The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-01
GRAVES OF
OUR HEROES

Mississippi Buried at john
sons Island.
Joseph A. Magnus, of Cinoinnatl,
formerly Of Georgia, has written The
Birmingham News a letter concerning
q movement to acquire property near
Sandusky, Ohio, where many Confed-
crate soldiers lie buried. The letter
is as follows:
Cincinnati, O.. May 16. 1905.
Editor Birmingham News,
Birmingham, Ala.
Dear Sir:
'I enclose herewith a partial list OF
Confederate soldiers Georgia, Missis-
sippi, Tennessee, Alabama, and Vir-
ginia), buried at johnson S Island near
Sandusky, O.
with the assistance Of a few
southern men now located north OF
Mason and Dixon's line, the Robert
Patton Chapter, United Daughters Of
the Confederacy, of this city; are max
ing an effort to acquire the property
on which the graves referred to are
located, in order that the spot may be
enclosed and property cared for.
''It is also the intention of the Rob-
eIt Patton Chapter, as soon as possible
to erect a suitable monument at
Johnson's Island, in memory of our
Confederate dead buried there.
ITO accomplish this, funds are
needed, and in behalf Of the ladies of
the Robert Patton Chapter, United
Daughters of the Confederacy, ! re-
quest that you bring these facts,
through the medium of your publica-
tion, to the notice of the good people
of the south who will revere the
memory of the noble men who perished
in defense of cause that was lost.
please request that contributions
be sent for this fund TO be sent to Mrs.
Mary Patton Hudson, secretary Robert
Patton Chapter, United Daughters of
the Confederacy, and trustee John
sons Island cemetery fund, care
Princeton hotel, Cincinnati O.
Trusting that you will give the
your favorable considera-
tion. and requesting reply, I remain,
dear sir,
yours very truly,
JOSEPH A. MAGNUS. !"
The list of Confederate dead buried
on Johnson's Island, Ohio, as taken
from the Uuited States records, at
Sandusky, Ohio, 1866, is as follows:
MISSISSIPPI.
Lieut.. W. I. Mullins, First Missis-
sippi infantry.
B. Anderson, citizen, Mississippi.
Capt. Lord W. McWhester, Third
Mississippi infantry.
Col. Charles II. Metlock, Fourth
Mississippi infantry.
W. ". Davis, Thirty-fifth Missis-
sippi infantry.
Lieut.. l. N. Williams, Sixth Mis-
sissippi infantry.
Lieut.. e. G. Coleman, Seventh
Mississippi artillery.
Lieut.. Joseph Lawshe, Eighth Mis-
sissippi cavalry.
Lieut.. D. L. Scott, Third Missis-
sippi cavalry.
Lieut.. William Peel, Eleventh Mis-.
sissippi cavalry.
Albert Frazier Cor A. /. Frazier)
Twenty first G.. Y. @.
Lieut.. John j. Gobeau or Gobo) J.
Tenth Mississippi infantry or artillery.
Col. ! W. Campbell, Twenty
seventh Mississippi infantry.
Lieut.. O. B. NASH, Thirtieth Mis-
sissippi infantry.
Lieut.. r. O. Lore, First Missis-
sippi artillery.
Lieut.. Peter Mackin (or Mankin),
Sixteenth Mississippi infantry.
Lieut.. I. P. holland. English S Mis-
sissippi battalion.
J. Gardiner, Crystal Springs Miss.
LEES CoMMENDA-
TION.
In recommendation Of the move
ment to acquire the property where
the Confederate soldiers lie buried,
Gen. Stephen D. Lee has issued the
following general order:
Headquarters United Confederate
Veterans, New Orleans, La March I,
1905.
General Order No., 90.
1.-THE general commanding learns
with the greatest pride and pleasure
Of the efforts that are being made BY
the ladies Of the Robert Patton Chap
ter Of the United Daughters Of the
Confederacy, of Cincinnati, Ohio,
headed By that Jealous and indefati>
gable worker. Mrs. Mary Patton Hud-