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Cemetery records for Union soldiers may be found in the following records:
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Cemetery records for Union soldiers may be found in the following records:  


*Quartermaster General’s Office. ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=200058&disp=Roll+of+honor++ Roll of Honor: Names of Soldiers Who Died in Defense of the American Union]''. 27 Volumes. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1865–71. Reprint in ten volumes., Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1994. (FHL book 973 M2roh 1994.) (FHL CD #9, part 351.) (FHL films 1311589–91.) The records are arranged by the burial place. Each entry generally gives the soldier’s name, rank, regiment, company, and death date.  
*Quartermaster General’s Office. ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=200058&disp=Roll+of+honor++ Roll of Honor: Names of Soldiers Who Died in Defense of the American Union]''. 27 Volumes. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1865–71. Reprint in ten volumes., Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1994. (FHL book 973 M2roh 1994.) (FHL CD #9, part 351.) (FHL films 1311589–91.) The records are arranged by the burial place. Each entry generally gives the soldier’s name, rank, regiment, company, and death date.  
*Reamy, Martha, and William Reamy, compiler. ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=750929&disp=Index+to+the+Roll+of+Honor%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Index to the Roll of Honor].'' Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1995. (FHL book 973 M2roh index.) Indexed by name with volume and page reference for the 27 volumes of the roll of honor.
*Reamy, Martha, and William Reamy, compiler. ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=750929&disp=Index+to+the+Roll+of+Honor%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Index to the Roll of Honor].'' Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1995. (FHL book 973 M2roh index.) Indexed by name with volume and page reference for the 27 volumes of the roll of honor.  
*Hughes, Mark, compiler. ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=320078&disp=The+unpublished+Roll+of+Honor%20%20&columns=*,0,0 The Unpublished Roll of Honor]''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1996. (FHL book 973 M2roha.) Contains additional names not included in the roll of honor.  
*Hughes, Mark, compiler. ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=320078&disp=The+unpublished+Roll+of+Honor%20%20&columns=*,0,0 The Unpublished Roll of Honor]''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1996. (FHL book 973 M2roha.) Contains additional names not included in the roll of honor.  
*Hughes, Mark. ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=749089&disp=Bivouac+of+the+dead%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Bivouac of the Dead]''. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1995. (FHL book 973 M24h.) Contains a history of the National Cemetery system and burial procedures of the Union army, an index to the original burial site along with final burial site of soldiers (1860–90), and a brief description of each cemetery.  
*Hughes, Mark. ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=749089&disp=Bivouac+of+the+dead%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Bivouac of the Dead]''. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1995. (FHL book 973 M24h.) Contains a history of the National Cemetery system and burial procedures of the Union army, an index to the original burial site along with final burial site of soldiers (1860–90), and a brief description of each cemetery.  
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