Jim, Thanks for the information. Lost a gg-uncle at Chancellorsville and haven't been able to locate his grave. Sounds like I probably never will. Brenda Sorry for the late thread. I was at Hollywood Cemetery about a year ago. There are thousands of unmarked confederate graves at Hollywood. I do not know how that came to be. However, when I asked about a grave registry at the office, I was told that the records were burned when the court house went up in flames at the end of the war. The confederates apparently burned anything that may have been of any value to the north as Richmond fell. The records went along with the courthouse. So there is no knowledge of who was buried at Hollywood or if there was, which grave they are in. Just tragic. This apparently is not too unusual. If a confederate died in battle or disease, chances are somewhere between slim and none that a grave can be found. At some battle fields, the union recovered bodies after the war and re-interred them in nearby National Cemeteries. Then the identities were only known if the soldier kept a slip of paper with his name in his pocket. In looking for lost relatives, I have found some "centographs" in cemeteries that mark empty graves for a confederate soldier that never came home. Jim Whiteside __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/

Brenda, I somehow missed your message, who was your Uncle, Let me see what I can find will need a name and Regiment and what state he served Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brenda Normandin" <harrow444@yahoo.com> To: <CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 1:06 PM Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Unmarked Graves > Jim, > > Thanks for the information. Lost a gg-uncle at > Chancellorsville and haven't been able to locate his > grave. Sounds like I probably never will. > > Brenda > > > Sorry for the late thread. I was at Hollywood Cemetery > about a year ago. There are thousands of unmarked > confederate graves at Hollywood. I do not know how > that came to be. However, when I asked about a grave > registry at the office, I was told that the records > were burned when the court house went up in flames at > the end of the war. The confederates apparently burned > anything that may have been of any value to the north > as Richmond fell. The records went along with the > courthouse. So there is no knowledge of who was buried > at Hollywood or if there was, which grave they are in. > Just tragic. > > This apparently is not too unusual. If a confederate > died in battle or disease, chances are somewhere > between slim and none that a grave can be found. At > some battle fields, the union recovered bodies after > the war and re-interred them in nearby National > Cemeteries. Then the identities were only known if the > soldier kept a slip of paper with his name in his > pocket. > > In looking for lost relatives, I have found some > "centographs" in cemeteries that mark empty graves for > a confederate soldier that never came home. > > Jim Whiteside > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now > http://companion.yahoo.com/ > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from list mode, email CIVIL-WAR-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > and in the text area of the message, type only the word > unsubscribe > >