Sites near Tour Stop 5

After the battle, Union soldiers dug several trenches to bury the 1,728 Confederates killed in the fighting. This one is believed to be the largest of the five known mass burial trenches.

(3-93) Confederate Burial Trench
 
Granite Marker: To the Confederate Dead In The Trenches Erected By The U.D.C. A.D. 1917
 
Red Marker: Burial Place Confederate Soldiers Shiloh 1862
 
Ground Markers: Unknown Soldier Confederate State Army