Is there another Civil War site as lovely as Shiloh? I recently visited the park and was enchanted. A walk through the cemetery down to the Tennessee River is an unforgettable experience. Can others on the list suggest a site as attractive and informative as Shiloh?? Ed Burke, Massachusetts -----Original Message----- From: dan hogan <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:19:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Fwd: TX CSA Pensionsers Here is a site for CSA Texas CW pension applications. http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/introcpi.html Dan Hogan [email protected] ==== 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

From: <[email protected]> > Can others on the list suggest a site as attractive and informative as > Shiloh?? > Ed Burke, Massachusetts ----------------------------------- Antietam is real nice - unspoiled and very close to what it was in 1862; even Sharpsburg is still a sleepy crossroads village. Commercialized Gettysburg has been getting its act together the past few years. Comparatively speaking, a lot of the tackiness is gone, and there's an on-going project to restore the park to its 1863 appearance. Monocacy is one of the "big secret" battlefields. Despite its proximity to DC it's still out of the way; in fact, it can be hard to find. Nice and quiet and along the Monocacy river. NoVa is a mess of a nut house and gets progressively worse, with the DC sprawl getting larger and larger. Manassas itself is nice but you can get yourself killed trying to get to it. It's so bad, James Robertson did a tour guide of VA battlefields a few years ago and didn't even bother including Chantilly. While Fredericksburg is built over up to Marye's Heights, the city has a walking tour which takes you across the plain, telling you what was there and where in 1862. With a bit of research and imagination you can erase some of the sprawl from your mind. NPS - which only holds narrow strips plus the Lacy House - oughta get together with them. Nearby Chancellorsville and Spotsylvania are great. OTOH, The Wilderness isn't laid out very well and some of the in-holders can be real jerks. Don't know how the Richmond battlefields are doing - along with the Shenandoah battlefields, haven't visited there since '73. Liked Petersburg a lot - easy to walk and well worth the visit. Appomattox - Not at all set up as a battlefield but very peaceful and I like the "no cars allowed in the park" policy which helps keep it that way. Andersonville, along with the other POW sites and cemeteries for that matter, calls for reflection; it's a witness against glory mongers. Haven't been to Kennesaw in over 20 years. I remember it as a beautiful park except for all the hippies and druggies. Not sure how it's doing now, but I suppose the concrete and asphalt are closing in as well. I've never done Chickamauga properly - only by car - and it's been a very long time since I was there. In Chattanooga, I've only been to Lookout Mountain, which has an impressive view; once tried to get to Missionary Ridge by walking tour but couldn't find a way up. Stones River and Fort Donelson are great parks but best done off season - Middle Tennessee is definitely tick country. Been to Vicksburg once but only for a few hours; seeing the Cairo made it worth the visit but I need to go again and spend time touring the whole campaign. Dennis