The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-03-09
OUR DEAD SOLDIERS.
WHERE THEY ARE BURIED-THE NATION
AL CEMETERIES.
From the N. Y. Tribune

u. Oiougnton, oil Michigan, member OF
tue House Comnitte on Military Affairs,
has, at the request of the committee, care
fully investigated the titles by which the
Government holds the numerous Nation
al Cemeteries, where the bodies of the
soldiers who died during the late war
are buried, and he has prepared an inter
esting report upon the subject. A genei
al system OF military cemeteries was or
ganized by the War Department imme
dlately after the close of the Rebellion.
In Northern States, burals Of soldiers
VINO died in hospitals We're, in most cases,
made IN cemeteries belonging to towns,
cities and religious societies; aud, al
| though careful record has been kept Of
these cemeteries, and of The number and
name of soldiers inferred in them, it has
not peen considered necessary for the
Government to assume control ever them,
the patriotism Of the people being relied
upon TO keep them in proper order. The
expense of supplying head boards is, howe
ever, borne by the Government. In the
Southern States, where the great MAORI
ty Of Union soldiers are buried, bodies
have been gathered and gwen orderly
burial upon land purchased for that pur
pose by the Government, and these bur,
Ial places, together with a few in the
Eastern and Western States, are cermed
National Cemeteries, and are under the
immediate control IF the Quartermaster' .
Department. Each is under the charge
of superintendent, and the graves are
all marked with head boards, painted
white with black lettering, showing the
name of the dead soldier, his com any
and regiment, and the date of his death,
wherever these facts could be ascertain d.
Hundreds OF graves are, however, simply
marked "Unknown Soldier," with the
date of tn battle in which he was killed.
The following list comprises all the
cemeteries the title of which is vested in
the United States:
Green Mount Cemetery, VT; Beverly
Cemetery, N J; Whitehall Cemetery,
Bristol, Penn; Lebanon Cemetery, Phila
delphia, Penn;. Finn's Point Cemetery,
N j.; Pea Patch Island, Del +; Point
Lookout Cemetery, Md; United States
Military Asylum, d G.; Arlington Gene
terry, Va; Rural Cemetery, Chester,
Penn; Odd Fellows Cemetery, Philadel
phia, Penn; Culpepper Court House, Va
Hampton, Va; Richmond. Va; City
Pcint, Va; Yorktown, Va; Glendale, Va
Seven Pines, Va; fredericksburg, Va;
Poplar Grove, Petersburg, Va; Whining.
ton, N G.; Staunton, Va; New bern, n
G; Beaufort, S G; Rose Hill, Columbia,
Tenn; Marietta Cemetery, Ga; Mont
gnmery Cemetery, Ala; Mobile Cemete-
~, Ala; Barrancas Gene cry, Fla; Corinth
Cemetery, Miss; Natchez Cemetery. Miss
Vicksburg Cemetery, Miss Little Rock
Cemetery, Ark; Pine Bluff Cemetery,
Ark; Fayetteville Cemetery, Ark; Ba
ton Rouge Cemetery, La; Chalmetre
Cemetery, New Orleans, La; Port Hud-
son Cemetery La; San Antonio Cemete
ry, Texas; Nashville Cemetery, Tenn !;
| Fort Dnnelson Cemetery, Tenn; Mem
phis Cemetery, Tenn; Memphis Gene
terry, Tenn; Memphis Cemetery, Tenn /;
Stones River Cemetery, Tenn; Stones
River Cemetery, Tenu Chattanooga
Cemetery, Tenn; Knoxville Cemetery,
Tenn; Shiloh. Pittsburg Landing, Tenn;
Cave Hill, Louisville, Ky; Lexington
Cemetery, Ky; Danville Cemetery, KY;
Lebanon Cemetery, KY; Mill Springs,
Ky; Frankfort Cemetery, KY Camp
Nelson Cemetery, Ks; Madison Gene
terry, Wis; Prairie du Chien Cemetery.
Wis; Oakwoods Cemetery. Chicago, III !;
Crown Hill Cemetery, indianapolis. Ind !;
New Albany Cemetery Ind; Alton Gem
etery. Ind; Mound City Cemetery, Ra-
Fcine, Wis; Jefferson City Cemetery, No;
Springfield Cemetery, Mo; Springfield
Cemetery, Mo; Davenport Cemetery,
Iowa; Keokuk Cemetery, Iowa; Fort
Scott Cemetery, Kansas; battle-ground
Cemetery, D G; Hampton Cemetery, Va !;
Richmond Cemetery, Va; Fort Harrison
Cemetery, Va.
The cemeteries at Gettysburg, Penn,
and at Antietan, Md, do not appear in
the above list, for the reason that they
are governed by Boards of Trustees and
have not yet been transferred to the Gov
errment. The National Cemetery at
Andersonville, Georgia, is also omitted.
The War Department has not yet been
able to obtain the record title from the
former owner upon reasonable terms
1t embraces 43 acres. aud was originally
established by the rebel authorities for
burial OF Union prisoners who died in the
prison. pen near Andersonville. The
number Of soldiers buried at this place is
1917.
The Arlington Cemetery, where Is,
585 soldiers are buried, is situated upon
he Arlington estate, three miles from
Washington, which was for many years
the property of the late Geo. Washing
ton Park Cusfls, who bequ athed it t.
Custis Lee, the oldest son OF has daugh
ter, the wife of Gen Robert E. Lee
GUSTS Lee was an officer in the R. bel
army, and served under his fathers
command The estate was sold during
the Rebellion for unpaid taxes, and was
purchased by the Government for a
cemetery. Nearly half million of dol
lars have since been eXnended nnnn II