Shiloh National Cemetery
The National Cemeteries in the U.S.A. are used for graves of war dead, graves of U.S. military personnel, veterans and their spouses but not exclusively so. There are also special state veteran cemeteries.
Shiloh National Cemetery was opened in 1866. 3584 Union dead (of whom 2357 are unknown), were re-interred in the cemetery. There are two Confederate dead interred in the cemetery.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Ernest Mettendorf
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Museum
Point of interest
- US Major General Ulysses S. Grant Headquarters Marker - Shiloh
- US Brigadier General W.H.L. Wallace Headquarters Marker - Shiloh
- US Colonel James M. Tuttle Headquarters Marker - Shiloh
Monument
- 16th Illinois Cavalry - Company B Monument - Shiloh
- 2nd Indiana Cavalry Monument - Shiloh
- Iowa State Memorial Shiloh - Shiloh
Cemetery
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