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In 2018 we only managed to visit four of them but were running out of time so passed on the one between the Crossroads and Jones Field on the east side of the Corinth Road. Talking with a ranger at the Peach Orchard he referred to the possibility of there being many unmarked Confederate burial trenches remaining undisturbed.Bobby when we have the Shiloh Muster I will show you all 5 known Confederate Burial Trenches along with 3 possible locations.
Regards
David
Confederate Burial Trenches at Shiloh NMP | Shiloh / Pittsburg Landing
The mass graves of Confederate soldiers killed at Shiloh and interred right after the battle in burial trenches of varying size have their own peculiar fascination and brooding sadness. There are five such marked, and during my recent visit to the battlefield I managed to locate and photograph...
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