The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1871-07-13
THE OSKALOOSA HERALD,
Thursday, July l3, 1871.
THE GRAVES OF IOWA SOLDIERS IN
THE NATIONAL CEMETERIES.


We find that the General Orders
of the Quartermaster Generals office
of the United States, or rolls of hon
or, relating to the graves of the
Union soldiers in National Gene
teries, have been transferred, so far as
they relate to Iowa soldiers, to the
rosters of each regiment in the office
of our Adjutant General. Genera
Order No. 694, %, M. G. o. 1869
gave the list of graves in the Ander
sonville, Ca, cemetery. Here We
find list Of III graves of lows
soldiers, over each of which is erect
ed a neat tablet, with number o.
grave, soldiers name, rank, regiment
company and date of death. There
are 45l unknown" graves noted il
said General Order No. 695. Oul
readers will find a notice of another
list of Iowa soldiers graves at An
Jacksonville in another part OF this
article. We have concluded to fol
low the General Orders as they were
issued.
General Order No. 10, Q. M. G
O., Jan. 81, 1869, gives the list o.
graves in the National Cemetery al
Alexandria, Va. The names of only
four Iowa soldiers are given here
At each grave is white tablet, let
tered in black, with number of grave
name, rank, regiment, and date O
death of each soldier.
General Order No. 81, May LIST
1866, gives the list of soldiers burieC
at Hampton, (Va.,) National Gene
terry. Only three graves Of Iowa
soldiers are named there. The
graves are marked as those at Alex
andria, last named.
General Order No. 80. May lst
1866, gives the number, name, rank
regiment, company, date OF de tt
and place Of interment as follows
Galveston, Texas, four Iowa sol
diers; Brownsville, Texas, seventeen
Iowa soldiers. 1t gives also th,
names as above of seventeen Iowa
soldiers who died in the Confederate
prison, and were buried at Camp
Ford, Tyler, Texas.
General Order No. So, July 20
1866, gives the names Of soldiers
buried in ten States and Territories
One Iowa soldier is named whose
grave is at Fit. Ke&rney, Nebraska
There 1872 unknown" graves here
Three graves Of soldiers of 18th Iowa
Cavalry are at Fort Sedgwick
Colorado Territory, ten graves O
soldiers of 18th Iowa cavalry at For
Mcpherson cemetery; thirty-foul
graves of Iowa soldiers at Annapo
lis, Md; one grave of an Iowa sol
der at Allegheny cemetery, Penn
one at jackson, Miss; five in The
cemetery at or Near Barrancas, Fla.
eighty-tive at New Orleans, La. AL
these graves at Annapolis, ALE
ghany Cemetery, Penn, Jackson
Miss; Barrancas, Fla, and New
Orleans, marked like those at Alex.
andria and Hampton, above referred
to.
General Order No. Il, September
1866, gives lists Of graves in eleven
States and Territories. In this list
we find 3l4 graves of Iowa soldiers.
At Little Rock, Ark, there Is sun,
known" graves. 24O graves Of Iowa
soldiers at Helena, Ark, Is at Cam,
den, Ark, l in cemetry at Pine Bluff,
Ark, 81 at DuVall's Bluff. Ark, 2
at Indianapolis, Ind, 2 at Madison,
Ind, 10 at Evansville, Ind, and ] at
Denver, Colorado Territory, with
number, name, rank, regiment, com
pany, and date of death.
General Order No. 50, Oct. s,
gives the list of graves, and of Iowa
soldiers gives as follows:
At Paramount Cemetery. Newark N l