WOODLAWN NATIONAL CEMETERY, ELMIRA.

The dead from the military prison at Elmira were buried in Woodlawn Cemetery (afterwards made a national cemetery), and a headboard placed over each interment. Subsequently these headboards were destroyed, but before doing so an accurate plat was made by the Quartermaster's Department, showing the location of each grave, and it was by the aid of this plat that each grave was located by the commissioner and individual headstones erected to each.

In connection with the railroad accident near Shohola, Pa., 49 Confederate soldiers en route to the military prison at Elmira, N. Y., together with 17 of their guard, were, on July 15, 1864, killed and their remains buried near the scene of the accident. Shortly thereafter an officer was sent from Elmira to remove these remains, but, finding them in a different State to that which issued his orders, he returned without them, and no apparent attention seems to have been paid to these graves until discovered by the commissioner.

It was not practicable to establish a cemetery where the remains were found, and it was then determined that they be removed to Elmira and reinterred in Woodlawn National Cemetery, which was done by the Quartermaster's Department in 1911; and as the individual graves of these particular dead could not be identified, a central structure or monument of granite was erected at the place of reburial, on which was placed a bronze tablet showing the names and commands of each of the Confederate dead whose remains were thus removed. The Quartermaster's Department also placed thereon a bronze tablet showing the names of the guard, whose remains were buried with the Confederates and could not be distinguished.

The register for this cemetery shows 3,015 known and 7 unknown, of which number 49 were reinterred from Shohola, 2 removed from Elmira, and 24 were citizens.

The expenditures under this office in connection with the Confederate dead amount to $12,623.09.

NEW JERSEY.

FINNS POINT NATIONAL CEMETERY, NEAR SALEM.

This is the only place in this State where deceased Confederate prisoners of war were found to have been buried, the cemetery having been established as a burial place for those Confederate prisoners who died while being confined in the military prison and hospital at Fort Delaware, on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River.

It was not possible to identify the individual graves of the Confederate dead in this cemetery in order that individual headstones might be placed at the head of each grave, but a central structure or monument was erected instead. This structure was built out of reenforced concrete with Pennsylvania white granite facing, and stands about 85 feet high. Around the base of this monument are eight bronze tablets, with concrete foundations, on which appear the names and commands of the 2,436 Confederate soldiers reported as having been buried in this cemetery.

The register for this cemetery shows 2,475 names, as follows: Soldiers, 2,436; citizens, 36; and soldiers removed, 3.

The expenditures under this office in connection with the Confederate dead amount to $8,502.

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PENNSYLVANIA.

In this State the Confederate prisoners of war dead were found to have been buried in a number of cemeteries at Philadelphia; in the rural cemetery at Chester; in the city cemetery at Harrisburg; at Chambersburg; in Alleghany Cemetery at Pittsburgh; at Shohola, and at Gettysburg.

CHESTER RURAL CEMETERY.

The Confederate dead originally buried in this cemetery were subsequently removed to the national cemetery, Pittville, Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA NATIONAL CEMETERY, PITTVILLE.

Those Confederate dead now buried in this cemetery were originally buried in the rural cemetery at Chester; in Glenwood Cemetery, Philadelphia, and in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Philadelphia.

Thus from Chester and from Glenwood Cemetery were reinterred in the Confederate section, and their graves were not capable of identification.

There is one Confederate grave, however, still in Glenwood Cemetery, and this has been marked by a headstone furnished through this office.

The Confederate dead from the Odd Fellows' Cemetery were reinterred in the Odd Fellows' Cemetery section of the national cemetery and individual headstones were placed at the head of each grave by the Quartermaster's Department prior to this legislation. The only thing necessary then was to make the inscriptions on these headstones conform to the requirements of the law, and this has been done.

As to the unidentified graves in the Confederate section, a granite monument or marker was erected to them, on which were placed bronze tablets showing the names and commands of the soldier dead buried in this section."

