Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-05-26

in the storming Of Fort Wagner. was kill
cd on the parnpet. aud the sOuthcrncrs,
who held the field. placed him In a trench
scoopcd out of the sand between the fort
ard the sea. In the course Of time. the
action of the waves destroyed the surface
Of the beach to u considerable depth and
scattered the bones NJ Wagncr's heroes
beyond recovery.
Gen. Thomas Francis Mcaghcr was
drowned from vessel in the Missouri
river. Montana. and his body could never
be- recovered. The body of the gallant
Custer was removed from the scene Of
the horrible massacre on the Little Big
Horn. and buried at West Point.
Fighting rhil Kcarncy. ''rhc Onc-arm.
cd Devil" was killed within tho Confed.
crate lines. where he had vcnturcd alone
with his usual rnslrncss. His body was
recognized by S,o,icwnll Jackson. who
had served with him IN Mexico. and sent
to his friends under II flag of truce. ac-
, compnnicd by touching message Of trib-
ute 10 the gnllnntry of an old coinrade.
kcarnry lies IN Trinity churchyard. on
Broadway. at the head of Wall street.
New York. Mcpherson. who. like Rear
ncy. was shot down within the cncmy's
lines In front of atlanta. was also rccOg.
| nizcd by the enemy. The remains were
guarded aud sent into the Federal camp.
They were brough, North for burial In
the family plot. In his old home. Clyde.
Ohio.
| Gct,ysburg's foremost hero. Gen. !. i.
Reynolds. was shot by sharpshootcr
while plotting his troops to the sccnc Of
the first encounter on that decisive field
lie Is buried at Lancaster City Cemetery
Lancaster. Pa.
Logan Is buried IN the National Gene.
terry ut the Soldiers Home. Washington
ID. G. Slocum is buried at Greenwood
near the tomb OF Henry Ward Bcecher
Buffers remains lie In private ground,
belonging to the family. plot annexed "a
Hildrcth Cemetery at Lowell. Banks
grave IL at Grove Hill Cemetery.
The National Cemetery AZ Arlington
Va, Is destined to become hnllOwcd with
the ashes Of many Of the distinguish
soldiers and sailors Of the civil war
Nearly two score whose names are house
hold words because Of their daring deed,
IN battle now rest at Arlington. anon,
them Sheridan, who has already beer
mentioned. The heroes OF the deck burie,
at Arlington thus far are Admirals Por
ter and Jenkins and Rear Adn,irali
Queen, johnson and Shufcldt.
Gen. Thomas l.eUnidas Crittendcr
sleeps ut the "Bivouac Of the Dcad," OF
the banks Of the Kentucky river, close Il
tho spot where Col. O'IIara penncd tn
celebrated lines beginning:
On flames eternal camping grounds,
Their silent fonts are spread.
\ Massachusetts hero. whose fam,
rests upon u single incident. one which
however, will never h. lost to history
Il the sailor who sent the notorious cruis
or Alabama To pavy Jones' locker, Ad
miral James 4. Winslow. Winslow'
grave Is In Forest Hills Cemetery, Bos
ton.
The little town of Lexington. Va, hold
the ashes Of Robert Il. Lee and Stonewal
Jackson. In Richmond's noted cemetery
Hollywood, Is "Icb" Stuart. Gen. Georg,
Il. Pickett Is ais" buried at Hollywood
In ground known as the Hill plot. nca
WcstbrOok and close tn Richmond lies tn
body Of Gen. 4. y. Hin. llill was sho
dead on the outskirts Of Petersburg, tn
last day of the battle there.
Gen. Joseph u. Johnston Is buried Il
GrcenmoInt Cemetery, Baltimore. Gcn
Polk. the soldier-bishop, who was kille'
by shell which Gen. Sherman hmsel
aimed and dispatched on the GRAND o
death, Is buried ut Augusta. TIA.
The body of Albert Sidney Johnston
rests IN the State Cemetery at Austin
Texas, To res, in soil h.. claimed rs hi
own by adoption. Bcauregarl is buric
in Metaric Cemetery. New Orleans; For
rest at Elmwood Cemetery. Memphis
Scmmes, commander Of the cruiser Ala
balpa, in New Orleans. Gen. Armistcad
the only brigadicr In Plckctt's column
who crossed the stOnewall barrier o.
Cemetery ridge, was MORALLY wounds
and died prisoner. Iic was recognize
by Federal officers aud buried in
churchyard of The town.