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The cemetery is laid out in a half circle, with gravelled avenues di- verging from the main entrance. The walks are gravelled or grassed, and intersect the avenues almost at right angles. A shell carriage road runs around the whole. All are properly graded and drained. At the main entrance is a brick lodge, now used as an office. Five wells have been sunk, to furnish water for visitors and for irrigation. The cemetery is enclosed by a picket fence, inside of which is an Osage orange hedge. 1 flag-staff is at the main entrance on a ten-foot mound, being thirty feet at base. Four cannon monuments have been erected. The land was bought by the United States from the State of South Carolina for $7,500 at a tax sale.
Soldiers' graves
4,857 known.
66
2,655 unknown.
Employees, etc., graves
952 known.
66
608 unknown.
Total
9,072
The writer finds that a large proportion of those who died at Hilton Head are now resting in the above cemetery, which is under the perpetual care of the Government. The writer has in mind a few of Co. K, who died at Jenkins Island, not found on the list as having been removed to Beaufort.
The following list was found by consulting the Roll of Honor, pub- lished in several volumes by the Government, and from which this is called. These volumes contain many thousand names, and are not arranged by regiments or by States (except in case of a few cemeteries where it was impossible to find a Third New Hampshire man) ; and the labor involved in selecting those of our own regiment from the mass of names can hardly be overestimated. The number given on the left in each case is simply an office number : -
BURIED IN NATIONAL CEMETERY, BEAUFORT, S. C.
165 Burnham, G. W.,
Sergt. H, Grave 160, Sect. 28
258 Brown, Jeremiah,
Pr.
E,
=
1,
17
25! Bartlett, S. H.,
E.
8,
66
17
261 Brown, C. H.,
G,
38, 30, 49,
66
17
332 Bartells, J.,
H,
60,
17
639 Chick, J. E ..
..
G,
.6
66
17
728
Clements, John HI.,
17
775 Campbell, Andrew J.,
H.
.6
40, 29,
17
849
Clifford, Chas.,
D,
37,
.6
17
1074
Davenport, N.,
B,
60
51, 52, 54, 16,
.:
17
1076 Davis, Win. Y.,
.6
I,
..
.6
17
1346
Fogg, C.,
G,
1402
Foley, Stephen,
C,
1500
Gates, Warren G.,
.6
B, A,
92,
6
1592
Grannis, D. II.,
Pr.
A,
1770
Hall, Chas.,
C,
24,
17
330
Bridgham, G. W.,
.6
A,
17
331 Buckminster, H. W.,
..
B,
G,
26, 41, 47,
17
776 Colby, Daniel F.,
17
Caban, Wm.,
B,
:
17
1075 Downs, Nathl.,
HI,
42. 35,
66
17
17
17
1591 Goodwin. J. W.,
Corp.
A,
17
1006
THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
1782 Howard, Melville C.,
Pr.
B,
Grave 28,
Sect. 17
1843 Halliday, F.,
..
H,
40,
17
1847 Hubbard, S ..
K,
A,
I,
55,
34,
17
2396
Knowlton, G. W.,
..
D,
66
7,
17
2419
Kelsea, J. H.,
H.
66
64,
53,
66
17
2515
La Mudge, Alexr.,
Corp.
H,
14,
66
17
2516
Lawrence, G. H.,
..
A, G,
66
19,
66
17
2551
Ladd, Josiah A.,
Pr.
H,
10, ..
17
2587
Leavitt, W. R.,
66
F.
2,
66
17
2872
Marshall, Nathl.,
Corp.
A,
43,
17
2873
Morgan, Chas ..
Pr.
H,
12,
17
3183
Niles, Amasa,
66
G,
21,
17
3336
Peavey, Joseph 1.,
Corp.
F,
20,
66
17
3341
Prescott, J. P.,
Pr.
K,
36,
66
17
3530
Robinson, John,
K,
33,
17
3594
Rich, T. L.,
A,
6,
17
3746
Smith, J. . 1.,
H,
13,
17
3849
Shea. P.,
F,
4,
17
3909
Smith, James,
C,
65,
17
3910
Sawyer, G. E. H.,
D,
32,
66
17
3912
Swett, John S ..
