I found a S.M. Van Wyck C. W. Soldiers and Sailors website. Listed as Confederate, but Regiment listed as "General and Staff Officers, Corps, Division and Brigade Staffs, Non-Com. Staffs and Bands, Enlisted Men, Staff Departments C. S. A.". Rank listed as Surgeon. It appears there were not many Van Wycks around. It is not a common name. Good luck. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Silvius" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 6:37 PM Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Identification of Confederates in unknown burial plot > In Greenhill Cemetery in Martinsburg, WV, there is a plot which was owned > by > the U.D.C. in 1898 where there are thirty Confederate soldiers buried who > were relocated from farms, etc., outside Martinsburg and within Berkeley > County. > > > > Two of these soldiers have been positively identified. > > > > There are two more for whom we have some identification, but not enough to > call it a positive identification. > > > >>From a handwritten committee report and a newspaper item dated Jan. 22, > 1898, when these two soldiers were relocated, they were identified as > Captain Van Wyck and Lieutenant Orr, members of a North Carolina regiment. > Upon closer examination of the original handwritten report, the name is > obviously "lieut. R" - not Orr. Checking the Civil War Soldiers and > Sailors > system website, has not yielded any information on the identity of these > two > men. > > > > Does anyone have information on a North Carolina regiment that was in > Berkeley County, VA (now WV) that had two officers who died or were buried > in (most likely) either Darkesville or Bunker Hill? Lee's retreat from > Gettysburg came through Berkeley County, and parts of the army camped in > both Bunker Hill and Darkesville. There were 72 engagements of all types > (none large) in Berkeley County and Martinsburg changed hands 38 times. > If > anyone can assist in this search it would be greatly appreciated. This is > a > joint SCV, SUV and local historical society project. > > > > Thanks for your time, > > > > Don Silvius > > Berkeley County (WV) Historical Society > > Berkeley Border Guards Camp 199, Sons of Confederate Veterans > > GAR Post 1, Abraham Lincoln Camp 1863, Sons of Union Veterans > > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from list mode, email [email protected] > and in the text area of the message, type only the word > unsubscribe > >