Death of General Johnston: Tour Stop, Shiloh National Military Park

General Albert Sidney Johnston’s Mortuary Monument (Left)
Death of General Johnston Interpretive Marker (Right)

The monument here marks the site where the confederate commander Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, was found mortally wounded at 2 p.m. on April 6.  He was the highest ranking Southern officer killed during the war.

– 2009 Shiloh National Military Park Brochure, Tour Stop 12.

Struck by a stray bullet, Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston died in the ravine south of this monument.  P. G. T. Beauregard succeeded to command the army.

– 2010 Shiloh National Military Park Brochure, Tour Stop 15.