Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1865-11-30
For the Yorkyille Enquirer.
DEAD SOLDIERS IN VIRGINIA.


DEAD SOLDIERS IN VIRGINIA.
Mr.. Editor Having recently visited
some of the battle.felds of Virginia, and
the Hospital burying grounds at Gordons,
vile and, City Point, it may be Of IN
terest to some Of your readers to know the
condition Of the graves Of their friends who
were buried at these places. =.
AT the "Wilderness," Gen. JENKINS
Brigade Hospital was on Mrs. PuLI1AM's
farm, on the right of the plank road, leading
from Orange, G. H., to Fredericksburg,
about mile and half west of the battle
field. The graves we're all marked by a
head. boards, upon which was inscribed the
name, company aud Regiment to which the
deceased belonged, and when be died.
When visited the spot I found that the
graves had been plowsd and narrowed over,
and rye sown on the ground. The head
boards were all down and scattered over
the graves, SO that it was impossible to tell
where any particular person had been bu'
ried Among the head. boards found, were
the following: e. d. o'FARRELL, Go. G.,
P.S. s. c., D. McKEows, Co. g., P. s.
S.; W. WH1TEs1DEs;, Co, E., 5th 8. G.;
WIN. Ross, Go. D., 5sh s. c.; sergt R
W. ROLAND, Co. Co. 9Th s. c.; A. THoM
AS, 9th s. c.; W. R. ATKINS, Co. E., 9Th
S. c.; and F.. DAY, Go. L., P. s. s..
At Gordonsvile, only few of the head
boards are down, but the fencing around
the burying ground is in dilapidated con.
dition.
About the Bederal cemetery at City
Point, everything is in perfect order. Each
corpse has been buried separately, and the
ground laid off in rows and sections, with
nicely arranged and ll.kept walks. Eact
grave is marked by a painted head. board,
with name, company, regiment, and wher
the person died. Mr.. f. j. TRACEY is the
Sexton, and has had charge of the ceme:
tery ever since its establishment. He has
kept o record of the "name," "company,
"regiment,''' "when died.. &C., and il
what section and row the body may bt
found. In looking over the books l found
the names of several Confederates soldiers
who had died and were buried there, among
whom are the following South Carolinians
THOMAS JAMES, Go. e., 26th s. c.; G
M. ATKINSON, Co. E., 7th S: c.; NJ
PARKER, LIST S. G. Battery; M. SCORE
Co. K, 21st S. G.; j. W. LESLEY, Go
T., 25th s. c.; j. G. KEARNEY, 2lst S
c.; G. L1NDER, Holcombe Legion VIM
M. PLArT; Co. G., 9th s. G. Cavalry; JAS
W. REID, Go. B., lst or 9Th 8. G. Cavalry
There are many of Carolina's dead sol
diers sleeping under the sod Of old Virgin
ia, on spots far removed from the places
(Which once knew them, but which, shal
know them no more forever" There Art
quiet spots where "tombless graves in gras
sy billows" tell where brave but unknown
heroes are resting from the struggle
Though unforgotten, their, names are no
there to ertertwine with laurel and myrtle
yet while not one sign or token is there t
tell who sleeps beneath those nameles'
mounds, oblivion can never claim them
nor can anger or malice or revenge rob then
of the memory Of their virtues. Whil'
there are many Of these uameless grave
scattered over our land, there are yet man.
others marked by some comrade, who, per
haps sleeps on another field, or by the car
of stranger friends, which are still unknown
to friends at home. M.