More of What We Did to Ourselves
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (86812)
United States
June 29, 2019 9:38pm CST
Because it was so hot today I eschewed walking to each plaque at Shiloh National Military Park, opting to stay in my air-conditioned car. Still, the magnitude of this early and major Civil War battle wasn’t minimized in the least.
I will leave the minute details to John Roberts, who recently visited the site as well. All I will say is my heart was heavy after watching the video in the welcome center, then driving around the massive battlefield. I was still seeing markers, showing where regiments were stationed the day the battle began, well outside of the park boundary.
Every war the U.S. had fought until that point totaled fewer fatally than this one battle.
And it was brother fighting brother.
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@RasmaSandra (98072)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
30 Jun 19
That can be overwhelming. I just wrote up a blog for my armchair travel blog and I was writing about Vicksburg Military Park in Mississippi.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
30 Jun 19
I was at Vicksburg a few years ago.
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@crossbones27 (52998)
• Mojave, California
30 Jun 19
It is that time to reflect all that this country has been through in order to be free. Hopefully, someone can knock that into our Presidents thick skull, who does not seem to know what freedom is about or really care or want to care. Glad you took the time though miss lady. 
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
30 Jun 19
I doubt I will go into great detail about Shiloh. The markers and plaques become a blur after so many. The best were at Vicksburg.
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@FourWalls (86812)
• United States
30 Jun 19
That’s understandable, considering the body count. 
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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30 Jun 19
I went to many of the battlefield sights in Virginia and Maryland and I agree, war is always a tremendous waste of humankind. It's a very fascinating yet melancholy feeling visiting and walking among those hallowed grounds.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
2 Jul 19
Sometimes we have to consider where we were. It is easy to forget the many lives lost to make what we are today. Thanks for reminding us!
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@cperry2 (5608)
• Newport, Oregon
30 Jun 19
This is my fear of what I see happening in the United States today. With the divisiveness, the hate mongering, the rampant racism... It just doesn't look good. As a volunteer, I have met hundreds of people from all over the country. I am disturbed because many are of the opinion we are looking at another uprising, a couple even mentioned a war was coming. All any of us need do is look back to this time in our history to see how strongly we need to find another way to deal with our differences.
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@JudyEv (382357)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Jun 19
It was really terrible war with family members pitted against each other.
@janethwayne (5191)
• Philippines
30 Jun 19
They are heroes I may say because of their courage for the country to fight and for the braveness.
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