Shiloh Church - Tour Stop #5

A.M. Connett's Painting of Shiloh Church (ca. 1901)

Shiloh National Military Park Collection

Quick Facts

Location:

Shiloh National Military Park

Significance:

Civil War Battlefield

Designation:

National Park, historic site

Amenities

2 listed

Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Information

Here stood the Shiloh Meeting House, the log Methodist church that gave the battle its name. After three hours of brutal fighting on the morning of April 6, the Confederates seized this position from William T. Sherman's division, which had been camped along this ridge for three weeks.