The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-27
THE CONFEDERATE DEAD
Hundreds of Bodies to Be Exhum-
ed and Reinforced.
Many of These Are in the EurIal
Ground nt the Soldiers Home and
fionaI CeInetery-Al to Have ii FL
nal Reg ing Place in Arlington.

llOLdi SOlulSTS nome ana at 2ilIhStoA'
and their refinement in Arlington Gem
etery at some suitable spot, it is expected
that the event will take place some time
during the month of October.
AS a result of the speech made by Pres
ident Mckinley at the Atlanta Exposition.
when he declared his opinion that the
time had arrived when the nation should
care for the heroic dead of the Confed-
eracy, an appropriation of s., SEQ was in
corporated in the Sundry Civil Service bill
for the current year under the head of
National Cemeteries" providing for the
reburial of the Confederate soldiers at Ar
Iington, and for the erection Of head
stones at the new graves upon which
should appear the name, State, and regi-
ment of the deceased soldier.
In the neighborhood of go Confederate
dead are buried at the two cemeteries.
AT Arlington the bodies Of 156 soldiers of
the lost cause are supposed 10 be IN
tered as shown by the official nSts OF the
War Department, and at the National
Soldiers Home are 126.
The Confederate Veterans Association
of the District of Columbia has interested
itself in the proposed removal and re-
burial OF the SOuiLLCiu HCs'Np @A-N
date of July t. the president OF the asso-
citation addressed a communication to the
War Department of which the following Is
an excerpt:
4 am instructed by the Confederate
Veterans Association of this city 10 ex-
press TO you the great satisfaction enter
tanned by said association in view OF TINS
action by Congress.
4 am also requested to ask you to pro-
let ntGIJ n
names and regiments OF said Confederate
soldiers. in order that the same may be
published throughout the South. thus en-
abIing the relatives of such soldiers 10 re-
move them, if so desired, ana renter them
in the midst of their families and TrlendS
IN order that the above notification may
be made I am further requested TO ask
you to suspend the removal OF said bodies
until next spring, or should il be IN your
Judgment inadvisable to do so. that you
viii give said association an opportunity OF
being present by representatives during
such removal and refinement IN order
thai the identity of the bodies so removed
I may as far as possible be preserved
The following reply was received from
the Quartermaster Generals Office under
date Of July Is:
IN reply TO your communication to the
Secretary of War I am directed BY the
QuartermasteT General to enclose herewith
lists of the Confederate dead now buried
in the Arlington, Va, and Soldiers Home.
District of Columbia, National cemeteries,
which it is proposed to remove 10 and re-
inter in separate plot 10 be set apart IN
the hTst-named national cemetery.
You are also informed that it is deemed
desirable that the removal and RENTER
ment of these remains will be made this
! fall in order that the grounds may be put
| in good condition.
1T is desirable that this Office be
promptly advised of any change in the
| number of remains 10 be reinteTTed in that
| cemetery that may be contemplated.
| Some further correspondence followed
! with the War Department for the purpose
/ Of ascertaining the approximate date Of
| the elimination and reinterment.
| Upon receipt of the lists of the Confed-
! crate dead from the War Department the
/ Confederate Veterans Association with
! letter explaining the conditions Of the re-
mOyal and refinement of the dead, and in
! order that should relatives desire to claim
| any Of these remains. they should take ac-
ton prior TO Teburial forwarded TO the
proper authorities in the several Southern
/ States copies of the lists with the request
! that the same be published in leading pa
! pers in the South
/ Replies were received from Alabama,
North and South Carolina. and Mississippi.
| and answers are expected from other
States interested.
The lists Of the dead have been pub
lished throughout the South in the States
| to which they belonged. The following is
a miscellaneous list Of soldiers whose full
/ Identification is defective:
Buried in Soldiers Home Cemetery
No 1Gl. William Keyes, prisoner. January 81,
1861
No %, G Monroe. January II. 1854
No iB', J. P Thomas. citizen. February G,
No 54s unknown. May d. 1852.
No 1850. unknown May Is 1852
No. 1916, J. L. T. December 20. 1862
No 2S43. John Brown, January - 1S62.
No $26s. James Beck, private artillery May 81
1862
No 4l49, Dan conIey, citizen prisoner, March
No. 1913. NJ Moulin. March %. 1858.
No. 1903. George L. Holt, November O. 1868
Hurled in Arlington Cemetery.
No. 81. unknown captain
No. Sc, unknown
No. =, Thomas .McALeekin. May 90 1864.
No. us, James W. Purse. May % 1864
No, 143. II. ". Crone, Pages Battery.
No Isl. unknown
No. 1S3, unknown.
g. 1864
No 685. Henry Lahone, Pages Battery.
No 65s5. unknown.
No. G5s7, unknown
No $500, " J. Perkins, Seventh Cavalry. June
%, 1854 ''--'
No Gu}i, unknown.
No ESQ., unknown.
s, 1864.
No. 66sl, James l. Epps, Company A, Cobb's
Legion, April IS 1865.
No. Cos, William Worley, DanYilIe Battery.
No. 6756, unknown.
No. 1864. William Inkfeld prisoner.
No. l01O1. William Loveless prisoner
J. ID. Ballowe. June 20 1865
Robert Beaef1aan, citizen prisoner, September
IL. 1867.
George Daymund Daymud prisoner.
James Emory, prisoner, November 10, 1867.
". j. Gray, prisoner of War.
Lewis Glease, citizen prisoner.
". A Heavener, citizen prisoner.
John LeacOck, citizen, State prisoner.
George Nhaley citizen.
James West, prisoner.
Camp III, United Confederate Veterans.
of this city. the members of which have
been SO active in the present movement,
is known as the banner camp Of The Con-
1ederacy. It was organized in 1881, and
NOW las a membership of over 250 in
c1udlng some Of the best known names of
the civil war, and every one of whom
fought with distinction in the Confederate
army and navy, the membership being
made up from both branches.
The title banner camp" was conferred
by AdJutant General Norman by reason
OF the fact that the camp is one Of the
largest in the country and is composed of
some of the most distin guislfed men in
the country, Including Senators and Rem
resentatives, judges, etc, who are resi-
dents of Washington.
Among its members are Gen Frank C.
STORY OF SLAVE.