would be this grimsley saddle holste holsters, belt, scabbard and sword carried by major john mcferrin, who was in the 70th ohio infantry serving in sherman s division, assigned to ralph bucklin s brigade. so that would have been on his horse as he participated in the battle. 70th saw significant action. but he would be dead in october 1862 from fever. the majority of the artillery rounds all have provenance to shiloh, recovered through the years from the battlefield, representative of the types of explosive rounds or solid shot utilized here. about half of grant s artillery was rifled artillery. smooth bore. the confederates predominantly smooth bore artillery, about 85%. two gunboats in play at the battle of shiloh. u.s. tyler and lexington. wooden gunboats, in fact. large eight-inchuns and 32-pounders. served well in defense of the left of grant s last line. and then they fired salvos into the confederate-held camps throughout the night of the 6th on into the morning of th
collection of objects on exhibit we have battle flags. what s unique about this flag is that it carries the pittsburgh landig battle honor, the official name recorded by union forces for the battle of shiloh. this case the landing being the primary feature here. officially went in as the battle of pittsburgh landing. confederacy referred to it as the battle of shiloh. meaning place of peace or house of peace. took dominance over the identity of the conflict through time. and so it s interesting to see the pittsburgh landing on these flags. a unit that participated in the battle with the apprentice division and fought at the hornet s nest. you can see the dark fabric with the lighter fabric to same is true for the white stripes as well. you can see the flag was in tatters. story, light, moisture, you name it. it s amazing to think they do survive. usually they go through some major deterioration over time if they don t have proper treatment and care. there s no standardization
visitor center, i guess you could refer it to the shiloh center visitor center. we re looking at a collection of objects we have on display here for the public to give them a taste and feel of the period. our museum collection here inside the center is object oriented. we have battle flags that self-service here at shiloh. what is unique about this flag, it carries the pittsburgh landing battle honor which was the official name recorded by the union forces for the battle of shiloh. united states forces had a tendency to name after landing points. official the battle went in as battle of pittsburgh landing and newspaper accounts would talk about the battle of pittsburgh landing and confederacy referred to it as the battle of shiloh, biblical in its conentation meaning house of peace took dominance and predominance over the identity of the conflict through time and, so, it s interesting to see it on these flags. this was in the position of the 21st missouri infantry and fought