TCSS Fall Retreat
August 19-21, 2016
Join Us at Pickwick Landing State Park
Make plans to join us at Pickwick Landing State Park, August 19-21, 2016!
Activities will include music of the Civil War, a tour of the Shiloh National Battlefield, and a visit to the Civil War Interpretive Center.
More information will available at our Spring Conference and through our membership emails.
Pickwick Landing State Park
Pickwick Landing State Park was a riverboat stop dating from the 1840s. In the 1930s during the depression, the site was chosen as a location for one of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s dams on the Tennessee River. The State of Tennessee purchased all 681 acres of Pickwick from TVA in 1969 designating the area as a state park in 1970. Since that time additional land has been brought to enlarge the park.
Shiloh National Military Park
Visit the sites of the most epic struggle in the Western Theater of the Civil War. Nearly 110,000 American troops clashed in a bloody contest that resulted in 23,746 casualties; more casualties than in all of America's previous wars combined. Explore both the Shiloh and Corinth battlefields to discover the impact of this struggle on the soldiers and on the nation.
Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center
The Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center exhibits include interactive displays and multimedia presentations on the Battle of Shiloh and the Siege and Battle of Corinth. The culminating interpretive feature is a commemorative courtyard where stone and flowing water chronicle the birth and growth of the United States, the accompanying rise of sectionalism, key events leading to the Civil War, and a symbolic representation of four years of war.