Savannah TN Tennessee
Frequently Asked Questions
At the town landing on the Tennessee River. Savannah is the seat of Hardin County and the largest riverside community on this stretch; it has nothing to do with its famous Georgia namesake.
Yes, for the town centre. The Tennessee River Museum is a short walk from the landing, and the historic district, with some forty period residences, is followed on foot using the interpretive signs. Shiloh, however, requires an excursion.
Start with the Tennessee River Museum, which sets up the day, then choose: Shiloh National Military Park by excursion, or a walk through the historic district followed by a coffee on the main street.
The site of the fighting of 6 and 7 April 1862, protected since 1894. More than 100,000 soldiers met here, and the 23,746 casualties exceeded those of all previous American wars combined, a figure that changed how both sides saw the conflict.
Meadows, woodland and monuments forming a landscape of unsettling calm. You move between the rebuilt Shiloh Church, the Bloody Pond and the national cemetery, in a silence even groups respect instinctively; rows of cannon still mark the battery positions.
Yes, as soon as the programme is announced, the day before arrival. Places go quickly, a measure of the interest the site attracts.
An antebellum house watching over the current from the riverbank. General Ulysses S. Grant had made it his headquarters when the nearby battle broke out.
A compact route from prehistoric times through the valley’s Indigenous nations, then the rise of river commerce, the war and the reconciliation that followed. Fossils, arrowheads, steamboat models and military artefacts, presented by volunteers who always have an anecdote in reserve.
The US dollar and English. Cards are accepted in most businesses and restaurant tipping runs 15 to 20 percent.
A rural Southern town that has not staged itself for visitors. Conversations start easily, and more than one passenger goes back aboard with the name of a lunch counter scribbled on a scrap of paper.