B,
9,
..
17
4477
Whitman, W. T.,
A,
17,
66
17
450G
Wilson, .I.,
Đ,
15,
6.
17
4552
Wentworth, Fredk. A.,
G.
18,
66
17
4602
Weeks. Jeremiah S.,
4603
Wiggin, J. C ..
2d Lt.
B, H,
66
57,
17
4668
Willard, Parkman D.,
Pr.
I.
44.
17
4836
York, A.,
.6
E,
5,
17
(See four additional names further on.)
BURIED AT HILTON HEAD.
The Roll of Honor shows the following found buried at Hilton Head ; and as several on the list are also found in the National Cemetery at Bean- fort, the inference is that this list was made first. [Dates are not vouched for .- D.E.] : -
5 Adams, Geo. W.,
Pr.
H.
Died 21 April
38 Bartells, J.,
H,
11 Nov.
1861
98 Bridgham, G. W.,
A,
20 Oct.
1862
99 Brown, Chas. H.,
G,
8 Sept. 1862
106 Brown, Jeremiah,
E,
66
14 Nov.
1862
110
Buckminster. H. M.,
B,
66
25 Jan.
1863
118
Burnham, J. E.,
..
I,
25 Sept.
1862
125 Caban, Win.,
..
B,
H,
156
Clements, J. H.,
66
G.
.1,
11 Feb.
1862
201 Davis, Wm. Y.,
Druni.
I,
25 Aug. 6 Oct.
1862
222
Downs, Nathl.,
66
H,
21 Ang.
1862
226
Duffee. John,
C.
21 Sept.
1862
260 Fogg. C.,
G,
66
6 Dec.
1:02
301
Goodwin, J. W.,
66
H.
6 Jan.
1862
. .
17
2586
Lawrence. W. . 1.,
..
B,
11,
17
2816
Merrill, J. B.,
Osgood, Abner W.,
E,
39,
17
3436
Phelps, G. M ..
..
G.
66
-
17
1916
Houseman. John,
17
1917
Hammond. L .. D.,
17
2395
Kimball, W. F ..
G,
2420
King. M. H.,
I,
25,
48,
1861
164
Colby, D. F.,
1×62
202
Davenport, N.,
Pr.
B.
30 .Jume 7 Sept. 3 Dec.
1862
130 Campbell. . 1. J.,
1862
..
32,
4
..
23,
17
3251
1007
THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
307 Grannis. D. H ..
Pr.
A,
Died 4 March 1863
340 Hall, H. J ..
B.
66
19 July
1863
341 Halliday, F ..
G,
64
30 Sept. 1862
344 Hammond, L. D.,
I.
- Jan. 1862
351 Houseman, John.
66
A.
9 July
1862
454 Kelsey. J. II.,
66
K. H,
21 July
1863
403 Kimball. Wm. F.,
G.
15 Nov.
1862
473 Ladd, J. A.,
G,
23 Aug.
1862
491
Lawrence. W. A ..
HI.
66 24 June
1862
492
Leavitt, W. B.,
B,
18 Feb. 1862
523
Marshall, Nathl.,
H,
15 July
1862
565
Merrill, J. B.,
F.
24 Oct.
1862
587
Morgan, Chas.,
H.
60
26 Aug.
1862
603
Niles, .A.,
66 .
G,
66
9 Nov.
1861
618
Palmer. R. F.,
66
E,
66
14 Oet.
1862 1862
678
Rich, T. L.,
A,
17 Sept.
1862
686
Roby, Walter S.,
E,
20 Dec.
1862
704
Sanborn, A. F.,
I.
66
27 Nov.
1861
706
Sawyer, Geo. E. H.,
D,
28 Aug.
1862
741
Smith, James,
C,
66
13 Nov.
1862
786
Swett, John S ..
B,
26 Ang.
1862
857
Weeks, J. S.,
66
B,
23 March 1:63
858
Wiggin, Joseph C.,
2d Lt. H,
66
21 Aug.
1862
864
Wentworth, Fred,
Pr.
