How Many Battlefields Have You Slept On?

[Coatsy]

Re: How Many Battlefields Have You Slept On?

Here are some Battlefields that I have slept on. (Plus some other Civil War related places)

Atlanta (Very near the spot where General McPherson was killed. East Atlanta LH)
Cedar Creek
Rich Mountain
Bulloch Hall
Pickett’s Mill
Kennesaw Mountain
Big Shanty (now the City of Kennesaw)
Perryville
Athens, Mo.
Chickamauga
Ft. Pulaski
Port Gibson
Shiloh
Ft. McAllister
Savannah (in my buddy’s apartment was near the Reb trenches circling the city)
Andersonville
Williamsburg (near the area where McClellan’s siege guns were set up)
Resaca
Olustee
Shaker Village
Nashville, Travelers Rest (Also my grandparents place is right off of Hillsboro Pike where the Federals advanced to storm Shy’s Hill. Some of my aunts live near/on Montgomery Hill as well so I guess I’ll count that.)

Soon I can add Vicksburg and finally.....

THE BATTLE OF THE HORSE PARK!!!!!!! (joking!)

[Cornfed]

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Here's my list:

Rich Mountain, WV
Antietam outside of the Dunker Church and in the Sunken Rd.
Monocacy
Fort Harrison unit of the Richmond National Battlefield
Saylor’s Creek
Cedar Creek
Fort Delaware (prison, not a battlefield)
New Market
Manassas at the Henry House
Leesylvania State Park (Freestone Point - birth place of Light Horse Harry Lee and site where CS guarded the Potomac River passage in ’61)
Gettysburg at Spangler’s Spring
Fredericksburg
the Wilderness

Soon to add Chickamauga!

[Chuck A Luck]

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1. Harpers Ferry
2. New Market
3. Gettysburg (Spangler's Spring & PA Mnt.)
4. Sharpsburg
5. Monocacy
6. South Mountain (Fox's Gap)
7. Saylors Creek
8. Bentonville
9. Cedar Creek
10. McDowell
11. Rich Mountain
12. Payne's Farm
13. Cold Harbor
14. Petersburg

Mr. O'Dea reminded me of a few more...
15. Port Republic/Cross Keys
16. Brandy Station

...also done Ft. Delaware & Ft. McHenry

...I'm probably missing some.

[majdoc]

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Thats a good question. I havn't realy thought much about it.
Missionary Ridge.
Lookout Mountain.
Chicamauga.
Resaca.
Port Hudson.
Wilsons Creek.
Champions Hill.
Vicksburg.
Gettysburg.
Wilderness several places.
Fredrickburg.
Franklin.
Selma.
Elkhorn Tavern.
Alamo(Ya I know wrong war)
Was born on a battle field of Mexican American war(Battle of San Pasqual)
There are otheres but they just don't come to mind.

[BillO'Dea]

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The reason I still do this hobby is to sleep in these kind of places.
Appomattox NPS
Brandy Station
Cedar Creek
Cross Keys/Port Republic,
Falmouth, Chatham House NPS
Fort Delaware
Gettysburg NPS
Harpers Ferry NPS.
Harrison's Landing .
Lookout Mt., GA. NPS
New Market,
McDowell,
Morvan Park "Swan's Castle" Leesburg
Pamplin Park, Petersburg.
Payne's Farm/Mine Run, Locust Grove,
Saylors Creek
Second Bull Run, NPS
South Mountain (Burkettsville) (Turners gap)
Wilderness, Ellwood House NPS
Winchester

Bill O'Dea
Salt Boilers mess

[BumpusTN]

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Shiloh, TN
Parker's Crossroads, TN
Britton Lane, TN
Ft. Donelson, TN
Bank of TN River at Ft. Henry (Underwater)
Columbus, KY
New Madrid, MO
Belmont, MO
Pilot Knob, MO
Pea Ridge, AR
Paducah, KY
Perryville, KY
Somerset, KY
Brice's Crossroads, MS
Murfreesboro, TN
Spring Hill, TN
Carrol Station, TN (Every night, come on, there's a historic marker!)

I saw the Peabody Hotel listed in an earlier post for Forrest's Raid on Memphis. I think he meant to list the old Gayoso Hotel which was a few blocks south of where the Pebody was built (in 1869). The Gayoso was torn down to make way for Goldsmiths Department store. The Gayoso was the scene of Jeff Forrest's ride into the lobby.

Scott Bumpus

[biddler165]

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Sharpsburg, MD
Gettysburg, PA
Mansfield, LA
Harper's Ferry, WV
Turner's Gap ( Spent my first 18 years of my life there)
Ft. Donelson, TN
McDowell, VA
Ft Pulaski, GA
Ft McAllister, GA
Charleston, SC
Wilson's Creek, MO
Chickamauga, GA
Winchester, VA
Burkittsville, MD

and similar to Mr Beasley I've slept Baghdad

[TeamsterPhil]

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Here's my list, arranged by state. It includes those battlefields where I napped.

