The Blue-Gray Alliance

And the Battle of Shiloh Association and the Sons of Confederate Veterans

Presents the 150^th Anniversary Sesquicentennial

Battleof Shiloh Reenactment

Public

Event Schedule

Friday, March 30, 2012       

01:00 p.m.         Gates open, Camps open to the public. Vendor shops open

          H. L. Hunley Exhibit open,  Confederate Submarine

 5:00 p.m.                                Gates & camps closed

Saturday, March 31, 2012   

8:00 a.m. – 10:00pm  

Gates open to the public.   Vendor shops open

 9:00                                        H. L. Hunley Exhibit open, Confederate Submarine

 9:30                 Guest Speakers, impressionists in period attire, in the Activities Tent

Meet the Generals (& Colonel) --

  9:30        U.S. General George G. Thomas (Dan Hughes)

 9:45         C.S. General William J. Hardee  (Fred Lincoln)

10:00       U.S. General Ulysses S. Grant (Dr. Curt Fields)

10:15        C.S. Colonel N. B. Forrest (Mike Cole)

10:30       Opening Ceremony, flag-raising, event dedication.

                  Special guests:  Superintendent Woody Harrell, Shiloh NMP;              & Miss Tennessee Erin Hatley

                   Commander-in-Chief Michael Givens, Sons of Confederate Veterans

Mayor Wilburn Ashe,     McNairyCounty                               Mayor Kevin Davis,        HardinCounty

Tenn State Representative Steve McDaniel

Tenn. Division Cdr, Mike Beck, SCV

Gen’l Joe Way & Gen’l Terry Crowder,                          Blue-GrayAlliance

11:30                                       Ladies Tea & Soiree

12:30                                       1860’s Fashion Show

 1:30 p.m.                              Two Simultaneous Battles:               The Battle for the Hornet’s Nest & the Sunken Road;

                              The Battle of the Peach Orchard and the Bloody Pond

                         Unique opportunity: great Spectator viewing. You can watch the action of both of the battles.  

YOU ARE THERE.  Open to the public but tickets are required.        Food vendors on site.     Bring your lawn chair.

 4:00            Camps reopen for visitors, until 5:00 p.m.  Vendors and sutlers open until 10:00 pm

730              Grand Military Ball in the Activities Tent, until 10:00 pm

featuring The 52^nd Regimental String Band

Open to the public (if you have a regular reenactment admission ticket)

Sunday, April 1, 2012          

8:00 a.m. – 4:00pm                 Gates open to the public,       Vendor shops open

 9:00                                        H. L. Hunley Exhibit open, Confederate Submarine

 9:30            1860’s Period Church Service, open to the public

10:30           Guest Speakers, impressionists in period attire, in the Activities Tent

Meet the Generals (& Colonel) --

                    U.S. General George G. Thomas (Dan Hughes)

10:45        C.S. General William J. Hardee  (Fred Lincoln)

11:00       U.S. General Ulysses S. Grant (Dr. Curt Fields)

11:15        C.S. Colonel N. B. Forrest (Mike Cole)

Noon            Two Simultaneous Battles:              

          The Union Counterattack & Willow Oaks Pond;

                                          The Battle of the Wheat Field

                   Unique opportunity: Spectators will be in the center of the action and can watch both or either of the battles.  

YOU ARE THERE.  Open to the public but tickets are required.        Food vendors on site.     Bring your lawn chair.

 2:00                                        Camps reopen for visitors, until 4:00 p.m.    Vendors and sutlers open until 4:00 pm

 4:00 p.m.                                Grounds are closed.  Thanks for attending and enjoying this once-in-a-lifetime sesquicentennial historical event.

For Ticket info, go to                      www.shilohbluegray.com

Tickets are $15 for adults, children u/ 12 free. Bring a lawn chair & comfortable shoes – you’re on the battlefield.  Food vendors are on site.

Avoid the lines:   Mail your check to:      Battle of Shiloh Assn,PO Box 562,Collierville,TN38027-0562

Mapquest to the site: 

2047 Joe Dillon  Road,Michie,TN,38357

Shiloh150,              Hwy 22 &Pratt Road,          Shiloh,Tenn

Reenactor Event Schedule

150th Anniversary

 Battle of Shiloh

Thursday, March 29

3:15 p.m. -

Column will leave for overnight stay on Fallen Timbers Battlefield

Friday, March 30

 between daylight and noon-

Fallen TimbersBattle  (non-spectator)

5:00 p.m.

Federal column will board buses for Savannah Park

6:00 p.m.

Reenactor get-together, “Meeting between the Lines”, hosted by the Masons

Saturday, March 31

(Friday evening & Saturday morning)

General D.C. Buell’s Army of the Ohio boards boats at Savannah, TN for steamboat trip up the Tennessee River to reinforce Gen Grant’s army  (boat compliment is full)

sunrise -6:45 a.m. to 8:30 am

ShilohChurchBattle   (non spectator battle)

2 p.m. (Spectator battle)

Battleat Hornet's Nest/Peach Orchard/ Bloody Pond/Ruggles Line

7:30 p.m.

ShilohGrand Military Ball – Activities Tent, with the 52^nd Regimental String Band

Sunday, April 1

9:30 a.m.

Period Church Service – Activities Tent

 Noon  (Spectator battle)

Willow Oaks Pond / The Wheat Field  (The Union counter-attack & CS withdrawal)