Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1869-01-29
THE ROLL OF RONOis.

Quar,ermastcr General Meigs has pub.
lsbed the sixteenth number Of the ''Roll OF
Honor" prepared in the ceme,erial branch
Of lis Office, under the direction Of Breyet
Brig. Ger. Perry. 1t contains alpha betical
lists of the soldiers who entered al Brook
line, Cambridge, Chelsaea and Worcester,
Massachusetts Buffalo, Chautauque, Cy-
press Hills, Fort Niagara, Lockport, Lodi,
Madison Barracks, Plattsburg Barracks
and Rochester, in New York; Gettysburg,
Morrisburg, Reading, Philadelphia, Tama,
qua and Upton, in Pennsylvania; bra,ile-
boro and Montpelier, in Vermont; and
City Point, Danville, Glendale, Richmond
and Yorktown, in Virginia. The lists
contain 20,50O names. The proportion OF
names known is less than one hal., or about
rs per cent. less than that which generally
holds good throughout the country, which is
thought 10 be about two>thirds known and
one-third unknown. This volume OF the
"Roll Of Honor" increases the total mum Der
Of graves now recorded in printed form to
about 10000. Offhe occupants of these
graves the names OF about 100000 appear
as known, leaving about $4,000 as yet un>
known. Many of these unknown remains
were doubtless marked by their friends OF
comrades at the time of their burial, aud
records Of the names Of many others were
doubtless made at the time where buried in
groups or from hospitals, and may have
been preserved in connection with plans or
schedules Of the position of the graves by
the intimate friends Of the dead, the officers
in command Of the burial squads, or sur
geons in charge of field hospitals, Il is de.
sirable that all persons who may have such
records in their possession, should know that
i, is the wish OF the Quartermaster's Depart.
rleut to rec over and make use of all such
means of identification, that tie lists Of
plans may be forwared ts the Quauter,
mas,er-General at Washington, free oi
postage, AID that when they are received
immediate steps will be taken to establish
the identity ct remains, to enclose and prop.
eily decorate the graves, and 10 have the
name and place recorded in printed form.
1t is supposed that there yet remains to be
printed the records of about 900 graves
OF deceased soldiers aud prisoners Of war
belonging TO the Union armies, making an
aggregate Of 350,000 graves; and that OF
this whole nun Der the names of 100000 of
the occupants will not at present, If, ever,
be recovered. The whole number Of SOL
diers who have fallen in the ranks Of the
Union armies for the suppression ofthe re-
bellion is supposed TO lie about $1,000,
exceeding the number of recognized graves
by $4,000. This number OF men whose
graves are not recognized as in existence.
either known or unknown, is supposed to be
made up, approximately, as follows:
Killed in battle and never buried, $4,000;
drowred 5000 graves in remote localities
and not yet found, $4,000; graves covered
by deposits of gravel and sand made by the
Mississippi and its tributaries in foods,
1000; graves carried away by the caving
in Of the banks Of the samc, 5000, making
q total Of 10000. The number Of those
who died at their homes, after being mus
tered out, from wounds and disease con
tracted while in the service is not embraced
in any Of the above enumerations. The
lists 70 b. printed in the future will contain
the names os most of the soldiers buried in
the States of West Virginia, North and
South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ar.
kansas, Missouri, Kansas. Iowa, Ohio, Indi>
ana, Michigan, Wisconsin and TIE Terrific,
ries, and Of such portions of those buried in
the States Of Virginia, Georgia, Alabama,
Texas and Tennessee, as have not heretofore
been printed. Statements are also pub
lishcd Of the disposition Of some Of the bod
les Of deceased Union Soldiers and prisons
ers of war, whose remains have been re-
moved to the National cemeteries in the
Southern and Western States.