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Battery B of the 1st Illinois Light Artillery held this spot with Buckland’s brigade of Sherman’s division. Behind the camera position is Shiloh Church.

At the northeastern end of the Duncan Field. The massed Confederate artillery poured fire into the Union line here; the Federal guns replied in turn. The rebels named it the Hornet’s Nest.

More than 50 Confederate guns were positioned along the southwest edge of the Duncan Field on April 6th. Two other rebel officers, Major Francis Shoup and Brigadier General James Trudeau, appear to have been instrumental in setting up the artillery along with Dan Ruggles. The duel with Federal guns would be the highest concentration of artillery fire on North America up to that time.

Had the Democrats gone with a compromise candidate in 1860, like they had with Pierce in 1852 and Polk in 1844, perhaps Senator Andrew Johnson (pictured) of Tennessee might have run as a single Democratic candidate against Lincoln. The Republican candidate only received 39.67% of the popular vote. Could Johnson have taken the White House and become the 16th President? Would that have simply delayed a Civil War?

Once 51 southern delegates walked out of the convention, it would seem actual compromise became impossible. The other possible Democrat candidates after Stephen A. Douglas were James Guthrie of Kentucky and Robert M.T. Hunter from Virginia. Their supporters were unmoving for the first 30+ ballots.

And no, that’s not Tommy Lee Jones. It’s Andrew Johnson.

There's an argument that had the Democratic Party not split in 1860 and instead proposed a compromise candidate, a Democrat may have beaten Lincoln in the general election. Are there any good, deep-dive studies on the convention in Charleston and how the Fire-Eaters ripped the party apart?

With more than 400 crucial acres preserved at Petersburg, the American Battlefield Trust surpasses 61,000 acres saved nationwide. Last year, the American Battlefield Trust embarked on one of the largest preservation projects in our nearly 40-year history. More than 400 acres at Pamplin Historical Park and the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier have been enjoyed and appreciated by heritage tourists and countless school students for decades... but were not fully protected for future generations. Until now.  

During the battle, relentless fighting at the Hornets Nest left the pond stained with the blood of wounded soldiers who crawled there for water amid the carnage.

This sign is down a small ravine from the location where he swayed in the saddle from loss of blood after unknowingly being wounded in the back of his right knee. Within 30 minutes the commander of the Confederate army would be dead.