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Rudd's house was replaced by one built by Robinson, which his son-in-law William H. Cherry enlarged into the Cherry Mansion. In the spring of 1862 it became Union headquarters: Major General C. F. Smith commanded there and died there, and General Ulysses S. Grant, who succeeded him, directed his army from Savannah to gather at Pittsburg Landing, about 10 miles southwest, where the Battle of Shiloh was fought on April 6 and 7, 1862. Major General Don Carlos Buell also used the house briefly, and Major General W. H. L. Wallace, mortally wounded at Shiloh, died there. Twelve miles south, the old steamboat stop at Pickwick Landing was bought by the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s for Pickwick Landing Dam and Pickwick Lake, and in 1969 the state made part of the land a state park. Sources Wikipedia: Savannah, Tennessee The Historical Marker Database: Cherry Mansion (Tennessee Historical Commission) The Historical Marker Database: Pickwick Landing (Tennessee Civil War Trails)