The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-26
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Ovcr03oe,ooo Confederate Soldiers
AresBuricdi1 Northern
Soil.
WORK or NEW COMMISSIONERS
Many of Graves Cannot BE lde en-
tifiedTask Difficult and
Expensive,

Special to Tho rimes-Dispatch.

Especial to The Timcs-Dlspatch.)
WASHINGTON, March 25.-The re-
cont appointment OF Colonel William
Elliott, Of Columbia, as commissioner to
mark the graves Of Confederate soldiers
who died ind were buried near northern
prisons during the war reveals the fact
that in eighty -ninc localities there are
buried 3O,152 Confederate prisoners Of
w,ll'-viz.: Officers, 455 enlisted men,
IS, 400; unknown, 100 and citizens 4Sl.
Many OF these We're long ago buried IN
trenches (as in the case Of the removal
OF the Confederate remains from K, Fort
Delaware and Pea Patch Island, Pa, to
the Finn's Point, N. IT., National Gene
terry, and 1T Is said that it will be almost
impracticable TO identify Individual
graves, Notwithstanding the fact that the
names of manyaof the persons may be
found on84record. n Approxilna tcly, $500
Confederate les, arc buried III national ma GENE
teries. sstat
1 The contlIct: pride for? headstoncs that
arc to be used In the marking tof Con-
feleratc graves will DO S2.13 each. at
the place of manufacture, and 1t is estt-
mated that in round numbers $4,000 will
be required for the purchase Of the
stones alone 10 this must be added
sl.25 each az the cost of transport
handling and setting the stones.
List Of Prisons.
According to the records Of the War
Department., the following is a complete
list Of the United States prisons used to
conhne Confederate prisoners of war:
Alton, ILL.,. Camp Butler, Pa, Camp
Chase, Ohio. Camp Douglns, Ill, Camp
Morton. Ind. Elmira. N. Y, Fort Della
ware. Del. Fort McTIcnry. Md. john
sons Island. Ohio. Louisville KY, Fort
vi ~rI,o M q Il
and New York hnrbor, Newport News,
Va, New Orleans, La, old Capital prs-
on. Washington d. q, Point Lookout,
Md. Rock Island Ill. st. Louis, Mo-,
Ship Island Miss, and Fort Warren,
Boston harbor. Mass.
IT will be noted that with the exception
Of tho prisons in Louisville, Newport
News, New Orleans and Fort Mclenry,
all OF them were located north of Mason
and Dixons line, the place where most
torture was suffered by Confederate
troops, possibly being Camp Chase.
At the 1Ilmra prison there were 1850
deaths: all arc marked with the exception
Of about Sc. At Fort Delaware there were
$500 deaths, and or this number all have
been heretofore marked with tho cxccp-
tlon of SIT. At the prison at Frederick,
Nd, cog Confedcratcs died, and all but
three have been marked. There were
3,44G Conrcdcrates Whofdicd at Point
Lookout, Md, and Of this number SAG
remain as yet unmarked. At Rock Island,
ILL.,, 1922 died. and or this number all
but 3O2 have been marked.
Unknown Dead
In the 50 localities originally mentioned
there appear to have been 726 unknown
,Confcderates buried, but there must be
added n total of 26,774 who died as prls-
oners OF war. In tho hands Of Federal
authorities in other places or this num-
Dor the graves of 1920 have been here
tofore marked, leaving mt this time. nc
cording to the figures at tho war De-
partnlent, about 1000 yet to be marked.
There nro known to be IN existing
national cemeteries 9,2M Confederate dead,
SO that more than two-thlrds Of tho
Confederate prison dead are buried in
places other than national cemeteries,
ana esumnbly- not under government
control or receiving the care Of the gov
eminent ut this time. t.tf
While it appears that about 3ooW Con-
fedcratc soldiers died IN Northern prisons,
the statement Is made by the War De-
partment that the number OF Federal
soldiers dying in Confederate prisons
reached 22.576; also that while tho Federal
authorities held 22O 900 Confederate pris-
oncrs, there were held IN tho south l2G9iO
Union soldiers.