Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-12
THE SOLDIER DEAD,
THE RESTING PLACES OF OVER THRRE
HUNDRED THOUSAND UNION BRAVES.

While the garlands strewn upon the
isSrsves of our heroes are yet green and
------ .-... 4-i..S: &C ~ ccS. rasyia iayss,ye
exercises of Decoration Day are ifoss
upon us let us glance at the vast army
OF the soldier dead lying scattered
throughout the land and for the mo-
ment study the terrible cost of war.
The Quartermaster's Department, after
the close OF the rebellion, was for sev.
eral years engaged in gathering into
permanent cemeteries the bodies OF
Union soldiers who were killed in bat.
tie or who died in hospitals or rebel
prisons. By the official reports tho
total number inferred throughout the
United States is 3l6,233. OF these
only l75,764, or about fve-ninths Of
the whole number, can probably ever
be identified Even these figures do
not cover the whole number who lost
their lives in the war Of the rebellion,
tor, owing to the vast area covered by
the operations OF the hostile armies,
many bodies left on the field Of battle,
in skirmishes in woods and in isolated
encounters OF pickets and reconnoiter-
ing ana scouting parties nave pro1aoiy
never oeeh uisco'ereu; N 10 uinicu,,
trace of whose remains have thus been
lost, but it is without doubt considera-
PIC MOST OF the scattered neroes, uh'
KNOWN 10 name .nougn e.ea' III u,eus,
VINO ye. ile niuuen ~ ,oles', helu VI
pen, WIN now remain 10 Mature . green
Heeping unt,i inc ncsurrcc'ioh nn morn
vi inc grand totai oo,ooo are known
70 nave oeeh prisoners OF war, VINO
dled IN captivity, ana tnis aoes no. IN,
claae me wnole humoer VINO uiea
wn.ie nela oy 'ne reoels, lor u Is tnougn'
.nal numbers ., taose VINO u'eu 70 INC
prison pens ., sne ooSln nave NOT oecn
lounu or iuehtlneu' ", , reoei prisoners
oi war ,ne remains remains ol - 900 nave oeen
lhlerreu. s, ohior'unalely sIatlslcs 70
supw % 'nS m "lnoun. VI 'nor'a''y on eno
reoei sue are very meagre; AZ 10 not
Piooao'o tuo ieve' iv,' "ni eNer oo
known WIN anytningike tne accuracy
WIN "nicn We can rechoh 'na. on .ne
~ ~Na''oha' sluo pu', assuming 'he'n W
" cqua', " WI, pe seen 'na' .ne eh'io
loss 70 tne Wnoie country ih numan
ives curing tne war oi the reoeiilon
must amount amount, 70 neariy ,nree-quaf.ers
oi u m'ilioh' Desiues Natohai CEN,
e'eeles' eno @ 'ne on,on ueau are sca''ereu T
~ o-o ioeai anu posi- ceIne.eries. uho
laiBes. Vi 'neSe are u. arllng'on, va,
tn1 y , ior'nei ,', nvmes.eau VI usn' Nooer'
y. Leg, WIN i1''5. graves aa rreuef,cns'
ourg' Va WIN iolSoV graves oalis-
Jury, " W WIN ,f nno graves
Deauioi. ~ ", WIN iv,ooo erasue
nnuersohV,oeS nv & va, 10 'oS graves ma
rio''a, ;, un, na o,Vooeraves Now or,eans' leans
ao S'-oo sr"'os ,oAspurs' nlssr
,a5ooaaI graves Tna.'anooga, iennr
20 s9of graves Nasnv'he, ienng aess aes
20 graves mcii,Pn's, iehs,, 1920
graves 'eheiSon DarracAS' mo- o'ooi
graves'
ne ue.'y spurs Na',onai cemetery
enloiace9 al area Vi aoout soV1I'eon
aoieo' .oNeins 'ne o9n.ie =, ,lo oihon
ne ,oeo " ~ od'.io on .no ~ anu s 'u VI 'u'y,
iooo, a.u 'oouPy ns one VI 'no nioe'
p'ouilns"' sH1s Tns rnu inPol'ae' POSITIONS POSITIONS On
sno p neiu' nls w. 70 Vne u ,ne lhos' ~.
oo,iples. .'I =, 'oe os,o Sa'lona' @ oemo.ei'es .a
o1o a1o oo".a'hs o,oi- ase', VI wno,n
o.. o.. arc - unAnImn, inese ngules uo
~; IT, no%o'9l' ~ any means sncm .no
unlon loss IN sne engagement, ior lne
sI sreaser Par. pt, ~ 'no wUunueu wu. were re-
,osIu n,o,;a W ", pI1,,o,ei ps,l'di as"inglon nn
nsp1,s , anu inllaIeiph,an, anu many
ol 81 .ne e'n slaln nave oeeh taken away oy
'nSrt err lrlenas. ,.,..
eae ee cemetery oa. a. An'le,alh % contains
f,oso graves I,yvo VI wnlon are un,
Shown. ! NV in sl,, auu,'lon 70 'ne ooules VI
i,f'o wno , ,el, O. y. An''e.aln lne REMAINS REMAINS
u .ho pn,,ea ., o,a'es ,i sv'ulers % soAs.ereu u
Vn Vs 'ne oa''le'ne,us oi Mo'ocacy, ooulh
pioun'a'n, " anu 'nosc o9r,vu q, harper
rerry anu OulnoeT,anu, ~, nu., nave ocen
ealnele1 here. uo Ha''onai eclnc'
.ery =. h'oi,nouu' MN ~ ,wo liiiies i,oui
.ne Guy, on .ne ",i'ianSourg roao, Just
witnii tue iine Vi lne reoei 'or''nca'
'ions, contains an unusually 'arge pro,
por.loh Vi unknown graves. ou. VI
o,s'o, as many Us o,4o9 are unknown:
tncy are moStly ueccabtu prlbOntfb vi