Is a soldier listed in the death records of the county in which he died? Pension papers never seem to mention where the soldier is buried. I know that many were removed to central graves at times. I am looking for a soldier who died in the hospital at Martinsburg (Berkeley County) WV. The nearest national cemetery is in Winchester, but my soldier is not there, so I thought he might be buried locally. Sharon

Sharon, Your question doesn't have an easy answer, as you probably already deduced. It is more likely (than the county) that the Civil War soldier's death was recorded by the state under which he served. There were beau coups more state troops serving in the CW than "U.S. Regulars", i.e., those serving in Federal forces. IF he was Union, many of the states made regimental histories giving, per state, various degrees of info on each soldier. We (Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War) are currently working on a national project, by state, to record all the known graves of all the soldiers, sailors & marines who served between 1861-65. If you would like, you can access the national website at http://suvcw.org , then link down to the state (we say "department") organization. Many of us are further broken down to the local chapters or "camps". I, for instance, am in the camp for Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti, one of 26 camps in the Dept. of Michigan. You can then contact the camp for the area he was from and see if they have any information on him. If you want to contact me directly with what information you have, perhaps I can give more specific suggestions. IF he was Reb, then you need to go to the state archives for the state in which he served. Their descendants' organization, Sons of Conderate Veterans, is also very active in keeping records and has an active website, altho I have not rec'd any help from them, yet. By the way, I just returned a few hours ago from another whirlwind visit to Clarksburg to celebrate Dad's 91st yesterday. Give your mother our best. God Bless the USA! Sincerely yours, Bill Mc Afee, PCC, Chaplain Carpenter-Welch Camp No. 180 and The Department of Michigan Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War ----- Original Message ----- From: <bramhall@earthlink.net> To: <HCGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 6:26 PM Subject: [HCGS] Civil War death record question > Is a soldier listed in the death records of the county in which he died? > Pension papers never seem to mention where the soldier is buried. I know that > many were removed to central graves at times. I am looking for a soldier who > died in the hospital at Martinsburg (Berkeley County) WV. The nearest national > cemetery is in Winchester, but my soldier is not there, so I thought he might be > buried locally. > > Sharon > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >