Their last resting place (Civil War)

First post

2008-08-06T18:25:00.000-07:00

In order to preserve all the work I did for my grave locations page on my website, www.civilwarlibrary.com (just in case it should go away), I'm transferring all the grave data here for posterity. Feel free to email me with new graves, corrections on old graves, or comments in general.

Last names beginning with A

2008-08-06T16:22:00.000-07:00

Nathaniel M. Allen, Corporal, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, Massachusetts
William 'Bloody Bill' Anderson; CSA; currently unknown
James J. Andrews, Union spy and leader of the Great Locomotive Chase at Kennesaw, Georgia in April of 1863; hanged at Third and Juniper Streets in downtown Atlanta, Georgia; buried in Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee

Last names beginning with B

2008-08-06T16:21:00.000-07:00

Elijah W. Bacon; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Maple Cemetery, Berlin, Connecticut
Albert Barnitz, Captain, USA; buried in the National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia {courtesy Charles Barnitz}
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, General, CSA; buried in Metairie Cemetery, 5100 Pontchartrain Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana
George G. Benedict, Lieutenant, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Green Mountain Cemetery, Burlington, Vermont
Ambrose Bierce; USA; vanished into the Mexican Revolution at Juarez in 1914; currently unknown
John Wilkes Booth; currently unknown
Mathew Brady; buried at Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E Street, SE, Washington, D.C.
Braxton Bragg, General, CSA; buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama
Morris Brown, Captain, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in the National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Last names beginning with C

2008-08-06T16:19:00.000-07:00

Hugh Carey, Sergeant, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York
Casper R. Carlisle, Private, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Brigadier General, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine {courtesy Pat Finnegan}
Harrison Clark, Corporal, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Albany Rural Cemetery, Albany, New York
Cassius M. Clay; buried in Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Kentucky
Patrick Cleburne, Major General, CSA; killed at Franklin, Tennessee on November 30, 1864; buried in Confederate Cemetery, Helena, Arkansas
Samuel 'Mark Twain' Clemens; currently unknown
John E. Clopp, Private, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; currently unknown
Jefferson Coates, Sergeant, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; currently unknown
Samuel Colt; died January 10, 1862, in Hartford, Connecticut; currently unknown
Douglas H. Cooper, Colonel, CSA; commanded the Indian Department; buried at Fort Washita, Oklahoma
George Crook, General, USA; buried in the National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia {courtesy Pat Finnegan}
George A. Custer, Major General, USA; killed at the Little Bighorn, Montana on June 25, 1876; buried in West Point Cemetery, West Point, New York

Last names beginning with D

2008-08-06T16:17:00.002-07:00

Bill Dalton; currently unknown
Bob Dalton; shot in Coffeyville, Kansas on October 5, 1892; currently unknown
Emmett Dalton; in 1937; currently unknown
Frank Dalton; currently unknown
Grat Dalton; shot in Coffeyville, Kansas on October 5, 1892; currently unknown
Lewis Dalton; currently unknown
Littleton Dalton; currently unknown
Jefferson C. Davis, Brigadier General, USA; currently unknown
Jefferson Finis Davis, President of the Confederacy; buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
Joseph H. De Castro, Corporal, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; currently unknown
George H. Dore, Sergeant, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Hope Cemetery, Hornell, New York
Frederick Douglass; currently unknown

Last names beginning with E

2008-08-06T16:17:00.001-07:00

R.G. Earle, Colonel, CSA; killed and buried at Barnsley Gardens, Kingston, Georgia
Arnold Elzey, Major General, CSA; buried in Green Mount Cemetery, Greenmount & Oliver Streets, Baltimore, Maryland
Richard Enderlin, Musician, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in an unknown cemetery in Chillicothe, Ohio

Last names beginning with F

2008-08-06T16:16:00.000-07:00

Benjamin F. Falls, Color Sergeant, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; currently unknown
Elon J. Farnsworth, Brigadier General, USA; killed at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863; buried in Rockton Cemetery, Rockton, Illinois {courtesy Janice Farnsworth}

John B. Fassitt, Captain, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; currently unknown
Christopher Flynn, Corporal, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Saint Mary's Cemetery, Baltic, Connecticut
Nathan Bedford Forrest, Major General, CSA; died in Memphis in 1877; buried in Forrest Park, Memphis, Tennessee
Frederick Fuger, Sergeant, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in the National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
Chester S. Furman, Corporal, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Old Rosemont Cemetery, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

Last names beginning with G

2008-08-06T16:15:00.000-07:00

Edward L. Gilligan, Sergeant, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Oxford Cemetery, Oxford, Pennsylvania
John B. Gordon, Major General, CSA; buried in Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia
Ulysses S. Grant, Major General, USA; died of throat cancer on July 23, 1885; buried in the General Grant National Memorial, Riverside Drive at 123rd Street, Manhattan, New York
Tom Green, Brigadier General, CSA; killed on April 12, 1864 at Blairs' Landing, Louisiana; currently unknown

Last names beginning with H

2008-08-06T16:14:00.000-07:00

William J. Hardee, Lieutenant General, CSA; buried in Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, Alabama
John W. Hart, Sergeant, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in German Lutheran Cemetery, Cumberland, Maryland
Ben Hardin Helm, Brigadier General, CSA; brother-in-law of Mary Todd Lincoln; killed at Chickamauga, Georgia on September 20, 1863; currently unknown
John Herrod, Lieutenant Colonel, CSA; buried at New Hope Church, Georgia
James Butler 'Wild Bill' Hickok, Union spy in Missouri; shot in Deadwood, Dakota Territory on August 2, 1876; buried in Deadwood
William B. Hincks, Sergeant Major, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; currently unknown
Thomas C. Hindman, Major General, CSA; buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Helena, Arkansas
Oliver Wendell Holmes; buried in the National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
Thomas Horan, Sergeant, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Saint Mary's Cemetery, Dunkirk, New York
Sam Houston; died on July 29, 1863 in Huntsville, Texas; currently unknown
Benjamin Huger, Major General, CSA; buried in Green Mount Cemetery, Greenmount & Oliver Streets, Baltimore, Maryland
Henry S. Huidekoper, Lieutenant Colonel, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Greendale Cemetery, Meadville, Pennsylvania

Last names beginning with I

2008-08-06T16:13:00.000-07:00

Francis Irsch, Captain, 45th New York VI, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Tampa, Florida {courtesy Al Wiemann}

Last names beginning with J

2008-08-06T16:12:00.000-07:00

Thomas Jonathan Jackson, General, CSA; shot by North Carolina troops at Chancellorsville, Virginia on May 2, 1863; died at Guinea Station, Virginia; buried in Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia {courtesy Pat Finnegan}
Frank James; currently unknown
Jesse W. James; shot in the back by Robert 'Bob' Ford on April 3, 1882 in Saint Joseph, Missouri; currently unknown
Robert James; currently unknown
Benjamin H. Jellison, Private, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Haverhill, Massachusetts
Wallace W. Johnson, Sergeant, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Albert Sidney Johnston, General, CSA; killed at the Peach Orchard at Shiloh, Tennessee on April 6, 1862; currently unknown
Joseph E. Johnston, General, CSA; buried in Green Mount Cemetery, Greenmount & Oliver Streets, Baltimore, Maryland
Catsby ap Roger Jones, Captain, CSN; shot by a neighbor in Selma, Alabama in 1877; buried in the Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, Alabama
William W. Jones, Private, Co. B, 187th Pennsylvania, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corps, USA; wounded at the siege of Petersburg, July 10, 1864; died October 2, 1864; buried at Cypress Hill Cemetery, Long Island, New York

Last names beginning with K

2008-08-06T16:11:00.002-07:00

Edward M. Knox, Lieutenant, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, the Bronx, New York

Last names beginning with L

2008-08-06T16:11:00.001-07:00

Fitzhugh Lee, Major General, CSA; buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
Nat Love; currently unknown
Abraham Lincoln; shot by John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865; buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois
Robert Todd Lincoln; buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
John Lonergan, Captain, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in an unknown cemetery in Burlington, Vermont

Last names beginning with M

2008-08-06T16:09:00.000-07:00

John B. Mayberry, Private, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Smyrna, Delaware
Bernard McCarren, Private, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Old Cathedral Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware
James Birdseye McPherson, Major General, USA; shot at Leggett's Hill near Atlanta, Georgia on July 22, 1864; currently unknown
Thomas F. Meagher, Brigadier General, USA; commander of the Irish Brigade at Chancellorsville, later Territorial Governor of Montana; drowned in the Missouri River in 1867; currently unknown
George W. Mears, Sergeant, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Old Rosemont Cemetery, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
Nelson A. Miles, General, USA; buried in the National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia {courtesy Pat Finnegan}
John Miller, Corporal, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; currently unknown
William E. Miller, Captain, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in the National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
John Hunt Morgan, Brigadier General, CSA; killed in Greeneville, Tennessee on September 4, 1865 by Andrew G. Campbell, 13th Tennesse Cavalry, USA; buried in Lexington Cemetery, 833 West Main Street, Lexington, Kansas
John S. Mosby, Colonel, CSA; died in Washington, DC on May 30, 1916; buried in Warrenton, Virginia
Samuel A. Mudd, doctor; died at home near Bryantown, Maryland in 1883; currently unknown
Harvey M. Munsell, Sergeant, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Last names beginning with N

2008-08-06T16:08:00.000-07:00

William Nelson, Major General, USA; shot in the Gault House, Second & Main Streets, Louisville, Kentucky, on 29 September 1862 by Jefferson C. Davis, Brigadier General, USA; currently unknown

Last names beginning with O

2008-08-06T16:07:00.000-07:00

Henry D. O'Brien, Corporal, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; currently unknown
Theodore O'Hara, author of The Bivouac of the Dead; buried in Frankfort Cemetery, East Main Street, Frankfort, Kentucky

Last names beginning with P

2008-08-06T16:06:00.002-07:00

George E. Pickett, Major General, CSA; buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
Allan Pinkerton; currently unknown
James M. Pipes, Sergeant, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in the National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
George C. Platt, Private, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Holycross Cemetery, Yeadon, Pennsylvania
Leonidas Polk, Lieutenant General, CSA; killed by artillery fire at Pine Mountain, Georgia, on June 14, 1864; buried at Christ Church Cathedral, 2919 St. Charles Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
James P. Postles, Captain, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; currently unknown
John Wesley Powell; died in Haven, Maine on September 23, 1902; currently unknown
James J. Purman, Lieutenant, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in the National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia

Last names beginning with Q

2008-08-06T16:06:00.001-07:00

William Clarke Quantrill, Captain, CSA; wounded on May 10, 1865, died in Louisville, Kentucky on June 6, 1865; currently unknown

Last names beginning with R

2008-08-06T16:04:00.000-07:00

William H. Raymond, Corporal, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in the National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
Charles W. Reed, Bugler, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
J. Monroe Reisinger, Corporal, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; currently unknown
Eliphalet Remington; died on December 26, 1909; currently unknown
Jesse L. Reno, Major General, USA; died at Fox's Gap, Maryland on September 14, 1862; buried in Oak Hall Cemetery, 3001 R Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
John F. Reynolds, Major General, USA; killed on the McPherson Farm at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863, the highest-ranking officer of either side to die there; buried in Lancaster Cemetery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania {courtesy Pat Finnegan}
Edmund Rice, Major, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in the National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
James Richmond, Private, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in the National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
John H. Robinson, Private, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; currently unknown
Oliver P. Rood, Private, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Mount Olive Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee
George W. Roosevelt; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
J. Levi Roush, Corporal, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Saint Patrick's Cemetery, Newry, Pennsylvania
James M. Rutter, Sergeant, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Hollenbeck Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Last names beginning with S