G,
66
26 Ang.
1862
905 York, Alfred,
E,
Total found : 912 white, and 92 colored.
The preceding list is of those found and identified by the Government. The question naturally arises, If found and identified, why should not the Government have removed them all to the National Cemetery at Beaufort? This question it is beyond the power of the writer to answer, and is only one of a large number arising which may be grouped as unanswerable.
From another volume of the Roll of Honor the following names were discovered as having been buried in
THE NATIONAL CEMETERY AT BEAUFORT :
110 Clifford. Chas.,
Pr.
D. Died 21 Sept. 1862
213 Foley, Stephen,
..
C,
= 28 Sept. 1862
485 Osgood. Abner W ..
4 4
E,
10 Oct. 1862
736 Willard, Parkman D.,
I.
6 Jan. 1864
It being found impracticable to divide Andersonville and its horrors, so as to show separately the place itself and the sufferings of the Third New Hampshire unfortunates, the whole matter is here given, beginning first with the list of
BURIED AT ANDERSONVILLE :
9518 Atmore. G. W ..
Baker, D. W., G. 8629 Smith, C .. F. 8980 Smith, John, F, *11278 Williams, Thomas, II. 11472 Wungart, D. L., 6, G.
Died 22 Sept. 1864
15 Ang. 1864 5721 Ormstindorf, J., D.
5 Sept. 1>64
.. 13 Sept. 1864
66 17 Sept. 1>64
22 Oct. 1864
26 Oct. 1864
4 Jan.
1862
654
Prescott. J. P.,
K,
660
Quimby, D. M.,
E,
66
20 Aug.
1862
729
Shea, P.,
F,
2 Nov.
. Probably Thos. Williams, who was reported as " Deser ted on picket near Weir Bottom Church, Va."
66 6 Jan. 1862
412 Hubbard, S ..
1008
THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
Whose pen can faithfully and fully depict the sufferings of those com- rades who died at Andersonville? The subject is a fruitful one, has been commented on from a thousand different views; but the writer inserts only the following information as to
ANDERSONVILLE : .
This was not the correct name. the " ville " being added wholly with- out authority. The Government examination of the graves was begun 26 July 1865, by Capt. James M. Moore, Assistant Quartermaster, U.S.A., under Special Order 19, Quartermaster-General's Office, 30 June 1665. He ieft Washington 8 July. At Macon he was joined by one company of the Fourth U.S. Cavalry and one company of the One Hundred and Thirty- seventh U.S. Colored Troops. He took several mechanics and a deal of material from Washington, to properly mark the graves. The examination and work of marking the graves was substantially completed 16 August. The dead were found buried in trenches, on a site selected by the rebels, about 300 yards from the stockade. The bodies were found from two to three feet below the surface, and in cases where the rains had washed the soil away, but a few inches. Additional earth was supplied by the party. So closely were they buried, without coffins or the ordinary clothing to cover their nakedness, that not more than twelve inches were allowed to each man; indeed, the little tablets marking their resting places. measuring hardly ten inches in width, almost touch each other. Our soldiers had. while prisoners, been detailed to bury their comrades, whose last resting places were marked by a simple stake at the head of each grave, which bore a number appearing also on the hospital record of the prison. By this means a very large proportion were identified. In all there are 12.461 tablets which bear the number, name, rank, regiment and date of death; while 451 bear the legend, " Unknown U.S. Soldier." Of lumber, there was used 120,000 feet of pine in making the tablets. The cemetery contains 50 acres. On the morning of 17 Ang. 1865, at sunrise, the Stars and Stripes were hoisted in the center of the cemetery, a National salute was fired, and National hymns sung.
