Henry P. "Squire" Bottom, a Unionist enslaver on whose farm a significant portion of the battle was fought, suffered losses of pork, corn, hay, and wood to U.S. Army soldiers who remained in the area for weeks after the fighting.

Bottom's farm was significantly damaged during the battle, including the loss of a substantial barn filled with hay that burned completely due to artillery fire from a Confederate battery.

Although Bottom claimed that about 100 were identified, the only remnants of the cemetery were a corner of a stone wall and one headstone—that of Samuel H. Ransom of the 1st Tennessee Infantry CSA.

[5] At the war's end in 1865, the U.S. Army reburied the remains of 969 U.S. soldiers in a national cemetery at Perryville with a stone wall, two gates, and plans for a monument.

The acquisition of 149 acres (0.6 km2) of farmland from a descendant of Henry Bottom more than doubled the size of the park and allowed visitors to complete a tour of the entire battlefield.

Paranormal Investigators, Ghost Adventures visited the site where they found shadowy figures from the American Civil War walking through the fields.