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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Military Records|U.S. Military Records]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|U.S. Civil War]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Military Records|U.S. Military Records]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|U.S. Civil War]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Confederate_Cemetery_Records|Confederate Cemetery Records]]'' | ||
About 250,000 Confederate soldiers died in the war. Most died of disease, but others were killed during battle or died in prison camps or hospitals. Raymond W. Watkins copied Confederate burial records throughout the South, in prison camps, and in some Northern cemeteries. The following books may be helpful in locating death and burial information: | About 250,000 Confederate soldiers died in the war. Most died of disease, but others were killed during battle or died in prison camps or hospitals. Raymond W. Watkins copied Confederate burial records throughout the South, in prison camps, and in some Northern cemeteries. The following books may be helpful in locating death and burial information: | ||
:*''Deaths of Confederate Soldiers in Confederate Hospitals'' 14 Volumes. Watkins, Raymond W., compiler. ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27307952 Worldcat]) (FHL book 975 V2w.) | :*''Deaths of Confederate Soldiers in Confederate Hospitals'' 14 Volumes. Watkins, Raymond W., compiler. ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27307952 Worldcat]) (FHL book 975 V2w.) | ||
:* ''Confederate Burials'' 28 Volumes. Watkins, Raymond W., compiler. ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45458984 Worldcat]) (FHL book 975 V3w.) | :*''Confederate Burials'' 28 Volumes. Watkins, Raymond W., compiler. ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45458984 Worldcat]) (FHL book 975 V3w.) | ||
Many of his unpublished manuscripts are on microfilm at the Family History Library and are listed under his name in the Author/Title section of the library catalog. | Many of his unpublished manuscripts are on microfilm at the Family History Library and are listed under his name in the Author/Title section of the library catalog. | ||
=== Other Sources === | === Internet Sites === | ||
*Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, [http://www.suvcwdb.org/home/index.php National Graves Registration Database] (accessed 11 October 2011) can be searched by name and the search can be narrowed by unit, state of service, cemetery name, town, county or state of burial. Information that may be given for a person includes birth and death dates, age, unit, rank, enlistment and discharge dates, and name and address of cemetery, The database has both Union and Confederate soldiers' information. | |||
=== Other Sources === | |||
:*Office of the Commissioner for Marking the Graves of Confederate Dead. ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=88851&disp=Register+of+Confederate+soldiers%2C+sail%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Register of Confederate Soldiers, Sailors, and Citizens Who Died in Federal Prisons and Military Hospitals in the North, 1861–1865].'' National Archives Microfilm Publication M918. (FHL film 1024456.) (CD #9, part 119.) These are lists arranged alphabetically by the location of death, then by the name of the soldier. | :*Office of the Commissioner for Marking the Graves of Confederate Dead. ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=88851&disp=Register+of+Confederate+soldiers%2C+sail%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Register of Confederate Soldiers, Sailors, and Citizens Who Died in Federal Prisons and Military Hospitals in the North, 1861–1865].'' National Archives Microfilm Publication M918. (FHL film 1024456.) (CD #9, part 119.) These are lists arranged alphabetically by the location of death, then by the name of the soldier. | ||
:*''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=144892&disp=Register+of+the+Confederate+dead%2C+inte++ Register of the Confederate Dead, Interred in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia Richmond, Virginia]''. Jones, Printers, 1869. (FHL book 975.5451 V3r; film 0033625.) Richmond was a major burial site during the war. About 18,000 soldiers are interred there in the Hollywood Cemetery. The register lists the soldier’s name, company, regiment, state, death date, section, and grave number. | :*''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=144892&disp=Register+of+the+Confederate+dead%2C+inte++ Register of the Confederate Dead, Interred in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia Richmond, Virginia]''. Jones, Printers, 1869. (FHL book 975.5451 V3r; film 0033625.) Richmond was a major burial site during the war. About 18,000 soldiers are interred there in the Hollywood Cemetery. The register lists the soldier’s name, company, regiment, state, death date, section, and grave number. | ||
=== The Family History Library === | === The Family History Library === | ||
:*''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=554581&disp=A+Descriptive+list+of+the+burial+places+++ A Descriptive List of the Burial Places of the Remains of Confederate Soldiers: Who Fell in the Battles of Antietam, South Mountain, Monocacy, and Other Points in Washington and Frederick Counties in the State of Maryland]''. Hagerstown, Maryland: Free Press, 1868. (FHL film 1486525.) Entries give name of soldier, unit, and burial place. | :*''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=554581&disp=A+Descriptive+list+of+the+burial+places+++ A Descriptive List of the Burial Places of the Remains of Confederate Soldiers: Who Fell in the Battles of Antietam, South Mountain, Monocacy, and Other Points in Washington and Frederick Counties in the State of Maryland]''. Hagerstown, Maryland: Free Press, 1868. (FHL film 1486525.) Entries give name of soldier, unit, and burial place. | ||
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:*''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=583230&disp=Deaths+and+burials+of+Confederate+Soldie%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Deaths and Burials of Confederate Soldiers in New Orleans, Louisiana]''. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990. (FHL film 1704156 item 2.) | :*''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=583230&disp=Deaths+and+burials+of+Confederate+Soldie%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Deaths and Burials of Confederate Soldiers in New Orleans, Louisiana]''. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990. (FHL film 1704156 item 2.) | ||
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