Mill Springs Battlefield
— National Historic Landmark —
After the battle, Union soldiers hastily buried the dead. They interred many of the Confederates in shallow mass graves near where they fell. Some graves were so shallow that the bodies began surfacing just days afterward. With the army gone, local men faced the gruesome task of reburial. Cold weather and bodies frozen to the ground made the horrible task even more difficult. They reinterred the remains here, at what is now Zollicoffer Park. It is thought that many of the Confederate soldiers killed in the January 19, 1862, Battle of Mill Springs lie in the mound to your left and rear.HM Number | HM2J2T |
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Series | This marker is part of the National Historic Landmarks series |
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Year Placed | 2014 |
Placed By | Mill Springs Battlefield Association |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Wednesday, July 24th, 2019 at 2:02pm PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 16S E 701038 N 4103407 |
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Decimal Degrees | 37.05538333, -84.73905000 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 37° 3.323', W 84° 44.343' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 37° 3' 19.38" N, 84° 44' 20.58" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling North |
Closest Postal Address | At or near , , |
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