The local museum is working on a walking tour of the local cemetery & several questions have come up. Did the federal govt furnish the Union grave markers? Did they do the same for the Confederates?  I don't recall ever seeing a confederate marker. . . Does anyone know?

I have an ancestor buried in this cemetery (http://www.keathleywebs.com/scv/pecangrv.htm) near Dallas, TX. There are about 200 Confederate vets buried there. The story indicates that they didn't get grave markers until 1996. That's not necessarily an answer to your question, but it seems to point to one. Mitch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon McConnel" <gem_genweb@yahoo.com> To: <idgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 8:57 AM Subject: [IDGEN] CW veterans The local museum is working on a walking tour of the local cemetery & several questions have come up. Did the federal govt furnish the Union grave markers? Did they do the same for the Confederates? I don't recall ever seeing a confederate marker. . . Does anyone know? ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IDGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Confederate Markers: The question of permanently marking graves of Confederate deceased in national cemeteries and Confederate burial plots resulted in the Act of March 9, 1906 (P.L. 38, 59th Congress, Chap. 631-34 Stat. 56), authorizing the furnishing of headstones for the graves of Confederates who died, primarily in Union prison camps, and were buried in federal cemeteries Congress adopted the same size and material for Confederate headstones as headstones for Civil-Spanish War deceased. The design varied in that the top was pointed instead of rounded and the shield was omitted. Apocryphally, it has been said that the pointed top was adopted to prevent "Yankees" from sitting on Confederate headstones. An act of February 26, 1929 (70th Congress, Chap. 324-45 Stat. 1307), authorized the furnishing of this type stone for graves in private cemeteries, as well. On May 26, 1930 the War Department implemented regulations for Confederate headstones that also authorized the inscription of the Confederate Cross of Honor in a small circle on the front face of the stone above the standard inscription of the soldier's name, rank, company, and regiment.