2008-08-06T16:01:00.000-07:00

William P. Sanders, Brigadier General, USA; killed at Knoxville, Tennessee on November 18, 1863; currently unknown
George W. Schofield, Major, USA; currently unknown
Martin Schwenk, Sergeant, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; currently unknown
Alfred J. Sellers, Major, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Raphael Semmes, Admiral, CSN; buried in Catholic Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama
Phillip K. Sheridan, Major General, USA; buried in the National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia {courtesy Pat Finnegan}
Marshall Sherman, Private, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in an unknown cemetery in St. Paul, Minnesota
William Tecumseh Sherman, Major General, USA; buried in Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri {courtesy Pat Finnegan}
Daniel E. Sickles, Major General, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in the National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
John P. Slough, Colonel, USA; Chief Justice of New Mexico Territory; shot in the billiard room of the La Fonda Hotel, Santa Fe, New Mexico, in December, 1867; currently unknown
Thaddeus S. Smith, Corporal, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Laurel Grove Cemetery, Port Townsend, Washington
Xanthus Russell Smith, USN; painter of Civil War naval scenes; died on December 2, 1929; currently unknown
Charles Stacey, Private, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Norwalk, Ohio
Edwin M. Stanton; buried in Oak Hall Cemetery, 3001 R Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
Issac I. Stevens, Brigadier General, USA; shot at Chantilly, Virginia on September 1, 1862;currently unknown
J.E.B Stuart, Major General, CSA; buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
Mary Surratt; hanged for her role in Lincoln's assassination; buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Bladensburg Road, Washington, D.C.

Last names beginning with T

2008-08-06T16:00:00.000-07:00

James B. Thompson, Sergeant, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buired in Old Church Hill Cemetery, Port Royal, Pennsylvania
Lloyd Tilghman, Brigadier General, CSA; killed at Champion Hill, Mississippi on May 16, 1863; currently unknown
Andrew J. Tozier, Color Sergeant, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Litchfield Plains Cemetery, Litchfield, Maine
Isaac R. Trimble, Major General, CSA; buried in Green Mount Cemetery, Greenmount & Oliver Streets, Baltimore, Maryland
Robert C. Tyler, Brigadier General, CSA; killed at West Point, Georgia on Easter Sunday, 1865; buried on East Eleventh Street, West Point, Georgia

Last names beginning with U

2008-08-06T15:41:00.000-07:00

No graves at this time.

Last names beginning with V

2008-08-06T15:39:00.000-07:00

Earl Van Dorn, Major General, CSA; killed by Doctor George Bodley Peters for having 'amorous relations' with the doctor's wife, on May 7, 1863 in the Martin Cheairs House in Spring Hill, Tennesse; currently unknown
Wheelock G. Veazy, Colonel, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in the National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
Strong Vincent, Colonel, USA; killed on Little Round Top at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863; buried in Erie Cemetery, Erie, Pennsylvania {courtesy Pat Finnegan}

Last names beginning with X

2008-08-06T15:37:00.001-07:00

No graves at this time.

Last names beginning with W

2008-08-06T15:37:00.000-07:00

Jenny Wade; the only civilian to be killed at Gettysburg, in the John McClellan house on Cemetery Hill on July 3, 1863; buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania {courtesy Pat Finnegan}
William H.T. Walker, Major General, CSA; shot by Union sharpshooter at Atlanta, Georgia, on July 22, 1864; currently unknown
Jerry Wall, Private, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Greenmount Cemetery, Dansville, New York
Francis A. Wallar, Corporal, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; currently unknown
Stand Watie {Cherokee}, Brigadier General, CSA; died September 9, 1871; buried in Polson Cemetery, Grove, Oklahoma
Alexander S. Webb, Brigadier General, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in West Point Cemetery, West Point, New York
William Wells, Major, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in Lake View Cemetery, Burlington, Vermont
James Wiley, Sergeant, USA; CMH at Gettysburg; buried in the National Cemetery, Andersonville, Georgia
John H. Winder, Brigadier General, CSA; short-term commandant at Camp Sumter {Andersonville Prison}; died of a heart attack on February 6, 1865; currently unknown
Henrich 'Henry'Wirz, Captain; commandant at Camp Sumter {Andersonville Prison}; hanged at the Old Capitol Prison, Washington, D.C., on November 10, 1865; currently unknown
William T. Wofford, Brigadier General, CSA; buried in the Cassville Cemetery, Cassville, Georgia

Last names beginning with Y

2008-08-06T15:36:00.001-07:00

Thomas Coleman 'Cole' Younger; died of natural causes on February 21, 1916 in Lee's Summit, Missouri [his home town] in 1916; currently unknown
James Younger; committed suicide in St. Paul, Minnesota on October 19, 1902; currently unknown
John Younger; currently unknown
Robert 'Bob' Younger; died in prison in 1889; currently unknown

Last names beginning with Z

2008-08-06T15:35:00.000-07:00

No graves at this time.