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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Military Records|U.S. Military | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Military Records|U.S. Military]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|U.S. Civil War]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Confederate_Cemetery_Records|Confederate Cemetery Records]]''__TOC__ | ||
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: | ||
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Many of his unpublished manuscripts are on microfilm at the Family History Library and are listed under his name in the Author/Title section of the library catalog. | Many of his unpublished manuscripts are on microfilm at the Family History Library and are listed under his name in the Author/Title section of the library catalog. | ||
=== | === National Graves Registration Database === | ||
*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 | *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 primarily lists burials for Union soldiers, however, some Confederate soldiers are also listed. | ||
=== Other Sources === | === Other Sources === | ||