The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-06-04

ian flags fly in the breeze, and in I
quiet and beauty rest the brave mar
tyrs.
One mile west of Fredericksburg,
Va, Of the southern extremity of q
prominent bluff, known as Meigs'
Heights, is the national cemetery of
Fredericksburg. In this lovely spot
are gathered the boys who fell in the
battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylva-
MIA, Charlottesville and Fredericks-
burg. The grounds are naturally ter
raced, and no expense has been spared
to make them still more beautiful !;
10, O6S graves are in the enclosure, Of
which 12,60l are unknown.
Hampton National cemetery, near
Fort Monroe, Va, contains eleven
acres of land neatly enclosed. IT is
lad out in walks and drives and grown
full of beautiful trees. Two gun mon
ments stand guard and the stars and
and stripes float ever beautiful gran
lite monument, erected by private sub
scription under the direction of Miss
DOrothea Dix. There are 5,121
graves, 479 of which are unknown.
The bodies inferred in this cemetery
were removed from Big Bethel, Nor
folk, jamestown, Crary Island and
other batIlefelds in that vicinity.
In the national cemetery at Mobile,
Ala, are 7S9 graves, 112 of which are
unknown.
At Barrancas, Fla, are 1891
graves of Union soldiers, GU of that
number are unknown.
In the national cemetery at Alex
andria, La, are ], 28O graves; 763 are
unknown.
At Fort Gibson, |. T., are 2,117
graves, 1866 bearing the word
Unknown"
The national cemetery at Chatta-
nooga, Tenn. includes an area of sew
enty-fve acres, comprising an entire
hill of beautiful contour. which was
once the scene Of the battle of Mission
airy Ridge, and from it the Union
troops made their triumphant assault
on the Confederate forces massed on
the hill which lies to the east. Look
out Mountain with its ever-changing
crown of cloud, and Cameron hill, ris-
ing abruptly from the Tennessee river,
keep watch over this-silent city of the
dead. The interments in this GENE.
terry number y, 1903 and 5000 are I'M
known. Those killed in the battles of
Chickamauga, Lenoirs, Athens,
Charleston. Cleveland, Huntsville.
Kingston, Tenn, and in Bridgeport,
Ala, as we'll as those who were buried
on the battlefield, were taken up and
re-interred here. During the march
to Atlanta, from twenty to forty were
killed in battle CT died of wounds each
day and were buried in the wide tracks
of the march. Most of these were re-
inferred at Chattanooga: of those
killed In the battle of Chickamauga,
500 were left on the battlefield and
buried by the Confederates, but as
soon as the Union soldiers gained pos
session of the BATTLEFIELD they buried
their dead comrades where they fell;
,952, of which 1873 were unknown,
were taken from this scene of confiict>
alone; 772 of the graves are filled by
colored troops.
And thus one might 60 on with
column after column of these CHASTITY
figures, for there are in all seventy
eight national cemeteries, those given
being among the largest. New York
has 3, New Jersey 2, Pennsylvania 2,
Maryland 4, Washington. ID. G. 2,
West Virginia 2, Virginia II, North
Carolina 4, South Carolida 2, Georgia
2, Florida 1, Alabama l, Mississippi
2, louisiana 5, Texas 2, Arkansas 3,
Tennessee Z, Kentucky 8, Indiana 2,
Illinois3, Missouri 8, Kansas 2, Iowa
l, Indian Territory /, Nebraska l,
Mexico /.
But not alone in the national GEM
eteries do we fad the national dead to
honor. Scarcely a hamlet in the
United States will see the sun rise ON
memorial day that has no loyal dead
in the little silent city. Over 325, 900
graves of union soldiers dotted this
fair land at the close of the war, and
how have they multiplied to-day?
Even as the leaves of the forest cover
the ground in autumn so may we
number the graves of fallen heroes,
who, grown weary of life's battle have
surrendered to the foe who conquers
all at last.