I would be interested in that letter, if you know where it might be available. Thanks. Henry Drake

Less than 100 miles, but here are some other accounts regarding Shiloh:

at Tuscumbia: "Roaring of cannon all day, constant and rapid. A great battle is being fought between our force and the Federals near Corinth, Miss. some 60 miles west of this." "Daily Journal of Joshua Burns Moore," Journal of Muscle Shoals History, Vol. 16, Page 50

at LaGrange: "We have heard cannon firing incessantly nearly all day. There must have been a bloody fight near Corinth." "Civil War Journal of Thomas Washington Peebles," Journal of Muscle Shoals History, Vol. 6, Page 66

at Russellville: "The terrible battle of Shiloh had been fought on April 6, about 50 miles from my home. All that dreadful Sunday we could hear the booming of the cannons." "Marshall C. Wilson's Memories of the Civil War," Journal of Muscle Shoals History, Vol. 9, Page 32