Battle of Shiloh

The Confederate soldiers under command of General Albert Sidney Johnston made a surprise attack on the Union soldiers under Ulysses S. Grant. The second day of the battle, the Union overpowered the weakened Confederates who then retired from the field.

This is only one of the five Confederate burial trenches on the battle ground.

These are the survivors of the Battle of Shiloh taken around 1900.

The Shiloh National Military Cemetary holds more than 3,500 Union graves.