Shiloh National Military Park
Sites near Tour Stop 6 (Confederate Retreat)

  

(3-95) Position Marker (right) of the 20th Illinois Infantry, (2nd) Brigade of McClernand's First Division
 
West view of area approximately 1/8 mile south of Water Oaks Pond  

 

(3-95) Site where Union Col. Julius Raith, acting (3rd) Brigade commander, McClernand's (1st) Division, was mortally wounded on Sunday morning, April 6th. He was left on the battlefield overnight and was found the next morning by Confederates passing through the area. He died Friday evening after having his right leg amputated
 
East view from intersection of Corinth-Pittsburg Landing Road and Hamburg-Purdy Road, south of Water Oaks Pond

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