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Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham), 1816-1892 Roll of honor. Names of soldiers who died in defense of the Union, interred in the national cemeteries

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.323 Author/Creator: Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham), 1816-1892 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Book Date: 1870 Pagination: 1 v. : 336 p. : Height: 22.9 cm, Width: 14.8 cm Order a Copy

Complete title is: "Roll of Honor (No. XXV.) Names of Soldiers who Died in the Defense of the Union, Interred in the National Cemeteries at Fredericksburg, Virginia; Mobile, Alabama; and Fort Gibson, Indian Territory; and Names Not Heretofore Published of Union Soldiers Interred in the National Cemeteries at Hampton, Virginia; Barrancas, Florida; and Alexandria, Louisiana." Printed by the Government Printing Office. Prepared under the direction of Quartermaster and Brevet Brigadier General Alexander J. Perry for Quartermaster General and Brevet Major General Meigs. Perry submitted it 5 March 1870. This is the 25th volume of the Roll of Honor. Contains "the record of twenty-five thousand seven hundred and sixty-six. (25,766) graves of deceased Union soldiers." At Fredericksburg (pages 9-130) there are 15,068 graves, at Hampton (pages 131-266) there are 5,121. At Mobile (pages 267-290) there are 789, At Barrancas (pages 291-314) there are 1,391, At Alexandria (pages 315-330) there are 1,280, At Fort Gibson (pages 331-336) there are 2,117. Each entry is in alphabetical order and provides grave number (including division and section of the cemetery), rank, company, regiment, date of death, and home town. Water damage throughout. String of stitch-binding is broken.

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