The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-30

Point are cared for by the government
and are kept In good condition Sew
eral Of the Grand Army Republic posts
OF New York city decorate at West
Point each Memorial Day. The follow
ing whose names have not appeared
before in the list are entombed there:
J. M. Brannan, Grover Hartsuff, Will
liam Hays and r. H. jackson, J. b.
kiddo, Mackenzie, the cavalry leader;
Thomas H. Neill, Charles P. Stone and
George Sykes. Gen. Keyes. who died in
Switzerland last year. was brought to
West Point for burial
The State of Indiana has entombed
within her borders the ashes of nearly
all of her distinguished soldiers. Gen. r.
8. r. Candy, who fell a victim to Modoc
vengeance; Gen. Jeff c.. Davis and Du-
mont are buried at Crown Hill, near In
dianapolis. Their graves are carerd for
by the Grand Army veterans and are
In excellent condition. Candy had a
monument at the grave. Gen George II.
chapman, the cavalryman, also lies in
Crown Hill, and his grave Is cared for
by his widow and children. Cruft is
buried in Terrc Haute. the home of his
family. His grave is marked by mon
ument. Manson lies at wfordsville,
the home % his family. Pleasant A.
Hackleman is buried at Rushvllle,
where his widow and children resice.
Ills grave is marked by a monument.
Veatch, who died recently, was en-
tombed at Nockport. Sol. Meredith,
leader of the Iron Brigade of the west,
rests under monument erected to his
memory at Cambridge City. Wagner is
buried at Williamsport. Harrow at Vim
cennes and Slack at Huntingdon.
Indiana heroes who lie in distant
graves are Milroy, buried at Washing
ton; Miller, at San Francisco, and
Gresham at Chicago. Gen. Robert Al
len lies buried in Geneva, Switzerland,
where he died.
The following Oh!oans are buried at
Cincinnati:
General joseph Hooker is buried in
Spring Grove cemetery, in beautiful
and prominent spot, his resting place
being indicated by a large marble shaft.
The grave Is cared for by relative
OF his wife, he having married a Gin
cinnati lady. In addition to this, his
grave Is decorated each Memorial Day
by the Grand Army of the Republic
posts of this city.
General William II. Lytle Is buried in
Spring Grove cemetery; his grave is
marked by a beautiful marble shaft.
The grave Is taken care Of by w. II,
Lytle post, No. AZ.
General August Which is buried in
Spring Grove cemetery; grave cared for
by August Willich post. No. 1875.
General Robert l.. McCook is buried
In Spring Grove cemetery; grave cared
for by r. l.. .McCook post. No. 30.
General Edwin. Il. Noyes is buried in
spring Grove cemetery; grave cared for
by Edwin F. Noyes post, No. 31S.
General H. b. Banning is buried in
spring Grove cemetery; grave cared for
by Fl. b. Banning post, No. 19S.
General Hecker is buried in the Ger
man Protestant burying ground; grave
cared for by Hecker post, No. 63S.
Probably not one in all the hosts of
Union heroes found a more romantic
resting place .han the noted Kentucky
soldier Thomas Leonidas Crittenden.
The general sleeps in the "bivouac of
the dead on the banks of the Kentucky
river at Frankfort. His grave is with
In few yards of the spot where O'Hara
penned the lines:
On fame's eternal campgin ground
Their silent tents are spread
And glory guards in solemn round
The bivouac of the dead.
At the setting of the sun Crittenden's
grave lies between the shadows cast by
the state monument to Boone and that
erected to the memory OF the Kentuck-
ians who fell at Buena Vista, in Mexico.
The remains of General Slocum lie in
Greenwood, near the tomb of Henry
ward Beecher. The generals family
ana Ransom post, Grand Army Repub-
lie, of Brooklyn, look after the grave.
Logan is buried at the Soldiers home,
Washington
Buffers remains lie in private ground
belonging to the Hldreth heirs, in a
plot annexed to Hildreth cemetery,
Lowell. Mass. Hall Butler, son Of the
general, and Benjamin T.. Butler post
No. AZ. Grand Army Republic, look
after the grave.
Banks grave at Grove Hill cemetery,
Waltham, Mass, is looked after by his
widow and F. p. A. Rogers post, No. 20,
Grand Army Republic. There is no
monument.
Gen. ]. G. Barnard, the distinguished
engineer is buried at Sheffield, Mass.
There is mortuary chapel in the ceme-
terry erected to his memory by Columbia
college, New York city.
Gen. j. NJ. Course, of Hold the fort!"
memory, lies at Burlington. Ia There is
a. way. DOSC
Of Burlington, and the widow of the
general are interested in the care of the
grave.
Corcoran, the gallant leader of the
Irish Legion,i is buried at Calvary ceme-
terry, Brooklyn. There is a monument,
and Corcoran post, Grand army Repub-
lie. decorates the grave each Memorial
Day.
Gushing, destroyer of the Albemarle,
Is buried in the Naval cemetery, of
Annapolis. There is monument.
Admiral Dahlgren is buried at Laurel
Hill, near Philadelphia. The cemetery
officials, with the brave admire'ls widow,
have undertaken the removal of the re-
mains to a finer site. but. owing to some
legal process of the owner of the lot,
they have thus far been deferred from
the laudable object.