Pittsburg Landing, Shiloh National Military Park

Pittsburg Landing is a river landing on the west bank of the

Tennessee River The Tennessee River is the largest tributary of the Ohio River. It is approximately long and is located in the southeastern United States in the Tennessee Valley. The river was once popularly known as the Cherokee River, among other name ...

in Hardin County,

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 36th-largest by ...

. It was named for "Pitts" Tucker who operated a tavern at the site in the years preceding the

Civil War A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government polici ...

. It is located at latitude 35.15222 and longitude -88.32278 with an elevation of . The aforementioned tavern was on the site that is now Shiloh National Military Park Visitor Center and Shiloh National Military Park/Pittsburgh Landing Graveyard. The Landing’s most prominent families before the Battle were the Hagys and Wickers. The Battle of Pittsburg Landing, also known as the

Battle of Shiloh The Battle of Shiloh (also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing) was fought on April 6–7, 1862, in the American Civil War. The fighting took place in southwestern Tennessee, which was part of the war's Western Theater. The battlefield i ...

, was fought here on April 6–7, 1862. It had great significance as the first major battle of the Civil War in the

west West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some ...

, marking the end of Confederate dominance in Tennessee, and it is commemorated in

Shiloh National Military Park Shiloh National Military Park preserves the American Civil War Shiloh and Corinth battlefields. The main section of the park is in the unincorporated town of Shiloh, about nine miles (14 km) south of Savannah, Tennessee, with an addit ...

.''A History of Shiloh National Military Park'' Charles E. Shedd, Jr (1954)

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Unincorporated communities in Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Hardin County, Tennessee Battlefields of the Western Theater of the American Civil War {{HardinCountyTN-geo-stub