Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-12-22
REPORT
OF TIE AGENT TO COLLECT AND RECORD
NAMES OF DECEASED SOLDIERS

| NAMES OF DECEASED SOLDIERS.
COLUMBIA, S. c., November 20, 1866.
10 the Honorable the Senate and House Of
| representatives AS soon rs post Offices be-
gan to be re established in the State, the col
lecting Of the names of our deceased soldiers
was resumed. Inquiries in Richmond and
Washington led TO the conclusion that no Gov.
| crnmcnt records, containing lists of such
names, had been saved or captured and that
the only source Of information left was at
home.
Appeals through the newspapers for the
desired information have been but partly sue
ccssfu, and am engaged in writing to com
pany officers for lists of the dead The OK
tcnslvc loss of papers il the army occasions
delay in obtaining such lists, which, in many
instances, perhaps in most, have to be made
UP from memory. But | look forward to
large results from the interest manifested by
tho officers to whom appeals have been made.
Lists Of the dead, complete or in part, have
been received from ninety three companies
From such sources, and from letters from rel.
a'lves and friends, five thousand five hundred
and twenty names have been recorded.
IN consideration Of the loss of papers, and
lest the name Of any soldier should be forgot
ten III the final record, | have collected, in
separate volume, from published reports of
Adlulants and other officers, at the time of the
casualties, and from lists from burial places in
Virginia and elsewhere, aud from other sources,
about three thousand five hundred additional
names. These are not cntcrcd upon the re,
cord. have thus, III all, about nine thous-
and names
1t is not the name only. that is sought, but
the District to which each soldior belonged,
his rank, company, regiment and arm of ser
wee, the date OF his death, the cause and place
OF death and his age. During the coming
year, III addition to correspondence with com
pany officers, blank forms will be furnished
me Tax Collectors, and it is hoped that in
tins way many names may be gathered that
would not otherwise be sent in Assistance
aud *? EsThSfGtd Is hn prfns Fl Sa
Gus parts of the State.
1t is my duty to report that Of the large
collection made for the State by my prctcccs.
Sor in this Agency, amounting to more than
seven thousand names, nothing has been de-
livercd over to me.
II is impossible to avoid errors in such a
work. Even parents and company officers
sometimes give very different reports Of the
same soldier. In order to secure as great ac-
curacy and completeness az practicable, it
may be necessary hereafter to verify the re-
cord BY publication, so that in each District
corrections may be made and omissions sup
piled before the ..ml manuscript copy shall
be prepared for the archives of the State
The plan Of doing this, and Of the arrangement
of names in the record, aud of the introduc-
tion and prefix of statistics that naturally be-
len. 10 sllrh Il record, it is unnecessary TO re-
port upon at this time, as the collection of
n,mcS cannot be finished till the close of an
other year at least.
What has been done is ready for inspcc-
t;an, and also tho account of expenditure,
which, from the recent date of the nppropria.
tion Tor this purpose, is of small amount aud is
therefore not embodied in this report.
Respectfully submitted
WILLIAM j. RIVERS,
Recording Agent.