What stuck in my memory from my first trip to Vicksburg, back in the early 1950's, was all the Monuments which tell the story of the Siege, lasting about 1 1/2 months...This was not a battle, but a culmination of many skirmishes which resulted in the deaths of above 18,000 Americans from Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, Wisconsin, and other states...about 2/3 of these are unidentified...It left a lasting impression - "that this nation...shall not perish from the earth." The Restored USS Cairo is also very impressive... >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] Re: Shiloh's beauty Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 >18:51:01 EDT > > > > > > Can others on the list suggest a site as attractive and informative as > > Shiloh?? > > Ed Burke, Massachusetts > > > > >You won't find a more attractive battlefield, nor a more interesting one >than Pea Ridge National Military Park in NW Arkansas. Stepping into the >park is >like stepping back into 1862. And, no monuments. To often we place the >most emphasis on eastern battlefields, and too little emphasis on western >battlefields. Vicksburg is a very nice military park, but the monuments >are >overwhelming and distracting, in my humble opinion. > >Glenn Jones >Pea Ridge National Military Park Foundation >Life Member > > >==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== >To search our list archives since 1996, go to >http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >and enter Civil-War in the list name >