Georgia
Chickamauga
McFarlands Gap
Tunnel Hill
Pickett's Mill
South Carolina
Morris Island
Ft Sumter
Tennessee
Spring Hill
Lookout Mtn
Missionary Ridge
Murfreesboro
Kentucky
Perryville
Mississippi
Ft Gaines
Vicksburg
Port Gibson
Arkansas
Prairie Grove
Pea Ridge
Missouri
Wilson's Creek
Athens
Fortescue
Lexington
Westport
Osceola
Kansas
Round Mound
Aubrey
Olathe
Lawrence
Shawnee
Osawattomie
Black Jack
Oklahoma
Honey Springs
The rest of the states
Fort Delaware
Gettysburg
South Mountain
Antietam
Manassas

Phil Campbell
When is Heath gonna post his list? That'll be a couple of pages worth.

[Charles Heath]

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When is Heath gonna post his list? That'll be a couple of pages worth.

I started using the good old "NPS 384" list, and ran out of bandwidth. :p

Did Katrina blow Ft. Gaines one state to the west? I kept thinking it was on Dauphin Island, which was in the Yellowhammer Nation.

[Pritchett Ball]

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Not many, but proud to have been able to camp overnight on em...

Vicksburg
Ft. Cobun
Raymond
Pickett's mill
Chickamauga
Atlanta (Does Atlanta History Center count?)

Kevin Dally

[Pious Jeems]

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Bro. Pat, don't forget Lochivar Plantation just outside Pontotoc, also Okolona where Jeffery Forrest was killed.


Dean Burchfield

1. Franklin, TN
2. Ft. Granger, TN
3. Ft. Donelson, TN
4. Spring Hill, TN
5. Shiloh, TN
6. Murfreesboro, TN
7. Nashville (Shy’s Hill), TN
8. Parker’s Crossroads, TN
9. Forrest’s 1862 raid into downtown Memphis (Peabody Hotel), TN
10. Perryville, KY
11. Munfordville, KY
12. Grenada, MS
13. Ft. Pemberton (Greenwood), MS
14. Vicksburg, MS
15. Raymond, MS
16. Tupelo, MS (in an Hotel built on the battlefield)
17. Holly Springs, MS
18. Parker’s Crossroads, MS
19. Tunnel Hill, GA
20. Resaca, GA
21. Chickamauga, GA
22. Lookout Mt., GA
23. Pickett’s Mill, GA
24. Ft. Pulaski, GA
25. Ft. Sumter, SC
26. Morris Island, SC
27. Ft. Gaines, AL
28. Decatur, AL
29. Selma, AL
30. Wilson’s Creek, MO
31. Athens MO
32. Pilot Knob, MO
33. 2nd Manassas, VA
34. Bentonville, NC
35. Gettysburg, PA


I'm like Kevin. There may be some I'm forgetting!

[weed]

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Almost to manny to remember

Antietam
Gettysburg
Massassas
Petersburg
Cold Harbor
Harper's Ferry
Sailors Creek
South Mountain
Athens, MO
Wilson's Creek
Glorrieta Pass (The Gettysburg of the West)
Pickett's Mill
Chickamauga
Lookout Point (Chatanooga)
Vicksburg
Perryville
Fredericksburg
Appromattax Court House
Franklin
Nashville
Stones River
Ft. Donaldson
Shiloh
Corinth
Ft. Union
Pea Ridge
Altoona Pass
Kennasah Mt.
Sailor's Creek
Ball's Bluff
Maverin Hill
The Wilderness
Chancelorsville
Raymond
Champion Hill
Resaca
Pilot Knob

AND I KNOW THERE ARE A NUMBER I HAVE JUST FORGOT

Weed

[Beaner]

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1.Gettysburg
2. Antietam
3. Spring Hill
4. Franklin
5. Perryville

Dave Prince
4th Texas Co. E

[FlatLandFed]

Battlefields Have You SLEPT On?

Hey, lads -- the question to my way of thinking was asking how many battlefields have we had the experience of sleeping on, not just visiting. Some undoubtedly could offer a much longer list of sites to be seen.
Regards,
Paul Hadley
No Motel 6 For Me Mess

[sumter_guard]

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Shiloh
Raymond, Miss.
Pickett's Mill
Athens, AL.
Chickamauga
Lookout Mtn.
Franklin (Carter House and Carnton)
Spring Hill (Rippavilla)
Columbia, TN.
Manassas
Gainesville, AL. (on the spot where Forrest's men were paroled)
Vicksburg (Blake Plantation House)
Resaca, GA.
Fort Gaines (battle? Yeah)
Blakely, AL.
Selma, AL.
Gettysburg
Olustee
and I think there are a couple more.