The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-30
WHERE SLEEP THE
HONORED DEAD
Graves Of Some Of the Chief Heroes Of
the Civil War.
ARE SCATTERED FAR AND WIDE
Shrines for the Patriotism Of Many
Localities . Distinguished Dead
Whose Services rs Commanders
We're Conspicuous on Land and Sea.
Fields Where They Found Fame.
From the Pittsburg News.

From the Pittsburg News.
America has no Westminster abbey
or ST. Paurs to enshrine It's illustrious
dead. Their graves are scattered far
and vice throughout the land. a
! glance at the resting places of some
\ of the distinguished person2ges who
blazed the traces of their fame In the
great Civil war will serve as an eX-
ample of the wide disposition Of their
remains.
! General Grants tomb, overlooking
| the Hudson river. Is a notable sight in
upper New York city.
! General Robert Andcrson's grave at
| West Point Is looked after by Mrs.
General Anderson and his daughter,
Mrs. J. p. Laton. The grave of Sumt
er's hero is decorated every Memorial
! Sunday by q detachment OF veterans
from Robert Anderson and r. S. VII
/ liams posts, of New York city; also
Anderson's batterv. Sons of Veterans
and Anderson's zouaves.
! General ID. q. Birney's grave at
Woodland cemetery. Philadelphia, is
we'll kept under the care OF his wife
and son and d. Il. Birney post, No. 6S,
Grand Army of the Republic.
General Francis =. Blair is buried in
| NtIIlSlCIy, Gt l<puiS, III a.
well-kept grave. The monument to the
| general is in Forest park. st. Louis.
| The gallant General Henry A. Bar
mum. who died only few years ago
from n wound which never ceased to
trouble him, is buried at Oakwood Gem
etery. Syracuse. Lafayette post Of
New York city, looks after the grave.
| General Hiram Burnham. hero Of
Fort Harrison and the capture Of
Marye's Heights, lies in Pine Grove
cemetery. Chesterfield. Me. His grave
| is marked by a monument. occupies a
prominent place in the cemetery, and is
kept in good condition by the authori-
ties.
| Burnside's grave, in Swamp Point
cemetery, Providence. is kept in good
order, a permanent fund having been
established for that purpose.
Doubledays grave in Arlington cem-
| etery is marked by q monument. Cen
| eral Doubleday's widow lives in Wash
ington. Lafayette post. of New York
city. Is interested In decorating the
, grave.
Col. Ellsworth the zouave. one Of the
earliest of the war heroes, Is buried in
Mechanicsville cemetery, New York
| There is a monument, Ellsworth post, Of
| Mechanicsville, Is interested In the care
of the grave.
| Gen. Charles Devin lies in Mount Au-
burn cemetery, Cambridge Mass. Post
10 Is interested in the care Of the grave.
Rear Admiral Charles Henry Davis.
the naval hero of the Mississippi. lies
in Cambridge cemetery. Cambridge.
There Is a monument. Commander g.
H. Davis, United States navy, son of
the admiral, Is interested in the care
| OF the grave.
General John. A. Dix. author Of the
phrase, which in 1861 thrilled the North
ern heart IF any man attempts to haul
| down the American flag, shoot him on
the spot" is buried in Trinity cemetery.
New York. His grave is marked BY a
| simple hnadstone. The Rev. Morgan
| Dix, son of the general. and John A.
Dix post, Grand Army Republic, look
after the grave.
Charles Ellet, Jr., who distinguished
himself on the Mississippi, in command
| of the first steam ram fleet, and who
| died Of wound received In the naval
battle of Memphis, is buried at Laurel
Hill cemetery, Philadelphia.
Farragut is buried In Woodlawn
cemetery. New York. The Faragut plot
is beautifully situated in Aurora hill.
Captain Loyal Faragut. son Of the ad-
iihIdi, nHu di 6ut pOSt' VI 4>SW 1oih
city. are interested in the decorating
Of the grave.
Gen. George P. Foster, colonel of the
Fourth Vermont Volunteers, one of the
crack regiments from the Green Noun
tain state. is buried in Lake View ceme-
terry, Burlington. Stannard post, Of
Burlington, looks after the grave.
There Is monument.
Gen. James d. Fessenden Is buried at
Portland. Me-, in Evergreen cemetery.
There Ia a monument. The generals
widow, his brother, Gen. F. d. Fessen-
den, and Bosworth post, Grand Army
Republic, look after the grave, which Is
in excellent condition.
Fremont Is buried in Rockland cerne-
terry, on the Hudson, above New York
city. 1t Is a commanding site and is
marked by monument, recently erect
ed
Rear Admiral A. H. Foote lies in
Grove Street cemetery, New Haven.
His son, A. r. S. Foote, and Admiral
Foote post are Interested in the care Of
the grave, which is kept in splendid
condition and Is marked by a monu-
ment.
Garfeld's remains rest at Cleveland,
In the cemetery overlooking the lake.
General John F. Hartranft Is buried
at Montgomery, Pa. The National
Guard of that state recently erected a
monument to his memory at an ex-
pense Of 100000
Hancock, THE Superb" lies in
vault constructed during his life time
and under his own supervision in Mont
goTery cemetery, Norristown, Pa
Zoois post, Grand Army of the Repub-
lie, Norristown, and the Montgomery
County Historical society are interest
ed in the care of the grave.
General Alexander Hayes; hero of the
Mexican war and of the civil war; Is
buried in Allegheny cemetery; Pitts
burg. One of the sights of Pittsburg is
the Hayes monument, erected by the
Ladies' Monumental association.
General c. S. Hamilton is buried at
Milwaukee.
General Geary is buried at Harris
burg.
General Thomas L. Kane, famous
ieader or the Pennsylvania Buck
tails" lies buried at Kane, Pa.
Captain Miles w. Keogh. the gallant
war veteran who fell with Custer at
the Little Big Horn massacre, lies in
Fort Hill cemetery, Auburn, N. Y.
kilpatrick's grave at West Point, is
looked after by Judson Fitzpatrick post
OK New York city. There is no monu-
ment. -.
kesrny's grave is in old Trinity
churchyard, on Broadway, at the head
OF Wall street There is no monument.
The DE Peyster and Watts families,
relatives of the general, are interested
IN the care of the grave, and 1t is un-
derstood they propose the erection of
O monument Phil Kearny post, of
New York city, is interested in the care
OF the grave and would erect a monu.
ment II permission could be obtained.
Nathaniel Lyon found his last rest
Ing place in the Churchyard cemetery
at East Hartford When Lyon was |
killed at Wilson's Creek, his body fell
Into the hands Of the enemy. General
Price returned It to the Federal SOL
diers, and 1t was buried on the farm of
an eS-congressman named Phelps. A
few days afterward It was removed tl |