HARDIN COUNTY

The Battle of Shiloh
Harper's magazine

County Seat: Savannah
Savannah is a peaceful town, and it is hard to imagine anything ugly or violent taking place there. But on April 5 and 6, 1862, a field near Savannah became the site of what was, at that point at least, the bloodiest day in American history. After General Albert Johnston’s Confederate Army was finished doing battle with General Ulysses S. Grant’s Union Army, nearly 24,000 Americans were dead, wounded or missing. Today most of the battlefield is preserved. Click here for a virtual tour of the Shiloh battlefield.


The Tennessee River Museum
PHOTO: The Tennessee River Museum
Just a few miles from the battlefield, near the Hardin County Courthouse, you'll find a small Tennessee River Museum. If you happen to live near here, or are passing through, make sure you stop by. You'll learn a lot about fossils, arrowheads, mounds, steamboats, mussels, the Civil War, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the culture of the river. Click here to be taken to its official website.

Here's a peaceful picture of the Hardin County Courthouse.

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