The Portland daily press., 1865-07-21
THE GRAVES OF OUR HEROES.
List Of the Situations of the Burial Places of
Q Maine Soldiers in Virgins.

OFFICE q. S. CHRISTIAN COMMISSION,
WASHINGTON, D. c., July Is, 1865. -
To The Editor Of the Press:
IL Enclosed please find lists of mscriptiohs
copied from the headboards OF graves Oh red
eral Soldiers that have been Killed In battle,
or died in hospitals, or in rebel prisons during
the war Similar lists have been sent to the
leading paper of each State. feel that words
need not be multiplied to ask an early inser-
tion Of these lists in the columns of the loyal
press, but briefexplanation may be of inter-
est to the friends of the deceased. gea.
Immediately uponth close of the late Cam
paign Rev. ] B. Clark and Thos. Charters, Esq,
Agents U. S. @. G. passed over the ground
along our lines before Petersburg and Rich
moRd, and copied the inscriptions from the
headboards that had been put up by comrades !;
thework was done with great care, bat owing
TO the character of the country occupied by
our forces, there are no doubt many single
scattered graves not recorded. The list Of
soldiers buried at Danyille, Va, was obtained
from j. j. bill, Esq. the undertaken at that
place, anu udOCc nun 4tOfs AT, lCJ7 W APP
%, 1865. In company with Rev E. r. Viii
liams, Gen. Field Agt. us. C. G. Army of the
James we visited the place the 18th of May
last The prisoners were confined in four
large tobacco factories near the main street.
\ The cemetery is about a mile and half
from town and is well arranged; the graves
are marked by headboards with the names
leybly painted, and more care is evident
than in any other Confederate burial place
Il have seen. Welearned from Mr.. Hill, that
next fall the friends can obtain any bodies that
are buried there.
J, Many of the Inscriptions contained in these
lists are fast disappearing from the boards
With the exception of the headboards in Che
cemeteries at City Point and Point of Rocks,
the boards are rough, and a few months viii OBJ
literate all traces Of the names, r7r,vr hc
We have so often seen the anxious solicitude
for some news to end the suspense which is
more terrible than death ITSELF that we are
glad to forward these records, knowing they
will furnish such proof to the afflicted friends.
With the hope that some action will be tax
en- to mark and secure from molestation the
resting places of our brave dead, es se
"a I am, sir, yours very truly, e Hiaao
NI HENRY G. HoUGHToN, Ii y
Individual Relief Agt U. S. &C.
Graves at Beynsssda Hisndrsd-Asa G. Merrill, c.
9th Me-; G; H. Harrington, A, 30; H. s. Simmons, d.
9Th; Edw. Porter, Bangor, Maine Iaf sgs sl1g
Jones' Landing: Head Of Neck-Samuel Pace, A,
9th Me-; JAS. Wilson,, /, 18th. az ~
JoneS Laplding: Near the Neck--Chas. Bacon, X,
9th Thos. Lynn, =, 9th.
Erwin, G, sfh. =
Deep BOTTOM Hudson X. Dyer, d. nth.
One Mile East TT. BurnhGm: Field Hospital, "a A.
C-Danl. Smith, |, 9th; s. Maxim, K, 9th. %
I. G.I4itfledeld, F, nth; T. r. Green, A. Ii; W. Mur-
ray g. 18th; Cuba Morte r, 11th I. Dalton G, 18th;
Sullivan, nth; F. J. Robbins l, 18th; B. Brown,
NF sargent c. stil 4 Robinson, Il, 9Th; H. IF F.
Coryille, K 9th; Henry Elliot A, 9th; G. Baicom F.
18th; Chas. Thompson, FL, 9th; John Murphy, d,
9Th g Il f. IL Potter * 9Th M o. Green Is 9t = n
|, Grover, A, 9TH. W. Bean, G, 9th; A. B. Morton,
=, 9th; G. w. Hill, H, 9th; w. Ii. Small, /, 9th; e,
Whiting, G, 9Th; H, Sprague, @, 9th; E. Austin, q,
9TH; W, W Eaton, g 9Th ]; Hamilton, T 18th; w.
mon, i 18th; w P. Trask, G, 18th; s. Thurston K,
llth; &. Whitney, =, 18th; H. b. Buise E, fifth
lieut.. BraIhan, 1 nth w. IL. Heal, II, 9th; A. PEN
dIeton, H, sth; j. Hamilton, A, sth; h. II. Bowley,
Pinckney, I, Sth; l.. Il. Maxwell, E., Sths John
Knowles G. 2Qta; Winsow Bryant, "A, LIST s. S.; E. j.
Eftreds, =, LIST 4. A. J. u IL .3ii1Ittl,f Y y
1.-The last three are buried at City Point, along
the line of the r r., between the Point and
the Defenses.
carried in Depot Field Hospital Cemetery, at CITY