I
recently had the opportunity to return to the Battlefield sites of Corinth and
Davis Bridge. It had been almost ten years since I had last visited these
sites. My GGGrandfather had participated
in both of these battles while he was a 2LT in the 42nd Alabama … I
have previously written of these events in a Blog Post entitled 2LT G.W. Askew, the
42nd Alabama, and the Battle of Corinth and several articles that focused on the 42nd
Alabama’s activities during these two battles.
I
was very impressed by the improvements that the National Park Service had made
… in particular the Civil War Interpretive Center at Corinth. For more information on these battlefields … visit
the National Park service website at:
http://www.nps.gov/shil/planyourvisit/corinth.htm
The
Corinth Battlefield Site is part of the Shiloh National Park Site and visiting
both sites is absolutely necessary to understand the entire campaign both
before and after the battle of Shiloh. More on my visit to Shiloh in a future post. The two Battlefield sites of Shiloh and Corinth are roughly 20 miles
apart. The Davis Bridge site is a little
more out of the way and much more austere; but, some improvements had been made
since my last visit. During this visit I
had a little more time to spend and was able to gain a greater appreciation for
the events during October, 3-5 1862 and the actions of the 42nd
Alabama.
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| Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center |
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| Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center |
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| Monument to the 2nd Texas Moore's Brigade which fought adjacent to the 42nd Alabama during the October 4, 1862 assault on Battery Robinett |
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| Looking up toward the original Battery Robinett ... note the monument and grave markers on the original site |
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| Site of Battery F ... where the 42nd Alabama saw action on October 3, 1862 |
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| Memorial near the Davis Bridge Site |
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| Entrance to the Davis Bridge Site |
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| Actual Davis Bridge Site ... where the 42nd Alabama saw action on October 5, 1862 |
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