Pittsburg Landing Tennessee Map
It was named for pitts tucker who operated a tavern at the site in the years preceding the civil war.
Pittsburg landing tennessee map. Tennessee summary depicts troop positions during the battle of shiloh tenn. Created published 1862 1865. Battle of pittsburg landing. Pittsburg landing is a river landing on the west bank of the tennessee river in hardin county tennessee.
It was named for pitts tucker who operated a tavern at the site in the years preceding the civil war. General don carlos buell s army arriving at the battlefield at the end of the first day s fighting arrived at the field on such a large number of transports that. The battle of shiloh also known as the battle of pittsburg landing was a battle in the western theater of the american civil war fought april 6 7 1862 in southwestern tennessee a union force known as the army of the tennessee major general ulysses s. When the union armies began preparations for the move against corinth pittsburg landing was selected as the concentration point because of its good camp sites and the good roads which led to the confederate stronghold.
The army of the tennessee with the exception of lew wallace s 3rd division debarked at pittsburg landing. Subject headings shiloh battle of tenn 1862 maps united states tennessee shiloh shiloh battle of tenn notes map of the routes by which genl. It is located at latitude 35 15222 and longitude 88 32278 with an elevation of 482 feet 147 m. Pittsburg landing pittsburg landing is a river landing on the west bank of the tennessee river in hardin county tennessee.
Contributor names sneden robert knox 1832 1918. Shows the area of owl creek to the north and the location of pittsburg landing along the tennessee river to the south.