Shiloh in Hardin County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Confederate Burial Trench

Photographed by Mike Stroud, 1991

1. Confederate Burial Trench Monument

Inscription.
To The Confederate Dead in the trenches

Erected 1935 by The Tenn. Division United Daughters Of The Confederacy.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Military • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the United Daughters of the Confederacy series list.

Location. 35° 8.747′ N, 88° 20.107′ W. Memorial is in Shiloh, Tennessee, in Hardin County. It is on Cavalry Road. Located in Shiloh National Battlefield Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Shiloh TN 38376, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in West Tennessee.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Cost of Battle (within shouting

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distance of this marker); 14th Illinois - 25th Indiana (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); 29th Illinois Infantry (about 500 feet away); Camp of 15th Illinois Infantry (about 600 feet away); Ross's Battery Camp (about 600 feet away); McAllister's Battery (about 600 feet away); 52nd Illinois Infantry (about 600 feet away); 18th Illinois Infantry (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Shiloh.

Also see . . . Battle of Shiloh. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on February 14, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

To The Confederate Dead image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, 1991

2. To The Confederate Dead

Photographed by Mike Stroud, 1991

3. To The Confederate Dead

Confederate Burial Trench Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen Gathman, November 20, 2010

4. Confederate Burial Trench Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 12, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 6, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,622 times since then and 21 times this year. Last updated on March 22, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 6, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 4. submitted on November 28, 2010, by Allen Gathman of Pocahontas, Missouri. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.