There are also two Confederate graves in the Soldiers' Rest in Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, which is also under the supervision of the superintendent of the Philadelphia National Cemetery. These graves had been marked with headstones by the Quartermaster's Department at an earlier date, and the inscriptions on the headstones have also been changed.

The register for Philadelphia shows 208 known and 4 unknown, as follows: Confederate section, 180 soldiers and 4 unknown; Odd Fellows' section, 8; Glenwood Cemetery, 1; Mount Moriah Cemetery, 2; removed, 14; citizens, 3.

The expenditures under this office in connection with these cemeteries at Philadelphia amount to $1,011.21.

CITY CEMETERY, HARRISburg.

The Confederate dead in this cemetery are buried among the Federal dead, in a lot owned by the State of Pennsylvania, and while the lot receives some attention, it is not cared for as well as other portions of this cemetery.

The register shows the names of 13 Confederate dead, whose graves were located, and headstones placed thereat.

The expenditures under this office in connection with these headstones amount to $54.34.

CHAMBERSBURG.

The records of the War Department show that 1 Confederate soldier died at this place as a prisoner of war, but nothing could be ascertained as to the whereabouts of his grave.

ALLEGHANY CEMETERY, PITTSBURGH.

The remains of 15 Confederate dead were originally buried in the "Strangers' ground" in this cemetery. Subsequent thereto removal was made to the Government lot within the same cemetery of such remains as could be found, and the graves marked by the Quartermaster's Department.

There were no expenditures under this office in connection with this cemetery.

SHOHOLA.

The dead buried near this place are referred to in connection with Woodlawn National Cemetery, Elmira, N. Y. Also Barryville, N. Y.

GETTYSBURG.

No graves of Confederate dead were located by the commissioner at this place, having been informed that early in the seventies the memorial associations of several of the States in the South had all the remains of Confederate soldiers removed from Gettysburg-those from North Carolina having been removed to Raleigh; from South Carolina, to Charleston, and there reinterred in Magnolia Cemetery; from Georgia, to Savannah, and there reinterred in Laurel Grove Cemetery; while those from the other States seem all to have been taken to Richmond, Va., and there reinterred in l'ollywood Cemetery. No register of these dead was compiled in this office for the reason that the records in the War Department were not complete with respect to the Confederate soldiers who died as prisoners of war, and it was impracticable to compile it from the records of reinterrments, because battlefield dead, as well as prisoners of war dead, were included in the number removed. Persons seeking information regarding these dead are respectfully referred to the several cemeteries named herein.

DELAWARE.

FORT DELAWARE.

The remains of all Confederate prisoners of war who died at Fort Delaware on Pea Patch Island were removed, either at the time of death or shortly thereafter, to the Jersey shore and buried in what is now the Finns Point National Cemetery.

MARYLAND.

The Confederates who died as prisoners of war in this State were found to have been buried in the post cemetery at Fort McHenry; in Loudon Park Cemetery and in Loudon Park National Cemetery, Baltimore; in the national cemetery at Annapolis; in the Confederate Cemetery at Point Lookout; in Mount Olivet Cemetery at Frederick; and in Rose Hill Cemetery at Cumberland.

FORT M'HENRY AND BALTIMORE.

The Confederate dead originally buried in the post cemetery at Fort McHenry were subsequently removed, three of those capable of identification having been reinterred in the Confederate lot in Loudon Park Cemetery, and one removed to Richmond, while the unidentified were buried in the Fort McHenry section of Loudon Park National Cemetery with the remains of deceased Federal soldiers, also originally buried at the fort.

The records showed that 29 Confederate soldiers who died at Fort McHenry were still unidentified, and a granite marker to this number has been placed in the Fort McHenry section above referred to, on which has been placed a bronze tablet showing the names and commands of these 29 Confederate soldiers, together with an appropriate inscription in reference thereto.

It was not ascertained where, in Baltimore, the burial of deceased Confederate prisoners of war was originally made, but the majority of their remains now rest in what is known as the "Confederate lot" in Loudon Park Cemetery. Their graves had also been marked and the lot inclosed with a stone coping, through the efforts of the Confederate associations in Baltimore, under whose ownership and control the same is maintained.

