The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-25
BY GEORGE L. KILMER.

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The remains Of our martial leaders
and heroes are widely scattered. Grant
sleeps by the Hudson, Sherman on the
banks of the Mississippi and Sheridan
al Arlington, across the Potomac from
Washington As with these three, so
closely associated in war, SO it is with
nearly all of the gallant soldiers and
sailors who stood shoulder to shoulder
in battle. With the exception of West
Point and Arlington, there is no burial
place especially set apart for soldiers
and sailors. which contain the remains
of any number of noted leaders. a NUM-
Der are buried in the civic cemeteries
Laurel Hell, Philadelphia, and Spring
Grove, Cincinnati. Sumpter's war hero
General Robert Anderson, lies at West
Point. In the same cemetery are the
graves Of Generals Fitzpatrick, the
dashing caWalrVlnan. j. NJ. Brannan'
Grover Hairtsuff, William Hays, Mac
kenzie; aIsp a distinguished cavalry
man. Charles p. Stone, Sykes, leader
of the Fifth corps, and the veteran
Keyes, who died in Switzerland in 1889
and was brought to West Point for
burial
On the banks Of the Hudson, also, the
author of that phrase which, IN 1Sol'
thrilled the northern heart, If any
man attenpts to haul down the Amerl-
can flag. shod him on the spot" Cen
eral John A. Dix, found his last resting
place. His grave in Trinity cemetery
on Washington Heights is marked by
a simple head stone.
Fremont, The Pathfinder" is buried
il ROck,and cemetery, on the HUDSON
above New York. Far up the Hudson,
and quite beyond the classic region OF
Gle the Rock OF
Chfckamauga. General Thomas grave
is in Oak Wood cemetery, Troy II IS
kept in the best of order by a commit
tee of several G. y. r. posts.
The grave of General Sherman on
Calvary cemeter ~, st. Louis, is marked
with = monum ent. Mcclellan lies IN
River View cemetery at Trenton. There
is a monument on his grave erected by
his family: also one in front of the
gateway of the cemetery, placed there
by the generals friends and admirers,
and an equestrian statue on the North
Plaza of the municipal square, Phila-
delphia. Burnside sleeps in the soll
of his adopted state Rhode lsland. his
grave in Swamp Point cemetery, ProVl-
dence. is kept in good order. a perma-
nent fund having been established Tor
that purpose General Joseph Hooker,
Fighting Joe the third commander
of the army of the Potomac, sleeps in
Cincinnati Meade. fourth and last
commander of that army, is buried IN
Philadelphia
Many OF the subordinate heroes of
the war, the dashing fellows of mete-
oric careers, lie in strange out-of-the-
way places. Colonel Ellsworth. the
zouave known as the flag martyr Of
Alexandria who fell in the second
month of the war. is buried in the VII
lage cemetery at Mechanicsville, N y
Nathaniel Lyon. also hero OF the nrst
months of the war. is buried at East
ford. Conn. He was killed in the battle,
and his body fell into the hagds of the
enemy but was finally recovered and
sent north for burial.
Major Theodore Winthrop, another
of the martyrs of 1861, and who was
shot through the heart While leading
forlorn hope at Big Bethel, is buried at
New Haven. Conn. Hold the Fort,
Corse. VINO survived his war wounds,
and died a couple of years ago in Bos-
ton. is buried at Burlington, la. Cush-
ing. the hero of Albemarle sound, and
who also survived his war injuries for
some years. but at last succumbed to
them, IS buried in the Naval cemetery
al Annapolis.
There is a galaxy of brilliant rames
borne by heroes of many a hard fight.
At the head stands that Of Hancock,
the superb" who led innumerable hat
tie charges famous in history. lie is
buried at NorristOwn, Penn, in vault
constructed under his own supervision
General Henry 4. Barnum, who suf-
fered until the day Of mis- death. in 1884.
from a wound received in 1852. is buried
in Oak Wood cemetery, syria cuse, y. Y.
General Hiram BurnIan- the hero of
the capture Of Fort Harrison, also Ct
the successful charge at Maryes
Heights. lies in Pine Grove cemetery,
Cherryfield Me. Charles ElleS. il, Y no
organized the first steam ram fleet. and
died of a wound received in the Cesl er-
ate naval battle at Memphis sleeps et
Laurel Hill cemetery Philadelphia.
Farra gut. the bold fighter and brilliant
fleet commander. is buried al Wood
lawn cemetery. Now York, in q plot
beautifully situated on Aurora hill.
General Stannard. whose brigade of
Green mountain" militia turned the
tide at Gettysburg, in repulsing
Pickett's charge, is buried at Burling-
ton. Vi
General joseph Hooker. whose repu-
tation as a fighting soldier needs no