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Pittsburg Landing

American  

noun

  1. a village in SW Tennessee, on the Tennessee River: battle of Shiloh in 1862.


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Grant claimed that he ordered Wallace to march to Pittsburg Landing, via the river road.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2013

Then on April 6, 1862, he was camped at Crump's Landing on the Tennessee River, in command of the 3rd Division, while Grant assembled his divisions at Pittsburg Landing, six miles away.

From Time Magazine Archive

Grant had been criticized for not entrenching at Pittsburg Landing; Halleck, it seemed, was determined to entrench himself all the way from Pittsburg Landing to Corinth.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

Nobody could deny that Grant had waited too long and had been surprised at Pittsburg Landing, and certainly he had been driven back at Oxford, Mississippi.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

“It’s no town, I guess. Jest a little church near Pittsburg Landing that got caught up in the midst of all the fightin’.”

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

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