The Somerset reporter., 1903-05-07
National Cemeteries.

1t is doubtful whether the people of
the United States, generally, are aware
of the magnitude of the National Gene
teries of our country under the care of
the Quarterms ster Generals office in the
War Department at Washington.
There are all told So of these GENE.
teries and information in regard to them
is opportune In this month of May, the
Both day of which is devoted to memo
rial exercises of dead heroes OF the coun-
try In these SO national cemeteries aud
In the thousands of cemeteries, small
and large, all over this broad land.
Following is the list of National ceme-
teries with the number of interments in
each to June 30 of 1902:
Alexandria, La, 1910; Alexandra,
Va, 3,543; Andersonville, Ca, 1877;
Annapolis, Md, 2 49S; Antietam, Md,
4,742; Arlington, Va, 1902; Balls
Bluff, Va, %; Barraneas, Fla, 1880;
Baton Rouge, La, 3,071; Battle Ground,
d. c., 43; Beaufort, 5. c., $40; Bever-
lev, N. j., $50; Brownsville, Texas,
2,S52; Camp Butler, ILL.,, l,3GS; Camp
Nelson, KY, 3,64S; Cave Hill, Ky. A, 19s ;;
Chalmette, La, 1887; Chattanooga,
Tenn, 1882; City Point, Va, $3.50
Cold Harbor, Va, 1862; Corinth Miss,
5 100; Crown Hill, Ind, Up; Culpeper,
Va. 1874; Custer Battlefield, Mont,
1,22l; Cypress Hills, N. Y, 6,123; Dan
vile, KY, 357; Danville, Va, 1920 E;
Fayetteville, Ark, 1,24l; Firms Point,
n. D.. 2 65l; Florence, s. c., 3,017; Fl.
Donelson, Tenn, 672; Fort Gibson, Ind
Ter, 2,463; Fort Harrison. Va, S17;
Fort Leavenwortb, Kansas, 3 243; Fort
Mcpherson, Neb., 1924 Fort Scott, Kan,
FOL; Fort Smith, Ark, 1895; Fredericks
burg, Va, 10 300; Gettysburg, Pa.
1896; Glendale, Va, 1.207; Grafton, W.
Va, 1858 Hampton, Va. s. 10; Letter.
son Barracks, Mo, II 933; Jefferson
City, Mo-, SOP; Keokuk, Iowa, 749;
Knoxville, Tenn, 331f; Lebanon, KY,
873; Lexington, KY, 952; Little Rock,
Ark, 5791; London Park, Md, $3.50;
Marietta, Ca, 10,311; Memphis, Tenn,
l4,05S; Mexico City, Mex, 1887; Mill
Springs, Ky, us: Mobile, Ala, 1,053;
Mound City, ILL.,, 1888 Nashville, Tenn,
1886; Natchtz, Miss, 3,1S6; New
Albany, Ind, 2,941; Newburr, N. G.,
1889; Philadelphia, Pa, $685. Poplar
Grove, Va, CPL; Fort Hudson. La,
1887 Quincy, Ill.,, 2S7; Raleigh, n G.,
l,2l0; Richmond, Va, $500; Rock
Island, ILL.,. 308; Salisbury, N. c., r..
l45; San Antonio, Tex, 1,49S; San Fran
cisco, Cal, S97 Santa Fe, n. Mexico,
1874; Seven Pines, Va, 1887; shiloh,
Tenn, 3,6l3; Soldiers Home,
D. c., 6,s45; Springfield, NO.. 1,727;
ST. Augustine, Fla, 1,47l; Staun-
ton, w., 1853; Stone r yer, Tenn, 6,151 !;
Vicksburg, Miss, 16, 791; Wilmington,
n. G., 2.3l2; Winchester, Va, 4S7 /;
Woodlawn, N. Y, 3,075; Yorktown, Va,
2,187. Total, 346 202.
or these interments about $500 are
Confederates, mainly in National ceme-
teres at Camp Butler, Cypress Hills,
Firms Point, Fort Smith, Hampton,
Jefferson Barracks and Woodlawn.
They are not confined to the soldiers of
the war of 1S6l-5. Soldiers of the Span
ish-American war have been inferred in
these cemeteries, but not many, and the
regular army since the war has contrib
uted to the number of graves In many of
the cemeteries, especially those near
army posts and what was once the from
tier where saDguinary contests with the
Indians were numerous In the years fol-
lowing the great civil war.
The number OF unknown" makes up
large fraction of the total of inter-
ments, represented by l51,7l0 against
1874, 492 of those whose names are known
and appear on the hesdstones. 1t will
be seen that the cemetery at Arlington,
Va, contains the largest number of
graves, IS, 962, of which 4,6l1 are un-
known. The Vicksburg cemetery con-
tains 1871, 12,762 being unknown
Nashville, Tenn, 1866, with All,
unknown; Fredericksburg, 10, 305, with
12,S0l unknown. This latter contains
the largest proportion of unknown
graves of any of the large cemeteries.
The dead of the Spottslvania and Wilder
ness battlefields lie buried there.
A little life may he sacrificed to a sudden at
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