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Shiloh National Military Park
History & Culture
Union Siege Guns on Grant's Last Line

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Union Siege Guns on Grant's Last Line

Shiloh National Military Park contains a wide array of historic sites. In addition to the battlefield of Shiloh itself, the park contains a separate unit at Corinth, Mississippi, that preserves and interprets the Siege and Battle of Corinth. Located within the boundaries of Shiloh park is also a United States National Cemetery, which contains around 4,000 soldiers and their family members. A National Historic Landmark in its own right, the Shiloh Indian Mounds are also located with the park boundaries. Click on the links below for more information on the history of each of these areas.

Shiloh National Military Park

Shiloh National Cemetery

Shiloh Indian Mounds

Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center

Shiloh National Cemetery  

Did You Know?
The Battle of Shiloh produced (officially) 23,746 casualties out of 109,784 men engaged. The first large scale battle of the war, Shiloh's horrific casualty list took the North and South by surprise.

Last Updated: August 10, 2006 at 10:06 EST