Cannon exhibit at Daniel Davis Wheat Field, Shiloh National Military Park
SHILOH BATTLEFIELD TOUR STOP #15
The Daniel Davis Wheat Field was the scene of intense fighting on the second day of the Battle of Shiloh (April 7, 1862). After the arrival of Union General Don Carlos Buell and his army of 20,000 fresh reinforcements on the evening of April 6th, Grant wasted no time in launching a dawn attack on the overconfident Confederates. They quickly drove the Confederates back, reclaiming much of the ground they had lost the previous day. However, here at Davis’s wheat field, the center of the Confederate and Union lines, the Confederates managed to halt the Union progress during a fierce four-hour duel between the armies of Buell and Confederate General Pierre Beauregard. The back-and-forth fighting lasted until reinforcements from Grant’s army showed up around noon, and at that point the Union began a final push to drive the Confederates south and off the field of battle.
Davis Wheat Field area battle map, April 7, 1862
Items of interest at the Daniel Davis Wheat Field stop on the Shiloh Battlefield Tour include an information panel with a battle map, two Confederate cannons, and a small monument dedicated to the Crescent Regiment of the Louisiana Infantry.
Louisiana Crescent Regiment Memorial at Shiloh National Military Park
On the way to Tour Stop 16, the Field Hospital, is the Texas State Memorial. This is a modern monument, and you will find this same one on other Civil War battlefields.
Texas State Memorial at Shiloh National Military Park
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Last updated on February 5, 2022
