Memorial Day Origin Tied to Civil War Shiloh Battle
Charles Mercer chronicles Shiloh and its brutal lessons for Americans, detailing Grant and Sherman at Pittsburgh Landing, Johnston's bold assault, and the staggering casualties. The piece links Shiloh to the emergence of Memorial Day and the grim price of war.
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Grand Army of the Republic
America
Shiloh
Tennessee
Upper
Tennessee River
Mississippi
Corinth
Miss
Grant
Payay
Eck
William Tecumseh Sherman
Sherman
Yellow Bluffs
Pittsburgh
Albert Johnston
Johnston
53Rd Ohio
Pvt
A. C. Voris
Illinois
Peach Orchard
Albert Sidney Johnston
Beauregard
Bragg
Robert E. Lee
Richmond
West
North
South
Poor Priests pies tell Bible message on foot
A historical note describes a group called the Poor Priests or Wycliffe’s priests as pies whose mission was to travel on foot to deliver the Bible message to the people, paralleling the Apostles.
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Wycliffe
Apostles
Old
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