[Stonewall Jackson]

My father and I drove down to Shiloh two weeks ago, and I was highly impressed by its quiet dignity. Some of the Union states went a little overboard with their monuments (ie. Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Ohio), but my favorite monument had to be Kentucky's.

A border state that sent her sons to Shiloh in Union blue and Confederate gray, Kentucky suffered heavy casualties on both sides of the battle. Their monument is a detailed map of the conflict that highlights the Kentucky regiments movements with bronze plaques on either side that describes these units' actions and lists the state's casualties (approx. 1000 each for the Union and Confederacy, even though there were 6500 fighting for the North and only 2200 fighting for the South).

[stainlessbanner]

Some of the Union states went a little overboard with their monuments

Exactly my point about G'burg monuments. NY and PA placed so many memorials up there. Would like to see that KY monument at Shiloh.