Andersonville is on the Southeastern Railroad, sixty miles from Macon. In August, 1865. there was but one house there, except those erected by the rebels as hospitals, officers' quarters, quartermaster and commissary build- ings. The party found the thermometer at 110° in the shade, very fre- quently, at mid-day. The pen was 1.540 ft. long by 750 ft. wide and con- tained 27 acres. The " dead line " was 17 feet from the stockade, and the sen- try boxes were 30 yards apart. The inside stockade was 18 ft. high. the outer one 12 ft .. and the two were 120 feet apart. The party found the ground filled with holes, where the unfortunates had dug for protection from the sun. The official report of Capt. Moore ( from which the writer gleans the above) concludes with these words ". . The skeptic who will visit Andersonville even now (20 Sept. 1865) and examine the stockade with its black, oozey mud, the cramped and wretched burrows, the dead line and the slaughter house, must be a callous observer indeed if he is not con- vinced that the miseries depicted of this prison pen are no exaggerations."
The places of burial are very numerous. The writer finds several
BURIED AT SALISBURY, N. C.
497 Carter, W. H., Pr.
519 Chapman, Geo., A, 30 Nov. 1864, pneumonia.
730
Dane, Albert G.,
46
1013 Evealdt, Henry, K. 16 Dec. 1864, diarrhea. 1 Dec. 1864, pneumonia.
1054 Fountain, Edward, " A,
1521 Heck. Joseph, G. 4 Dee. 1864, apoplexy.
2145 Mead. James W., G, 12 Jan. 1865, diarrhea.
2796 Scott, Ard,
21 Nov. 1864, int. fever.
3263 Vincent, Rupert,
6 Feb. 1865, 4 4 F, H, A, Died 16 Dec. 1864, diarrhea. 5 Dec. 1864, wounds.
CAPT. WILLIAM H. MAXWELL.
CAPT. HENRY H. AYER.
CHAPLAIN HENRY HILL.
LIEUT. J. WARREN AKERMAN.
1009
THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
Coming to Virginia, we find a considerable number buried in the
RICHMOND NATIONAL CEMETERY.
This cemetery is southeast of the city, on the south side of the Williamsburg road, near the fork of the Darby road, two miles from the city limits, and a mile and a half from the James River. The land is high and rolling, and 160 feet above tide water. It contains eight acres, five of which were formerly owned by Wm. Brown and the other three by Wmn. Slater. It lies just within the inner line of fortifications thrown up by the rebels, and the line is still visible (1867 report). Each grave is marked by a neat tablet or head board, painted white, and bearing in black letters the name, rank, company, regiment and date of death. Operations began here 1 Sept. 1866, and were completed 30 Sept. 1867. Known graves, 817; un- known. 3,450 : total, 6,276.
These figures (each class) were considerably increased in a later supplementary report. (The writer, with Lieuts. Bowen and Parker, visited this cemetery in September, 1892.)
BURIED AT RICHMOND, VA.
123 Ball, J. H.,
Pr. K, Died 7 June 1864. 987 Feen, Garrett,
A,
.. 1 June 1864, scorbutus.
*1728 Lang, W. W., 66 I, 9 Dec. 1863, chr. diarrhea.
* This man was captured in assault on Wagner, 18 July 1863, being taken while almost unconscious from the stunning effects of the battle. He was at Salisbury Prison for awhile, with our Lieut .- Col. Bedel, who was also a prisoner, captured earlier in the same assault.
A considerable group is found at the
CITY POINT CEMETERY, VA.
This cemetery is situated on the road to and about nine miles from Petersburg, and about one and a half miles from City Point, in Prince George County. It is on a slight eminence, about forty-five feet above the Appomattox River and one mile from its confluence with the James. The location is very near the ground used for general field hospitals by the Army of the Potomac during the siege of Petersburg, in 1864. It contains seven and one-half acres, is in the form of a square with semi- circular entrance, is divided into six sections by avenues, has excellent drainage and is enclosed by a picket fence. The known graves number 3,758 ; unknown, 1,384; total, 5,142. Burials began in July, 1866. and ended in September, 1867. Those not originally buried here were removed from a plot at City Point, established by the U. S. forces shortly after occu- pation in May, 1864, and from a site appropriated for a cemetery at Point of Rocks, about five miles up the Appomattox.
BURIED AT CITY POINT CEMETERY.
