In a message dated 10/9/02 8:38:39 PM Central Daylight Time, rvail1@cfl.rr.com writes: << BlankVail, Daniel C, d. 09/26/1864, PVT CO C 14 IOWA INF, Sep 26 1864 Bur Tyler Tex, Plot: A 1016, This appears to show that he was initially buried in Tyler, TX then reinterred in La. >> Robert, This is true. He was captured at Shiloh (I believe) and sent to Camp Ford, which was a Confederate POW camp where he died of disease and was buried. After the war, the Federal Government enacted a program to recover all Federal casualties and re-inter them in proper burial places. For this, a system of National Cemeteries was established. My g,g g'father was killed in the Battle of Pickets Mill in GA and buried in a mass grave at the battle site. About 2 years after the war, the mass grave was opened and the remains of the 770 Union troops were buried in the Marietta National Cemetery. And since it was 2 years after the battle, they were all buried in "Unknown Soldier" graves. Steve

Steve, Who do you descend from? You seem to know alot about the whole family. How long have you been doing research, and where did you start looking? Andrea ----- Original Message ----- From: <SteveMVail@cs.com> To: <VAIL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 3:27 AM Subject: Re: [VAIL] Alexandria National Cemetery, Rapides Parish, LA > In a message dated 10/9/02 8:38:39 PM Central Daylight Time, > rvail1@cfl.rr.com writes: > > << BlankVail, Daniel C, d. 09/26/1864, PVT CO C 14 IOWA INF, Sep 26 1864 Bur > Tyler Tex, Plot: A 1016, > > This appears to show that he was initially buried in Tyler, TX then > reinterred in La. >> > > Robert, > > This is true. He was captured at Shiloh (I believe) and sent to Camp Ford, > which was a Confederate POW camp where he died of disease and was buried. > > After the war, the Federal Government enacted a program to recover all > Federal casualties and re-inter them in proper burial places. For this, a > system of National Cemeteries was established. > > My g,g g'father was killed in the Battle of Pickets Mill in GA and buried in > a mass grave at the battle site. About 2 years after the war, the mass grave > was opened and the remains of the 770 Union troops were buried in the > Marietta National Cemetery. And since it was 2 years after the battle, they > were all buried in "Unknown Soldier" graves. > > Steve > > > ==== VAIL Mailing List ==== > Message Board > Vail ~ copies default to the VAIL-L > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?tx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.vail > > ============================== > 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 > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Netwitz. Are your virus definitions up to date?] > > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Netwitz. Are your virus definitions up to date?]