The monument here marks the site where the Confederate army 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.

(11-00) Site of the death of Gen. Albert Sydney Johnston
 
October 2000 Photo courtesy of Don Worth (Webmaster) 48th OVVI Website www.48ovvi.org

(3-93) Beneath this tree, preserved by the Shiloh National Military Park, legend states that Gov. Isham Harris found the fatally wounded Gen. Johnston
  
Close-up of tree courtesy of Kenny Meyers, Slidell, LA