Sunday March 18th is the first day of a four day solo ride on the Natchez Trace. My goal is to ride as much of the Trace as possible and make two side trips to Shilo National Military Park and also Vicksburg National Military Park.
The main reason to see these historic areas is my great great grandfather fought in these battles under the command of General William T. Sherman and I felt the need to see where he was and get a sense of what he may have went through.
Let's begin the ride.
Day #1 Sunday I take off out of Washington , Indiana for Nashville , Tennessee and work my way to the entrace of the Natchez Trace .
The Trace is busy near Nashville with the weekend bicycle riders and several pirates as well.
It did not take long to find signs of the old Trace .
Temps were very pleasant and I was settling in and came across the burial site of Meriwether Lewis leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition.
On to Shilo National Military Park .
The one thing that impresses me the most is the shear number of monuments in these parks.
Here are a few pics of some either related to my ancestors location or just thought they were cool art wise.
Three days of carnage (October 3-5) produced 4,838 Confederate and 3100 Union casualties.
The next pic is of a field named by the Confederate Forces as "The Hornets Nest" because they charged the union from the right towards the fence three times here and were mowed down by mini balls with each charge before giving up.
As I moved on I came upon some Indian mounds in the park. I would later see alot of these.
I left the park to find a room for the night and would return in the morning to find where Gen. Shermans troups really were.
Later
Scooper
The main reason to see these historic areas is my great great grandfather fought in these battles under the command of General William T. Sherman and I felt the need to see where he was and get a sense of what he may have went through.
Let's begin the ride.
Day #1 Sunday I take off out of Washington , Indiana for Nashville , Tennessee and work my way to the entrace of the Natchez Trace .
The Trace is busy near Nashville with the weekend bicycle riders and several pirates as well.
It did not take long to find signs of the old Trace .
Temps were very pleasant and I was settling in and came across the burial site of Meriwether Lewis leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition.
On to Shilo National Military Park .
The one thing that impresses me the most is the shear number of monuments in these parks.
Here are a few pics of some either related to my ancestors location or just thought they were cool art wise.
Three days of carnage (October 3-5) produced 4,838 Confederate and 3100 Union casualties.
The next pic is of a field named by the Confederate Forces as "The Hornets Nest" because they charged the union from the right towards the fence three times here and were mowed down by mini balls with each charge before giving up.
As I moved on I came upon some Indian mounds in the park. I would later see alot of these.
I left the park to find a room for the night and would return in the morning to find where Gen. Shermans troups really were.
Later
Scooper