Hello, Bette; Thank you for this wonderful story. Is there somewhere that a list of these names can be seen? This message is being forwarded several of the lists that I manage, in case there are others who would be interested. Sandra in Sacramento ==================== At 10:35 AM 2/19/98 -0800, you wrote: >There was article in paper this AM - thought many might be interested. > >At the Warrenton, VA cemetery was a mass grave of 600 unknown >Confederate soldiers under a simple marble monument. A man from IL >stumbled onto a misplaced list and now 520 of these soldiers will be >named and a memorial wall will have their names engraved on it. > >These soldiers died of wounds suffered in the First and Second Battles >of Manassas and were bur.in Warrenton, first in separate graves. Then >because of a harsh winter, Union soldiers occupying the town used the >wooden grave markers for firewood. Hence, no record left of those who >were interned there and were eventually reburied in a mass grave. > >This man poked around in a dusty box (know these?) at the National >Archives about 10 years ago, found a list in wrong file. He has spent >years referencing and traveling to libraries and archives and has >verified the names and assembled a roster of those buried there after an >earlier battle. He sent all 520 names of soldiers from 10 states to the >public library in Warrenton. The United Daus.of the Confed. chapter >there checked his finds thru independent research and are now trying to >get enough money to built and engrave the wall. > >The irony of this story is that the IL man is STILL looking for his g.gf >- Private Charles Wilborn Smith - after 18 years of searching and says >he will continue. Many can certainly thank him for his work. > >Bette >-- >Visit my homepage: http://www.cet.com/~toppline/ > > Sandra Eleanor [T.YLER] D.UNCAN purplevw @ sl.net <ôçô> SURNAMES & MAILING LISTS CAN BE (ô¿ô) SEEN AT: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/3577 LEARN HOW TO HELP ROOTSWEB ============ GO TO http://www.rootsweb.com ============