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Bloody Pond


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  10/08/2005
North West
Tennessee
USA
115
Location: Shiloh National Military Park
 
Author(s): Larry Handley
Association: Government
       Latitude: 35.133518
Longitude: -88.331988
         
Wetland Category: Open Water
Description: Freshwater pond with fringing emergent vegetation. During the Battle of Shiloh, on April 6 and 7, 1862, soldiers of both sides came here to drink and bathe their wounds. Both men and horses died in the pond, their blood staining the water a dark red.
 
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