8th down to the timeline of events of April 6 & 7 , 1862. It is mind numbing that 23,746 men were killed in a little more than a 1 mile diameter in 48 hours!

I have a lot of info on my GGGUncle Jasper Massey enlistment papers at Oil Trough, Ark. July 6, 1861 to death April 6, 1862 at Shiloh. I will share any and all. masseymai@aol.com.