Oct 8, 2012 - Shiloh Battlefield and family information

I will talk about the Shiloh Battlefield in a couple of sentences but first my cousin, country-western singer Darryl Worley sang the song "Have You Forgotten" which was written and sang by him to remind us of 9/11. Of course he has a whole bunch of songs, just google his name and there he is. My cousins, Janet and Gary Taylor who live in Alanta, GA have done extensive research regarding our family history. They have come to several different paths while following my grandfather Taylor's genology, but traced back to the 1600s for my great...

Oct 7, 2012 - moved to Savannah, TN via Natchez Trace Parkway

WE enjoyed a delightful drive on part of the Natchez Trace. In 2007 we drove the bottom part of the Trace near Vicksburg. We arrived in Savannah, TN. Sandi's grandfather was born here in 1900. A lot of her family roots can be found here, see 10/8/2012

Mar 11, 2010 - Shiloh National Military Park

When we arrived at the RV park in Savannah, TN, we were asked why we had come to the area. We told them we were there to visit the Shiloh National Military Park. They immediately recommended that we go to Corinth, MS, first and then we’d understand the battlefield much better. So, that’s just what we did. At Corinth is the Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center. What a great facility we found. We were intrigued by the sidewalk as we approached the building. It was imbedded with bronzed replicas of Civil War Artifacts. The center houses a...

Sep 7, 2009 - Last day in Savannah

Had a pot luck breakfast with the other guests and residents here at the RV park. Very friendly people here. Met a (true southern)woman who was hilarious and so much fun. Clarene I think was her name. She writes a column for a MS newspaper. Kind of like Erma Bombeck, she says. She's great at telling stories. Beautiful too. Also our neighbors since we've been here are a couple from L.A., California. He retired about 4 years ago from truck driving. This is just one of their vacation stops. Our other neighbor who makes candy dropped by tonight...

Sep 6, 2009 - Pickwick Lake

Not much left to do here. Drove over to Pickwick today. Not what I expected. It's just a big, huge lake. I imagined it would be more 'tourist-y'. The RV neighbors are nice. We had some ham & beans our neighbors cooked up. They are from Dyersburg, TN. He's a good cook and he makes a great hot sauce. He bottles it and sells it in his hometown. He made some great Mexican hushpuppies but I wouldn't know since I can't eat them. Everyone else liked them. We are going to a pot luck breakfast tomorrow morning hosted by the RV park managers. One...

Sep 5, 2009 - Indian Mounds-Shiloh

Brought the dogs out to Shiloh again but this time to see the Indian Mounds. Some of the battle of Shiloh actually happened on and around these mounds. The Trail of Tears is around this area too. Approximately 6 miles upriver from Shiloh in Savannah, TN. We had plans to go to the Cherry Mansion last night to hear the Germantown, TN(Memphis)Orchestra play on the grounds but it stormed. Our RV park had a jamboree yesterday here on the grounds. Live bands and food. Had the BBQ by an award winning cook. It was pretty good. Very country around...

Sep 4, 2009 - Shiloh National Military Park

Spent most of the day at Shiloh Military Park. Learned that the government was pretty disrespectful to the confederates here. In 1866, they ordered that the Union soldiers be re-buried in a cemetery on the hill just above Pittsburg landing in their own gravesites, mostly unidentified of course but left the 1728 dead confederates in mass burial trenches. At the time they were killed in 1862, the families of the confederates requested to claim their dead and Gen. Beauregard wrote a letter to Grant but Grant regretfully rejected the request...

Jun 1, 2008 - Chattanooga to Pickwick S.P. (Counce, TN)

June 01, 2008 – Sunday Harrison Bay S.P. to Pickwick Dam S.P. Oh what a day this one was. Day was up a little after 0400 with a bad dream then she noticed flashing lights. She looked for vehicles go through the park but did not see any. Then the flashes occurred again and she realized it was lightening off in the distance. Then about 0510 she woke me up and said a nasty storm is coming and we need to put up the awning over the slide out. Last evening we had put up the front awning as it was dry and we did not need it and we wanted to save...