US HQ Major General Ulysses S. Grant

historic site

Three black inverted cannon tubes mounted on a stone base with headstones in the background and a commemorative plaque.

Inscription
Headquarters | General U. S. Grant. | Night of April 6. 1862. | General Grant in his memoirs says:- | 'During the night rain fell in torrents and | our troops were exposed without shelter. | I made my headquarters under a tree a few hundred...
DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:05
June solstice05:4019:3420:12
September equinox06:4218:1818:52
December solstice06:5916:0716:46

Local time (America/Chicago).

35.15072, -88.32059

Elevation 143 m (modelled from terrain)

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