Burton Valley in Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Minnesota
Photographed By Brandon Fletcher, November 28, 2014
1. Minnesota Marker
On Shy's Hill on December 16, 1864 Minnesota troops made what historians call the "Decisive Charge in the Decisive Battle of the Civil War" that led to the destruction of the Confederate army of Tennessee. The 5th, 7th, 9th, and 10th Minnesota Infantry Regiments were in the 1st Division of XVI Corps fighting as a detachment of the Union Army of Tennessee. Minnesota suffered the most Union killed and wounded in the Battle of Nashville. The following verse memorializes the men killed at Nashville.
"Comrades who month after month have marched by our side sharing with us danger and privation. Comrades who have grown as dear to us as brothers lie dotting the steep hillside, their battles ended, their warfare over. Never more they press with us shoulder to shoulder as the bristling steel points sweep restlessly on, never more in our hours of glee will their voices join in the merry jest or fill the air with laughter - they are gone and the everlasting mountains in the shadow of which they lie shall be their eternal monument: Year after year the forest trees will shed their crowns of glory over them. And day by day the winds, as they sigh through the Brentwood hills will chant a low, sad, requiem to their memory."
John Milton Benthall, Pvt., Co. C, 10th MN Infantry
Erected
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Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is December 1883.
Location. 36° 5.304′ N, 86° 48.511′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in Burton Valley. Memorial can be reached from Benton Smith Road, 0.1 miles south of Harding Place, on the right when traveling south. Marker is located a short distance, on the trail, above the trail-head, where the Shy's Hill marker sits. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Nashville TN 37215, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Battle of Nashville (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Battle of Nashville (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named Battle of Nashville (approx. 0.3 miles away); Dry-Stack Stone Walls (approx. 0.3 miles away); Josephine Groves Holloway / Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee (approx. 0.3 miles away); John Trotwood Moore (approx. 0.6 miles away); Monroe Harding (approx. 0.8 miles away); Confederate Defenses (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.
Also see . . . Minnesota Regiments at Nashville. (Submitted on August 22, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee.)
Photographed By Brandon Fletcher, November 28, 2014
2. Minnesota Marker
Photographed By Brandon Fletcher, November 28, 2014
3. Minnesota Marker
Photographed By Brandon Fletcher, November 28, 2014
4. Minnesota Flag atop Shy's Hill
Photographed By Brandon Fletcher, November 28, 2014
5. Shy's Hill Marker at the Trail-Head
Photographed By Brandon Fletcher, March 21, 2009
6. Minnesota Marker before Erection
Photo taken before the Minnesota Monument erected. The general area of the Minnesota Marker at the trail head is represented with (yellow arrow).
Photographed By Brandon Fletcher, March 21, 2009
7. Atop Shy's Hill
Photographed By Brandon Fletcher, March 21, 2009
8. Shy's Hill Interpretive Kiosk at Trial-head #1
Photographed By Brandon Fletcher, March 21, 2009
9. Shy's Hill Interpretive Kiosk at Trial-head #2
A better view of Howard Pyle's mural of the Minnesota Regiments charging up Shy's Hill can be seen by clicking the Minnesota Regiments at Nashville link on this page.
Photographed By Brandon Fletcher, March 20, 2009
10. Nashville National Cemetery- Minnesota Monument
Many of the Minnesota dead are buried here next to this Monument in the Nashville National Cemetery.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 22, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 655 times since then and 44 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. submitted on August 22, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee. 10. submitted on August 23, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
