The national Republican., 1868-12-15
The Dead of the Union Army,


Quartsrmaster General Aeigs has PUBLISH cd
the sixteenth number Of tho Roll Of Honor,
prepared In the oemeterial branch Of his ofies,
under the direction OF Brig. Gen. Perry. The
lists contain 20. 500 names. The proportion
Of names known is less than one half. or about
rs per cent. less than that which generally
holds good throughout the country. which Is
thought to be two thirds known and one third
unknown.
This volume Of the Roll Of Honor increases
the total number Of graves now recorded In
printed form to about l5S 900. or the ooou.
pants Of these graves the names Of about
100000 appear as known, leaving about %, 600
as yet unknown. Many Of these unknown 70.
mains were doubtless marked BY their friend,
or comrades at the time Of their burial, and
records Of the names Of many others were
doubtless made At the time when buried In
groupes or from hospitals, aud many have been
preserved 10 connection with plans or schedules
Of the position Of the graves By the immediate
friends Of the dead, the officers In command Of
the burial squads or tho surgeons In charge Of
field hospitals.
It Is desirable that all persons who may
have such records In their possession should
know that It Is the wish OF the sQuartormasters g
Department to recover aud make use Of all
such means Of Identification, that the lists or
plans may be forwarded to the Qcsrtsrmaster
General at Washington, free Of post'ge, and
that when they arc received Immediate steps
will be taken to establish the identity OF the
remains, to enclose and properly decorate tho
graves, and to havo the name and place re-
corded In printed form. 1t 10 supposed there
yet remain to DO printed the records Of about
one hundred and 1fty thousand graves Of do.
ceased soldiers and prisoners Of war belong
ing to the Union armies, making an aggregate
Of three hundred and Ave thousand graves,
and that OF this whole numbsr the names Of
one hundred thousand Of the occupants will
not at present, II ever, be recorded.
Tho whole number Of soldiers who have
fallen In the ranks Of tho Union armies for
the suppression OF tho rebellion Is supposed to
be about throe hundred End ffty.nve thou.
sand, exceeding the number Of recognized
graves by ffty thousand. The number Of men
whose graves are not recognised as In exist.
snoe, either as known or unknown, Is supposed
to be made up, approximately, as follows !:
Killed in battle and mover buried, 25,000i
drowned, 6,0O0i graves in remote localities and
not yet found, IL, 0O0i graves covered BY de-
posits Of gravel and sand. made by the Mis-
sissippi river and Its tributaries In foods
2,000j graves carried away by caying in OF
banks OF the same. 8, 900, making q total OF
so, 900. The number Of those who died at
their homes after being mustered out, from
wounds or disease contracted while In tho
service, Is not embraced in any Of the above
snumsrAtitns.
Lists to bs printed 10 the future will contain
the names Of most Of the soldiers buried In tho
States OF West Virginia, North Carolins,
South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ar
kansas, Missouri, Kansas, lows, Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and the Terri
tories, and ofsueh portion Of those buried in
the States Of Virginia, Georgia, Alabama,
Texas and Tennessee as have not heretofore
been printed. Statements are also Published
Of the disposition OF some Of the bodies Of de-
ceased Union soldiers and prisoners Of waI
whose remains have been removed to national
osm eteriss In Southern and Western States