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DMC high school students stop in front of the largest monument at Shiloh. The monument is dedicated to all the Iowans who fought and died at Shiloh. Iowans provided most of the men at Shiloh and some of them saw their first action and then death at the battle.
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Students are working on drills and commands they would hear as if going into battle at the Battle of Stones River in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Checking out a Confederate cannon that was used
to shoot at Northern ships in the Tennessee River
at Fort Donelson. The cannon could fire all the way
to where the river bends and kept the ships useless.
2009 Civil War Trip Itinerary
November 5: Quick visit to the Old Courthouse-site of the Dred Scott case
November 6: Climb Winstead Hill
Tour Carnton Plantation in Franklin, TN
Visit the Carter House grounds in Franklin, TN
Visit Belle Meade Plantation in Nashville
Climb Shy’s Hill in Nashville
Stop and see Redoubt #1 in Nashville
November 7: Stones River Battle Field in Murfreesboro, TN
Visit museum in Corinth, Mississippi
November 8: Shiloh Battle Field in Tennessee
Jackson, TN for lunch
Fort Donelson
November 9: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
Lincoln Presidential Library
Lincoln's Grave
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