2 Abbott, G. II., Pr. E, Grave 48, Sect. F, Div. 1, Died
299 Brooks, J., Corp. H, 115, F,
*300 Brooks, J., Pr. II, 33,
F,
1, 17 June 1864
1, 17 June 1864 996 Hall, HI. J., Pr. B, Grave 62, Sect. F, Div. 1,
1132 Hodgdon, E. F., « F. 157,
66 F,
66
1, == =
1782 O'Brien, Michl., “ D), 66 28,
A,
66 1, Died 30 Oct. 1864
HI, .. 143, A, 1, 7 Oct. 1864 1987
* There is evidently a mistake here.
BURIED AT POINT LOOKOUT, MID.
36 Blaisdell, J. P.,
Corp. D, Died 25 May 1864 64 Cainlett, E., l'r
I,
.. 22 May
1864
174 Helton, Peter,
A,
66 31 May 1864
189 Holmes, R. R.,
I,
29 May 1864 263 Mckinnon, Daniel B., .
.. 16 July 1.863
376 Smith, J. H., F,
3 July
1864
66
Roach, John, 6 4
1010
THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
BURIED AT HAMPTON, VA.
4 Adamns, Ira J.,
Pr.
A,
Died 2 July
1864
34 Armstrong, J. A.,
Corp.
K,
16 May
1864
107 Benson, Geo. W.,
E,
G,
66
22 May
1864
153 Bradley, Wm.,
Pr.
K,
E,
30 Sept.
1864
254 Cassidy, James,
K,
20 May
1864
262
Chappelle, James,
66
H,
11 Sept.
1804
314
Cooney, Stephen,
C,
66
18 May
1864
361
Davis; Oliver O.,
B,
¥
22 May
1864
439
Duncan, J. B.,
B,
28 Jan.
1865
443
Eastman, Clark,
66
G,
5 June
1864
448
Edwards, James W.,
G,
30 Oct.
1864
453
Ely, Joseph,
C,
18 July
1864
464
Emus, John F.,
F,
66
25 July
1864
489
Fitzgerald, John J.,
K,
66
21 May
1864
540
Gillis, John W.,
B,
24 Sept.
1864
676
Hix, Wm.,
E,
2 May
1864
1187
Robinson, Sam.,
1st Sergt. I,
66
2 June
1865
1291 Smith, Peter,
Corp.
C,
30 Aug.
1864
1298 Smith, Geo.,
Pr.
H,
30 Oct.
1864
1464
Walton, W. H.,
66
B,
21 July
1864
1488
Weeks, Andrew M.,
66
E,
9 July
1864
Several of our comrades who died near New York were
BURIED AT CYPRESS HILL CEMETERY.
This is a part of the city cemetery of Brooklyn, N. Y., and lies about three miles east of the city. It contains about two acres. Interments began here about the month of April, 1862. All are those who died in the various hospitals and camps near New York City. Total graves, 3,277 - only 80 of them unknown.
465 Chiek, Fenno,
Pr.
G, Died 19 Oct. 1864
2078 Plummer, J. L.,
66
I,
22 March 1864
2635 Tibbetts, Isaac,
K,
16 Sept.
1863
*2742 Waters, Patrick,
66
C,
26 Ang. 1862
+2825 White, Moses E.,
I,
66 22 Aug. 1863
* Discharged for disability at Hilton Head; was on his way home.
+ Disinterred and removed by friends.
BURIED AT PHILADELPHIA.
63 Bancho, Win.,
Pr.
H, Died 5 July 1864
249 Butler, John,
H.
26 Aug. 1864
1007 Kemp, Oscar,
E,
66 24 April 1864
1138 Long, Perry,
D, 3 Aug. 1864
Died in Dept. of the East (place not given).
38 Barton, Henry, Pr. A, Died 22 Sept. 1864 (Disinterred and delivered to friends.) BURIED AT BEVERLY, N.J.
110 Moulton, Albion, - G, Died 26 Sept. 1864 BURIED NEAR BRISTOL, PA.
16 Crook, Samuel, Pr. C, Died 8 June 1865 BURIED AT ANNAPOLIS, MD. (U.S. General Hospital, Div. No. 1.)
570 Gilbert, Daniel W., I'r. I, Died 25 Ang. 1864 (U.S. General Hospital, Div. No. 2- St. John's College.)
55 Bazinet, Geo., Pr. II, Died 23 March 1865 (Camp Parole Hospital.)
198 Jennings, A. E., Pr. F, Died 10 Oct. 1864
4 June
1864
122 Blake, Granville,
21 Sept. 1864
202 Burrows, James
1011
THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
BURIED AT MANCHESTER, N.H. (twenty soldiers in all).
