Le, Yes. I welcome your help. We are depending on people to send in the information so that we can record each one on the proper form and send it to the UDC archives in Richmond by May 2,000. Any information you can provide will be appreciated. Ceya Minder you wrote: > There are a good number of Veterans buried in Abbeville, and a handful in >both Eastside and Westside Cemeteries in Headland. Also there are number in >the Bethleham Baptist Cemetery also in Headland. If I can be of any help >providing names please let me know. > >Deo Vindice >Jacob L. Bateman III or Le > > > >The General Willliam C. Oates AL #1342 Chapter of United Daughters > > >of the Confederacy (Dothan, Alabama) has as one of its projects this year: > > >the recording of CSA soldiers graves--the marked ones; and, locating and > > >identifying "unmarked" ones. > > > >If you can send me your knowledge of any CSA soldiers graves in any > > >of the southeast Alabama counties, we will fill out a form and send it to > > >Richmond to be placed in the UDC Archives. Many of these graves get > > >vandalized and eventually destroyed and this would--at least--provide > a permanent > > >record of this soldier and his final resting place. This is the data that > > >is needed--as much of it as one can provide: > > > > > > > > NAME OF SOLDIER > > > > NAME OF CEMETERY > > > > MANAGER > > > > ADDRESS > > > > RANK OF CSA SOLDIER > > > > COMPANY > > > > REGIMENT > > > > REFERENCE (SOURCE OF RECORD oF MILITARY SERVICE) > > > > DATE OF BIRTH > > > > PLACE OF BIRTH > > > > DATE OF DEATH > > > > IS GRAVE MARKED? > > > > (IF UNMARKED, PLEASE GIVE LOCATION IN CEMETERY) > > > > IS CONFEDERATE SERVICE NOTED ON MARKER? > > > > IS IT A GOVERNMENT MARKER? > > > > IS IT A MEMORIAL MARKER (NO REMAINS BURIED)? > > > > IS THERE AN IRON CROSS? > > > > PLACED BY WHOM? > > > > PLEASE ADD ANY INFORMATION KNOWN ABOUT VETERAN'S: SPOUSE, CHILDREN, > > >LIVING > > > > DESCENDANTS, ETC. > > > > > > > If you send these to me, give me a statement (in youremail) stating > that I have your permission to send this to the UDC Business Office in > Richmond and/or to any other museum that is preserving these CSA > soldier's burial records. > > > >Looking forward to receiving your information to compile and send to > Richmond by May, 2000. Be sure to include your name, address, phone, > etc. If you have anything you want to attach to the form, write and > I'll send you my mailing address. > > > > > > Feel free to forward this to other southeast Alabama > >> researchers--whether in-state or out-of-state. > > > > > > > > Ceya Minder, President > > > > Gen. William C. Oates AL #1342 > > > > Dothan, Alabama