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Shiloh National Military Park has Mortuary Monuments located on the grounds honoring the 5 general officers who were mortally wounded and killed during the battle on April 6th and 7th, 1862. I know Antietam National Military Park has Mortuary Cannons but I believe Shiloh is the only Park with mortuary monuments to deceased general officers.
I have copied the Annual Report to the Secretary of War sent by Cornelius Cadle, the Chairman of the Shiloh National Military Park Commission which describes each monument.
I am going to post my personal photos of each mortuary monument but would certainly welcome other members photos as well.
Regards
David
“MORTUARY MONUMENTS.
Five mortuary monuments, of the design made by our engineer (Atwell Thompson) and approved by the Department, have been erected during the past year.
These mark the spots where W. H. L. Wallace, Julius Raith, and Everett Peabody, commanders of the Union Army, and Albert Sidney Johnson and Adley H. Gladden, commanders of the Confederate Army, were killed, or mortally wounded. A square concrete base 18 feet 6 inches by 18 feet 6 inches supports a 30-pounder Parrott rifle, and also has a square pyramid of 8-inch shells at each corner, the guns and shells resting on subsidiary bases. A bronze tablet, molded to fit the gun at its trunnions, bears the inscription for each monument. The cost of these monuments, including the bronze tablets, was $250 each.”*
*Annual report of the Secretary of War, August 30, 1902
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b2980431&view=1up&seq=29&size=125
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I have copied the Annual Report to the Secretary of War sent by Cornelius Cadle, the Chairman of the Shiloh National Military Park Commission which describes each monument.
I am going to post my personal photos of each mortuary monument but would certainly welcome other members photos as well.
Regards
David
“MORTUARY MONUMENTS.
Five mortuary monuments, of the design made by our engineer (Atwell Thompson) and approved by the Department, have been erected during the past year.
These mark the spots where W. H. L. Wallace, Julius Raith, and Everett Peabody, commanders of the Union Army, and Albert Sidney Johnson and Adley H. Gladden, commanders of the Confederate Army, were killed, or mortally wounded. A square concrete base 18 feet 6 inches by 18 feet 6 inches supports a 30-pounder Parrott rifle, and also has a square pyramid of 8-inch shells at each corner, the guns and shells resting on subsidiary bases. A bronze tablet, molded to fit the gun at its trunnions, bears the inscription for each monument. The cost of these monuments, including the bronze tablets, was $250 each.”*
*Annual report of the Secretary of War, August 30, 1902
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b2980431&view=1up&seq=29&size=125
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