Shiloh was one of the Civil War's major battles, where Union and Confederate casualties totaled 23,746. General Albert Sidney Johnston's Army of the Mississippi, marching north from Corinth, attacked and partially overran Grant's Federal Army of the Tennessee at this site. Shiloh was the first large-scale battle of the Civil War. Admission is charged. County history exhibits are featured, including Civil War diaries, photos, weapons, flags, currency and a USCT regimental roll.
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After the fall of Fort Donelson, Fort Defiance was burned and abandoned prior to the capture of Clarksville. The recapture of the city by Confederate soldiers and local citizens in August 1862 renewed interest in the fort. It was captured again by Union forces, and the fort was commanded for the remainder of the war by Colonel Sander D. Bruce, for whom it was renamed. Admission is free. Built by the Confederates to control the Cumberland River, the fort was captured in February 1862 by the Union Army under the command of General Ulysses S. Grant.