Shiloh in Hardin County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Shiloh’s Casualties
Shiloh National Military Park
Photographed By Don Morfe, November 3, 1994
1. Shiloh’s Casualties Marker
Inscription.
Shiloh’s Casualties. Shiloh National Military Park. Statistics alone do not reveal the magnitude of human suffering and loss at Shiloh. In the battle’s aftermath, the piteous cries of the wounded and dying filled these woods. Everywhere the ground was strewn with bodies. The grotesque appearance of many of the corpses shocked eyewitnesses.
Because of the warm weather, General Grant ordered the Federal troops to bury the dead immediately. Many were buried in large trenches, Union and Confederate separately. In the mass grave in front of you the bodies of more than 700 Confederate soldiers were stacked in layers seven deep.
Statistics alone do not reveal the magnitude of human suffering and loss at Shiloh. In the battle’s aftermath, the piteous cries of the wounded and dying filled these woods. Everywhere the ground was strewn with bodies. The grotesque appearance of many of the corpses shocked eyewitnesses.
Because of the warm weather, General Grant ordered the Federal troops to bury the dead immediately. Many were buried in large trenches, Union and Confederate separately. In the mass grave in front of you the bodies of more than 700 Confederate soldiers were stacked in layers seven deep.
Erected by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
Location. 35° 8.519′ N, 88° 21.038′ W. Marker is in Shiloh, Tennessee, in Hardin County. Memorial is on Loop road to Confederate Burial Trench. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Shiloh TN 38376, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 12, 2020. It was originally submitted on January 13, 2017, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 690 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on January 13, 2017, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.