The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1871-07-13


1868, we find the graves of the num-
Der Of Iowa soldiers in different
cemeteries as follows:
Antietam National Cemetery, Md. .... 2
Winchester National Cemetery, Va. 80
There are 1888 graves of soldiers
in this Cemetery, the names of SOL
diers, however, unknown Five of
these graves are known to belong to
Iowa soldiers, but the names Of the
soldiers are unknown.
General Order No. 10, June s,
1868, gives among other matters the
burial places of Iowa soldiers as
follows:
Richmond, Va. Observation-Disclosures. 5
There are 5000 unknown graves here. ]
These General Orders state that of
the 2O,44O graves enumerated in
this volume, the names of those
buried there, 1922 (about AZ per
cent? are known, and 1875 (about
So per cent? unknown. This extra
ordinarily small portion of known re-
suits from the fact that the graves in
Virginia were mostly of soldiers who
fell in the earl y part of the war. The
graves were temporarily marked and
the region where these soldiers were
buried was not in our possession for
two years, and marks, &C., were OBJ
liberated so that it was impossible to
identify remains.
General Orders No. 20, June 9th,
1868, being roll of honor" XVII,
contains the list of 1858 soldiers
graves. In his roll is the list of
soldiers who are buried in Cave Hill
Cemetery, at Louisville, Ky. The
total number of soldiers buried here
is 1871, representing the extraor-
binary number of 500 regiments. OF
the original burials, all are identified
of the additions, 1876 are known
and $50 unknown; As Iowa soldiers
sleep there. They represent 81 diff
terent regiments. Every one OF
these 46 lowans are known, and are
properly marked, section, range,
number Of grave, &c, &c.
Camp Nelson National Cemetery
has one Iowa soldier. This Gene.
terry is near Jessamine p. O., Jes-
samne county, Ky. Linden Grove
Cemetery, Covington, KY, has one
Iowa soldier. The soldiers burial
lot at New Albany, Indiana, has nine
Iowa soldiers from six different
regiments. The City Cemetery,
Jetfersonvilfe, Ind, has six Iowa
soldiers from five different regiments.
The ''burial lot" at same place has
IA Iowa soldiers, and one Iowa SOL
der name unknown, from twelve
different regiments. The City Gene
terry at Madison, Indiana, has two
Iowa soldiers, and the Lawton Ma,
tlonal Cemetery, at Burke county
Georgia, has three Iowa soldiers.
This Cemetery contains the bodies
of the prisoners of war who died in
the commonly known "Millen pris-
on" The unknown graves number
1913. There is a supplement in this
roll of the AndersonviIle graves.
The names of % Iowans are given
IN this supplement. Two other
graves are known 20 belong to Iowa
soldiers, but their names are I'M
known. The names of fifteen other
Iowa soldiers are given who are
buried in Andersonville, who are
classed with unknown dead, as
their graves are not known. This
supplement contains 81 more 'un-
known graves.
General Order No. "a, June 10,
1868, among other matters gives the
list of dead in National Cemetry at
Wilmington, N. G. There are Is
Iowa soldiers buried there. In
Raleigh, n. c., National Cemetery
there are II 1owans, in Port Hudson
National Cemetery there are u
Iowans, in National Cemetery at
Brownsville, Texas, Iowans, in
San Antonio, Texas, National Gene
terry, Iowan, in National Cemetery
at Galveston, Texas, 2 Iowans, and
at Little Rock, Arkansas, 3l5
lowans. Many names contained in
this list are repetition of those in
Special Order No. II, September 5,
1866, heretofore referred to. In
National Cemetery at Fayetteville,
Arkansas, there are 80 Iowa sol.
diers. Some of these names are re-
peated from those in a list of Pea
Ridge, heretofore referred to. There
are "a Iowa soldiers graves at Fl.
Smith, Arkansas. One more Iowan
is given in the list for Indianapolis,
Ind, Cemetery. This roll has also
the names, &c, and section and
number of grave of 70 Iowa soldiers
in the National Cemetery at Mound
City, Illinois. Many of the names
are arepetition of those referred to
in the Cairo, &C., heretofore referred
to, but having been transferred to
this National Cemetery at Mound
City, we repeated so as to give their
exact locality to the Cemetery. 20
Iowa soldiers are buried at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Chicago, ILL.,, 6 at
National Cemetery, Camp Dennison,
Ohio, II at Spring Grove National
Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio, and l53
at National Cemetery, Springfield,
Mo. Thele are 348 unknown
graves here. Then follows a list
of 443 buried in the local Cemeteries
Of Iowa. For FIT. Riley, Kansas
National Cemetery 2 more Iowa
names are given, 5 Iowans who were
buried at Fort Walker Cemetery,
Kansas, and more for Mound City
Cemetery, Linn county Kansas.
In General Orders No. SO, Septem-
Der 18th, 1868, we find that 12l Iowa
soldiers are buried in London Park
National Cemetery, Baltimore, Nd;
% in Newbern, North Carolina, Ma
t'onal Cemetery; % IN Baton Rouge,
La, National Cemetery; 81 Jefer-
son City, Mo-, National Cemetery
l l at Fort Rice, Dakota Territory ;
Is at Fort Randall, Dakota Terrific
ry.
General Orders No. Is, March Sd,
1869, gives the lists of those buried
at Corinth. Miss, Union National
Cemetery, DC. 1876 Iowa soldiers
are buried at Corinth. Of these the
of four soldiers are unknown;
20 regiments are represented. There
are $500 graves OF unknown SOL
diers here. AT the Shiloh National
Cemetery, Pittsburgh Landing,
Tenn, las Iowa soldiers are buried.
There are 2.3l5 unknown graves