Shiloh National Cemetery

Shiloh National Cemetery. . , After the Battle of Shiloh, Federal details buried the dead of both sides near where they fell. The warm weather and great number of bodies made it necessary to bury the dead quickly., In 1866 the United States Government established this cemetery for the permanent burial of Union soldiers killed at Shiloh and related engagements. Bodies were recovered from the battlefield and reburied here, often in regimental groupings. The Confederate dead remain in five mass graves on the battlefield., Two-thirds of the 3,500 Civil War soldiers resting here are unknown. Many tombstones bear a number only. Others read simply: "U.S. SOLDIER.", Civil War Burials According to States , Shiloh National Cemetery , Statistics taken from the Quartermaster General's , Roll of Honor, March 1869. , State Represented , Alabama (Known) 1 (Unknown) - (Total) 1 , Illinois (Known) 376 (Unknown) 33 (Total) 409 , Indiana (Known) 122 (Unknown) 1 (Total) 123 , Iowa (Known) 143 (Unknown) - (Total) 143 , Kansas (Known) - (Unknown) 1 (Total) 1 , Kentucky (Known) 35 (Unknown) - (Total) 35 , Louisiana (Known) 1 (Unknown) - (Total) 1 , Michigan (Known) 36 (Unknown) - (Total) 36 , Minnesota (Known) 1 (Unknown) - (Total) 1 , Missouri (Known) 43 (Unknown) 1 (Total) 44 , Nebraska (Known) 8 (Unknown) - (Total) 8 , New Jersey (Known) 3 (Unknown) - (Total) 3 , Ohio (Known) 236 (Unknown) 2 (Total) 238 , Tennessee (Known) 8 (Unknown) 1 (Total) 9 , Wisconsin (Total) 59 (Unknown) 2 (Total) 61 , OTHER (Known) 155 (Unknown) 2,316 (Total) 2,471 , TOTAL (Known) 1,227 (Unknown) 2,357 (Total) 3,584