(Valley Cemetery.)
4 Copp, Harrison J., Co. A, Died 27 April 1862, at Edisto Id. (Merrill's Cemetery.)
McQuestion, Jerome B., Died 29 March 1866
(Though he died since the war, it seems proper to insert here. In connection with the record in the Roll of Honor is no company, rank or regiment. There is no doubt, however, that this is the grave of one who was a sergeant in Co. H.)
BURIED AT NEW HAVEN, CONN.
49 Dame, Joseph W., Pr. I, Died 29 Aug. 1864
BURIED AT NEWARK, N.J. (Fairmount Cemetery.)
122 White, James E., Pr. A, Died 15 July 1864 BURIED AT WILMINGTON, N.C.
7 Brooks, Plummer Pr. H, Died 1 April 1865, chr. diar.
51 Perkins, John W., " D, " 27 April 1865, wounds. BURIED AT CHARLESTON (Race Course).
26 Carr, Geo. D., Pr. E, Died 27 June 1862, wounds.
177 Pearl, Abram, 66 I, " 20 June 1862
BURIED AT MILLEN, GA.
279 Phelps, Geo. M., Pr. G, Grave 190, Sect. A. BURIED ON DR. GILUM'S PROPERTY. (Near Lufkin's House, Petersburg, Va.) 413 Cosgrove, Wm. J., Pr. C, Died 2 Sept. 1864.
A companion volume to Vol. I. of the Roll of Honor (February, 1868), shows that 47,368 bodies of deceased Union soldiers and prisoners of war have been removed from 237 different localities, scattered through the Southern and Western States, to thirty of the established National Ceme- teries, where their remains now rest, side by side, under the perpetual care and protection of the Government, for the defence of which they sacrificed their lives. A few extracts from that report will emphasize all that may have been said heretofore concerning the burial of the dead : -
Group No. 47, of 314 bodies, from Harrison's Landing to Glendale National Cemetery, about ten miles south of Richmond.
Group No. 48, of 100 bodies, from Flussell's Mills, near Richmond, to same place.
Group No. 59, of three bodies, from Chapin's farm to Fort Harrison National Cemetery, Va .. on Molly Burdon's farm, Henrico County.
Group No. 85, of 112 bodies, from Deep Bottom, ten miles southeast of Richmond, to same place.
Group No. 91, of 38 bodies, from Flussell's Mills to same place.
Group No. 287, of 149 bodies, from Marine Hospital, Wilmington. N.C., to Wilmington National Cemetery, on J. D. Ryttenberg's farm.
Group No. 288, of 12 bodies. from Baptist Church, Wilmington, N.C., to same place.
Group No. 289, of 22 bodies, from Cone Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C., to same place.
Group No. 290, of 410 bodies, from Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C., to same place.
The reader will pardon any seeming verbosity in this sad chapter. The writer has endeavored not only to give general information, but such as may afford particular pleasure, - sad though it must be,- to some persons who may find that the loved one whom they lost in the war now rests in some known locality -in some National or other cemetery. This fact, found, will afford some relief to such as have heretofore been of the opinion that the once loved one never had decent burial or perhaps none at all.
1012
THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
No. 4897 - unknown, 3 (no rank, no company, no regiment, no date), origi- nally buried at Folly Island, S.C.
No. 5646 - unknown, 25 (same as 4897), originally buried at Pawnee Land- ing, Folly Island, S.C.
No. 3762 - unknown, 4 (same as 4897), originally buried in the woods, James Island, S.C.
No. 5886 - unknown, 78 (same as 4897), originally buried near Secession- ville, James Island, S.C.
No. 5938 - unknown, 41
Morris Island, West side.
5962 .6
22
East side.
5986
26
sand hill, n. of cemetery.
