--- "akeegan" <akeegan@wowway.com> wrote: To the present date the remains of 15,508 Union soldiers have been interred there of which 10,027 are white and 5,553 are color, of the white two fifths are anoung the known, while of the color there are but two one hundrends known; and of the whole number interrend the records show three-fourths unknown. At Vicksburg City Cemetery (Ceder Hill Cemetery) there are approximately 5,000 Confederates are buried there, which 1,600 are identified Source: Vicksburg National Cemetery Tour Stop ++++ --- Manaia's FYI: http://www.nps.gov/archive/vick/natcem/nat_cem.htm Vicksburg National Cemetery Vicksburg National Cemetery was established by an act of Congress in 1866. It serves as a final resting place for United States Soldiers that gallantly served the country in a time of national and international conflict. Vicksburg National Cemetery has the distinction of having the largest number of Civil War interments of any national cemetery in the United States. Of the approximate 17,000 Union veterans, only 5,000 are known. ++++ Hello List: Generous gratitudes to "akeegan" of [CIVIL-WAR] list for his contribution re Vicksburg National Cemetery. And if anyone has further queries re national cemeteries, "akeegan" can be contacted per the address listed above. .... I encourage everyone with Civil War queries to post your messages here and/or the [CIVIL-WAR] list. CIVIL-WAR-L lists9 Topic: A mailing list for the discussion of events during the Civil War and genealogical matters related to the Civil War. Additional information can be found on the Civil-War List Homepage. There is a Web page for the CIVIL-WAR mailing list at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mruddy/. To join CIVIL-WAR-L, send mail to CIVIL-WAR-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word subscribe in the message subject and body. .... Tree-mendous thanks! to the fellas at [CIVIL-WAR] list - and of course Phyllis - grin. For if not for the [CIVIL-WAR] (Edward Harding: Granny Clampett is a woman who knows what she's talking about when she renamed that war "The War Twixt the Yankees and the Americans". Oh, I Got It! LOL) aficionados, I'd still be "wet behind the ears" because I'd still be crying over my first battlefield - Vicksburg. And my sincerest gratitudes go out to my mentor - Ted Myers - Ted, have you seen that DICKENS descent around? - Grin. "Bless you All." --Manaia