The Federals buried the Confederates and Federal dead, from the Battle of Iuka, on the battlefield, where they lay. The Federal provost marshal, Capt. William Wiles, certified that 265 Southerners were found on the field and buried by Union troops.

General Rosecrans said 162 dead Rebels were found laid out and ready for burial some 200 yds. behind the Methodist Church, and that he counted another 99 on the battlefield.

Although their numbers differ in number of dead on battlefield, it is possible that Capt. Wiles included the bodies found behind the Methodist Church in his tally.

Trench or individual grave is not mentioned. It would be more convenient for the Union to bury the Confederates found on the battlefield where they lay, as opposed to carrying them from all over the field to a trench in a central location. The 162 bodies found "laid out for burial some 200 yds. behind the Methodist Church would probably have been buried in a trench, which would be easier to dig than individual graves.

In 1867, a committee was formed, headed by Dr. Wilson, to move approximately 200 Confederate bodies from within the corporate limits of Iuka, to Shady Grove Cemetery. These partially exposed graves were found in lots and gardens, causing concern to the citizens of Iuka. 34 names were still readable from headboards of these graves. This means the soldiers who had readable headboards were known, which indicates they were in the hospital at Iuka.

Iuka Springs Hotel served as a Confederate hospital. After the Battle of Corinth, 700 paroled, wounded CSA soldiers were sent to the hospital at Iuka. (from OR's) Dr. Wilson said that 138 CSA bodies who were reinterred by him in Shady Grove Cemetery were Missourians. Missouri was heavily involved in the 2nd Battle of Corinth. I think the reinterred at Shady Grove were buried in a trench.

The 9th Texas lost over 100 men to death from disease while camped at Iuka in February and March of 1862. There was a hospital at Iuka at that time, J.K. Street referenced it in his Civil War letters. We do not know where these CSA soldiers, who died from disease, are buried.

We have numerous CSA soldiers buried in and around Iuka, many more than was originally thought. Documentation of where their exact grave is located is, sadly, not to be found. They are all deserving of memorial markers!