5990 66
4
6.6 66
66
south of Wagner.
6156
31
6180
66
24
66
66 original cemetery.
7185
875 Hilton Head.
and frequent items, like : "No. - unknown - N. H. soldiers - found in one trench "; "No. - unknown - 54 buried in one long grave."
When one -sees in the Roll of Honor such items as the above, the subject becomes too painful to continue, and we seek temporary relief in a flight to Virginia, where a new group awaits us and the selection will show a different phase : --
" These bodies (more than 100) from the north side of the Richmond City Hospital. The graves run east and west, at right angles with Fourth Street, the first grave of each row being about five feet from the road. Grave No. 1, of Row No. 1, was situated on the northwest corner of the group. Most of the graves contained more than one body. As they were lifted out they were numbered 1, 2, 3, etc."
" Removed from Dr. Anderson's farm."
" These bodies were removed from the battle-field of Cold Harbor, and were scattered over the ground and through the woods, from Gurth- wright's farm to the Raleigh road."
" These five bodies were found by Mr. Eacho on his farm, within 100 yards of his house."
" These eleven bodies were taken from a pit near Liberty Hall, Hanover County, northeast of Gaines' Mills.' Nothing to identify them."
" These four bodies found in a creek."
" These four bodies were taken from Day's farm, Melton Station, V. C. R.R .; but the people would give no information concerning them."
"These forty-three bodies were found in a well, in front of Fort Gilmer, on land of Capt. Childrey. The well had been sought for two years ; but none of the neighbors could show where the well had been. Supposed to have been killed in the charge of 2 Oct. 1864."
" These fourteen bodies were taken from the Half-Way House, on Petersburg turnpike, nine miles from Richmond. They were a part of Butler's command, and were buried together on the left side of the turn- pike, about 300 yards from the house, in a hollow formerly used as a field hospital."
Not long after our advent at Hilton Head, a neat little cemetery was established at our right and rear; and in it we laid the mortal remains of our dead - nearly all of whom died in the vicinity. The first mention of this cemetery the writer finds in diaries and letters. An excellent photo- graph of the sacred spot was taken by Mr. Moore (mentioned elsewhere), early in 1862, and forms one of the large group of pictures taken by him. The entire collection may be found in the library of the Massachusetts Commandery of the Loyal Legion of the United States, at Boston. 1 view of the cemetery has been reproduced for this work.
An examination of the lists of graves found. and of burials in Na- tional cemeteries and elsewhere, reveals the fact that the names of some of those buried in our little burial place do not appear as having been re-
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on line across mid. of island. Fort Wagner.
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moved to the National Cemetery at Beaufort. The cruel conviction is forced upon us, that at the time of disinterment the headboards had become so decayed, or the letters so obliterated by the weather, as to render it nee- essary to remove them under the class "unknown." By this process of reasoning it may possibly be a source of comfort to think that one's rela- tive or friend, whose name was looked for in vain, is really resting in a National cemetery by the side of his comrades. Some degree of relief will be obtained by surviving comrades, in examining the lists, on finding the names of one or more whom they may have left on the field of battle, supposably in the agonies of death - for the fact that they survived suffi- ciently long to insure decent burial is truly a relief.
The whole matter of " death " in the army, with its preliminaries, and the after-disposition of what was once a living comrade, is one of the saddest and at the same time one of the most difficult subjects to write about. Even as the author pens these lines, his eyes dim with tears, which come all unbidden ; for he is carried backward to the very scenes he feebly attempts to describe. He hears again the groans of the dying in hospital and on the battle-field ; he sees again the convulsive efforts of him who has been torn and mangled by a cruel shell; he hears again the cry for succor, which cometh not; again he hears the call for water which cannot be sup- plied. One may hold his nerves and his sympathy well in check, while his comrade lives, that he may be able to minister to his wants and his comfort; but no sooner is he dead than the nerves give way and the sym- pathetic tears will flow. This was particularly noticeable at the burial. Strong men wept like children; and the peculiarly plaintive notes of the fife, and the tap of the muffled drum, seemed to lift the flood-gates of our sympathies higher and higher, as we solemnly marched to the grave.
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