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160th Battle of Corinth Anniversary
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Join Shiloh National Military Park as we commemorate the 160th Battle of Corinth anniversary with artillery demonstrations and ranger led programs. All programs are free and open to the public.
10:00 am--Old Douglas the Confederate Camel: The Texas Camel Corps will present a program about the use of camels in the US military and the story of Old Douglas, a camel who carried the band instruments for the 43rd Mississippi Infantry at Corinth, and was later killed at Vicksburg.
10:30 am--Daniel Murray of the 1st US Infantry: Join Daniel Murray, an Irish immigrant soldier, as he describes his life in the Regular Army during the war.
11:00 am--Cannon Firing: The demonstration will introduce visitors to the implements and ordnance used during the war and demonstrate the duties of wartime cannoneers. The 6-pounder field piece will be fired twice.
11:30 am--Battery Robinett: On October 4, 1862, the small earthen redoubt known as Battery Robinett was the focus of three attacks by Confederate infantry and dismounted cavalry.
1:00 pm--Cannon Firing: The demonstration will introduce visitors to the implements and ordnance used during the war and demonstrate the duties of wartime cannoneers. The 6-pounder field piece will be fired twice.
1:30 pm--Old Douglad the Confederate Camel: The Texas Camel Corps will present a program about the use of camels in the US military and the story of Old Douglas, a camel who carried the band instruments for the 43rd Mississippi Infantry at Corinth, and was later killed at Vicksburg.
2:00 pm--Civil War Nurse: Kate Cumming: A young woman from Mobile, Alabama, travelled to Corinth and tended the wounded of both sides.
2:30 pm--Cannon Firing: The demonstration will introduce visitors to the implements and ordnance used during the war and demonstrate the duties of wartime cannoneers. The 6-pounder field piece will be fired twice.
3:00 pm--Old Douglas the Confederate Camel: The Texas Camel Corps will present a program about the use of camels in the US military and the story of Old Douglas, a camel who carried the band instruments for the 43rd Mississippi Infantry at Corinth, and was later killed at Vicksburg.
3:30 pm--Battery Robinett: On October 4, 1862, the small earthen redoubt known as Battery Robinett was the focus of three attacks by Confederate infantry and dismounted cavalry.
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