How sad!!!! Having lived in the South off and on for the past 25 years, I was hit by the realization many years ago that the soldiers who fought for the Confederate forces and were killed, are not buried in the National cemeteries because they were considered enemy forces. There are confederate cemeteries all over the South, and many areas commemorate and entirely different "Memorial Day" dedicated to the Confederate soldiers. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 4:10 PM Subject: [NYOnonda] FYI - list Hi Shari -- sending this to list so they will all know also -- { including any TYPOS ] for lauraine - lol I spoke with a man at the National cemetery in Memphis a couple of years ago when looking for a soldier . He said the day they moved all the Union soldiers from Elmwood cemetery to National cemetery --> they had to write their names on the wooden boxs with chalk . It started to rain that day and most had to be buried as " unknown " . My ancestor was one of them . The confederates are supposedly still at Elmwood and elsewhere . sheri