Shiloh was a two-day Civil War battle on April 6th and 7th of 1862. The Battle of Shiloh is also called the Battle of Pittsburgh Landing and was a devastating loss for the Confederate Army that started a six-month struggle for the key railroad junction at Corinth. The National Military Park commemorates and preserves information about the battles of Shiloh and Corinth.

The battlefield park is one of the best preserved in the U.S., according to Civil War Traveler, an extensive website detailing all of the Civil War Trails sites in Tennessee, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, and West Virginia. Tennessee is the only one of the five states where the entire state is declared officially a "Civil War area." The number of Civil War historic sites in Tennessee is second only to Virginia.

Union Civil War Cemetery at Shiloh National Military Park

There are over 3,500 Union soldiers buried at the Shiloh National Cemetery. The cemetery is under the jurisdiction of the U.S. National Park Service. The small cemetery is nicely laid out in a hilly section of land that comprises about 20 acres. It is easily located in the northwest section of the Military Park, as it is right next to the bookstore and visitor center.