Cherry Mansion, Antebellum mansion in Savannah, Tennessee, United States.
Cherry Mansion is a Georgian-style house on the east bank of the Tennessee River in Savannah, Tennessee. It is a two-story building with tall windows and classical proportions that faces the river directly.
In 1862, General Ulysses S. Grant used the house as his headquarters in the days leading up to the Battle of Shiloh. That decision turned a private home into one of the most consequential military command posts of the Civil War.
The house reflects how Tennessee families were torn apart during the Civil War, with some supporting the Union and others the Confederacy. Visitors can sense this division when walking through the rooms where such conflicting loyalties once coexisted.
The house is open to visitors mainly during the annual Generals Breakfast, held on the weekend closest to April 6-7. If you plan a visit outside that window, it is worth checking locally whether other access is possible.
Two Union generals, C.F. Smith and W.H.L. Wallace, both died inside this house after being wounded at Shiloh. The fact that both men passed away in the same building that had served as a command post just days earlier makes it one of the most personal markers of the war in the area.
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