The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-11
THE DEAD OF GETTYSBURG.
The Total Buried In the National Cemetery
Full List of the Dead Indianiar
Correspondence of the indianapolis 3ournal.

Correspondence OF the Indianapolis 5oarnal.
GETTYSBURG, Pa, Aug. 6-l don't know
that have ever seen statement OF the
number of dead in the national cemetery at
this place, and as it may he of interest to
many of the readers of the Journal / send
you the following facts:
The total number of bodies inferred is
1919. This gives but poor idea OF the real
number killed in battle here. The great bat
tie having been fought as it was, in the
North, relatives and friends of the dead and
wounded from the different States took many
of them homo for burial before a national
cemetery was established here:
The 1879 bodies are made up as follows:
Unknown, 56s; Illinois, 6; West Virginia,
IL; Delaware, 49, Rhode Island, u; New
Hampshire, 40; Vermont 81; New Jersey,
rs; Wisconsin, 70; Connecticut, %; Mime
sota 3d. Maryland, %; United States, regu-
lars, 1873; Indiana, 80; Ohio, 131; Massachu-
sets, 159; Pennsylvania, 534; New York,
S67; Michigan, Ill; Maine, l0i
1 take these numbers from the tablets
marking the number of the bodies for each
State but they are not in all cases correct,
for the reason that after the numbers were
cut on the tablets, which then represented
the true number OF dead soldiers inferred,
other bodies were found in different parts of
the field, and have been gathered together
and buried in the cemetery with their COM
rades in arms. Besides the 1919 inferred in
the national cemetery / find one hundred or
more buried in the citizens cemetery, in a
little plat set off to ITSELF which is also under
the care of the government.
The DTS unknown are those whose names
or regiments are unknown. Ia many cases
the name OF the soldier is unknown but his
company and regiment are known. In this
case the body is inferred in the plat set apart
to his respective State Following is list
of the names of the Indiana dead, given in
full:
William w. Story, Company F, Third Cav
airy; Thomas J. Wassen, Company B. Nine
teenth Regiment; A. Lister, Nineteenth Regi-
ment; Sergeant Jeremiah Davis, Company
H, Twentieth Regiment; r. Posy, Company
B. Third Cavalry; ]. Robinson, Company K,
Seventh Regiment; F. W. Smith, Company
X, Twenty-seventh Regiment H. Ambrose,
Company H, Twentieth Regiment; A. ].
Crabb, Company D, Twentieth Regiment;
George w. Bachelor. Company H, Twenty
seventh Regiment; William Tillotson, Com
pany l. Fourteenth Regiment; D. T. David,
Company G, Twenty-seventh Regiment; E
Mcknight Company F, Twenty-seventh
Regiment; w. H. Wilson Company E,
Twenty Regiment; Thomas J. Lift,
Company d, Twenty-seventh Regiment; ].
d. Lynn, Company D, Twenty-seveDth Regi-
ment; James Chapman, Company E, Twenty
seventh Regiment; John D. Noble, Company
K, Twenty-seventh Regiment; Samuel R.
Lewis, Company D. Twenty-seventh Regi-
meut; Jesse Wills, Company G, Twenty
seventh Regiment; J. K. Fletcher, Company
F, Twenty-seventh Regiment; John Shehan,
orderly for General Gibbon; A. c. Wright,
A all Rnr,iF,N nnf.
Wishmeyer, Company A, Twenty-seventh
Regiment; L. c. Antrim, Company G, Tween
ty-seventh Regiment; ]. c. Calvin, Company
c, Twenty-seventh Regiment; John Tice,
Company A, Twentieth Regiment; First
Sergeant e. Turney. Company ID. Twenty
seventh Regiment; Levi Butler, Com pany C,
Twentieth Regiment; James W. Whitlow,
Company B, Nineteenth Regiment; Jesse
Smith. Company D, Third Cavalry; George
Bales, Company A, Twenty-seyenth Regi-
ment; I. Hunt, Company A, Twenty -seventh
Regiment; E. Holt Company c. Twenty
seventh Regiment; C. Showalter, Company
A, Twenty seventh Regiment; l. Williams,
Company B, Twentieth Regiment; P. A. Bus
sard Company X, Twentieth Regiment; S.
G. H. Redrick, Company f, Twentieth Regi-
ment; Sergeant T. A. G. Lamb, Company E,
Twentieth Regiment; John L. Weaver, Com
pany G, Nineteenth Regiment; J. Gardner,
Company X, Twenty-seyenth Regiment; E.
Stallup, Company H, Twenty-seventh Regi-
ment; ]. Gilmore Company l, Twenty
seventh Regiment; P. UnIphill, Com
pany D, Twenty-seventh Regiment
Joshua Richmond, Company B, Twentieth
Regiment; George Sylvester, Twentieth Regi-
ment; Lieutenant r. Jones' Company B,
Nineteenth Regiment; Sergeant Dougherty
Nineteenth Regiment; James Stigklap, Com
pany G, Nineteenth Regiment w. Hoover,
Company G, Nineteenth Regiment; Alexan-
der Blink, Company G, Nineteenth Regiment
r. Clark, Company G, Nineteenth Regiment;
A Sulgroof, Company F, Nineteenth Regi-
ment; Peter L. Foust, Company G, Nine
teenth Regiment; William Simmons, Com
pany E, Nineteenth Regiment; Sergeant Fer
guson, Nineteenth Regiment; Wesley Smith,
Company A. Twentieth Regiment; Amos D.
Ashe Company A, Twentieth Regiment;
John Sager, Company A, Twentieth Regi-
ment.
Doubtless Indiana has her full share among
the unknown" dead, as her soldiers, as part
of the Iron Brigade, participated i'll the first
days fight, the Union forces were driven
back, and our dead fell into the hands of the
enemy and of course remained in his hands
until Lee retreated; hence, before our dead of
the first days fight were recovered many of
them were hey ond recognition. This &C
counts for the large number of unknown"
To show your readers that this number 81
$40, gives but a portion of the killed in bat
tie here July l, 2 and g. | will take the State
of Massachusetts She is credited with 159
dead bodies in the cemetery, when it is
known that one Massachusetts regiment
alone lost that number of men in charge
made on the morning of the third days fight
in driving Ewelps men off Culp's Hill.
MARION
Good Words for the Salvation Army.