It was also discovered that there are 3 graves of deceased Confederate prisoners of war in Loudon Park National Cemetery in addition to those in the Fort McHenry section. Headstones were also found at these graves, and the inscriptions on same have been made to conform to the law.

The register for Baltimore shows 251 known and 5 unknown, as follows: Fort McHenry section, Loudon Park National Cemetery, 29 soldiers and 4 citizens; Loudon Park National Cemetery, 3; Confederate lot, Loudon Park Cemetery, 203; removed, 1; not located, 16. This latter item represents those reported as having died at Baltimore but not located in the Confederate lot. Their remains were either removed by friends or are included in the list of unknown. The expenditures under this office amount to $502.80.

ANNAPOLIS NATIONAL CEMETERY.

The register for this cemetery shows that 11 Confederate soldiers died at Annapolis, and the graves of 10 of these were located in the national cemetery, while the other was not located.

The graves in the national cemetery were all found to have been marked with headstones, and the inscriptions on same have been changed in accordance with the provisions of the law.

The expenditures in connection with this work amount to $24.30.

POINT LOOKOUT CONFEDERATE CEMETERY.

Originally the remains of Confederates who died while prisoners of war at Point Lookout were buried in two separate cemeteries near where the prison camp stood. The land in general round about this camp was rather low, and somewhat marshy in consequence, and not well adapted for cemeterial purposes. The Legislature of the State of Maryland early in the seventies passed an act providing for the removal of these remains and their reinterment in a mound about a mile inland.

The graves in the original cemeteries seem all to have been marked with wooden headboards, but several years after the last burial a fire ran through these cemeteries and burned up the only means of identifying the individual graves, and it was on this account that the remains were all reburied in one common grave or mound.

Before this fire, however, it seems that a number of the remains were taken home by relatives or friends, but no records were available showing the exact number thus removed.

The State of Maryland, in addition to the removal, erected a small white marble monument at the new grave or mound, inclosed the same with a neat iron fence, and built a wooden fence around the cemetery proper.

The area of this new cemetery is about 1 acre.

There was also a provision in the act of the Maryland Legislature that title to this new cemetery should be vested in the State, but it does not appear that formal conveyance of the same was ever made. Of late years there seems to have been no special care taken of this cemetery, and a request was made to the commissioner to have the United States care for these dead in the same manner as was being done at other places; and for this purpose the Maryland Legislature in 1910 again passed an act relinquishing to the United States all right, title, and interest in the same, with the understanding that the United States provide for its future care and maintenance.

Conveyance of this acre of ground was also made to the United States by James Hall and wife, in whom the legal title to the same was found to vest. Title to the other cemeteries had already been vested in the United States.

The only method that could be pursued in the marking of this grave of unidentified remains was by the means of a central structure, and as the small monument erected by the State of Maryland was not adapted to the style of marking as adopted by the War Department in connection with this work, it was replaced by a granite monument of reenforced concrete construction, about 85 feet high, with 4 bronze tablets on the base thereof, and 8 additional bronze tablets with concrete foundation around the base of the monument, on which 12 tablets appear the names and commands of 3,383 known and 1 unknown Confederate soldiers. A bronze tablet showing the purpose of the monument and that it was erected by the United States is also attached to it.

The wooden fence inclosing the cemetery has been replaced with a wrought-iron fence and double-gate entrance.

A certain amount of draining and grading was necessary in connection with the cemetery, which has been done, as well as the cemetery seeded in grass.

There was considerable doubt as to the best method to be pursued in disposing of the small monument erected by the State of Maryland, but it was finally determined to reerect it at the site where the remains were originally interred, which was done and the same inclosed by the small iron fence that inclosed it in the new cemetery.

The register for this cemetery shows 3,429 known and 1 unknown, as follows: Soldiers, 3,385; unknown, 1; citizens, 44.

The expenditures in connection with this work amount to $22,111.06.