Introduction
Did your ancestor fall in battle, and you don't know where he is buried, perhaps as an unknown at one of the national cemeteries, or still on the battlefield? Perhaps you would like to do something like Tom and Earl Dunn and Peggy Decoteau Auger did for their ancestor who fell at the Wilderness. Please visit The Dedication and Consecration of the John Dunn Memorial.
Please Note: The basic source of information for soldiers buried in National Cemeteries in this listing is the Adjutant and Inspector General's Revised Roster, pp 752-769, however, this volume was published in 1892, and there are some veterans who subsequently died and were buried in National Cemeteries. In addition, others were missed. As we gather more data, these pages will be aperiodically updated.
The majority of information for soldiers' burials is based on input from the Vermont Commandery of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Graves Registry Program (13,000+), led by Passed Commander Floyd Blodgett, or from individuals, including Richard Barry (3,000+), Tom Boudreau (400+), Mr. Bryce (158), Marge Howe (136), Rodney Sawyer (100), Ken St. Germain (60+), Erik Hinckley (96), Daniel T. Cole (Log Cabin Historical Research) (50+) and the Comtu Falls U.S. Sanitary Commission (30+) have all made significant contributions, as well as well as a number of descendants too numerous to name individually.
Offsite, see the United States Veterans Cemeteries, and the Vermont Old Cemeteries Association.
There are some discrepencies, soldiers listed as buried in National Cemeteries, and listed as being buried in their hometown cemeteries. Except for cases of mistaken identity, this project assumes the solider is buried in the National Cemetery and the hometown stone is simply a memorial, technically a cenotaph (empty grave), although not always noted as such.
NOTE: Dyer's Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, published in 1908, listed 325,230 soldiers buried in National Cemeteries, of whom 148,833 are not identified. It is therefore probable that we will not find the final resting place of a number of Vermont soldiers killed in action or mortally wounded.
The form below serves several functions. It will allow you to include information on you and your Civil War ancestor for our Descendants Listings, the Cemeteries, and our Where Did They Go? database, an attempt to track the migration patters of Civil War soldiers after the war.
NOTE: This is not an automated database; the information you provide is e-mailed to the Webmaster who then enters it into a database and updates the online files. It may take a few days before your submission actually appears on the web-site. We appreciate your patience.
Please take a few minutes to fill in and submit this form to assist in our endeavors.
Civil War Era National Cemeteries (Veterans Administration)
Addresses and phone numbers
for the National Cemeteries included in this listing.
Does your ancestor's tombstone indicate his Civil War service? Does it have a marker or flagholder showing his service? Carroll and Thelma Belanger recently found Leonard Leach's tombstone, in Eden, Vermont (see photo, right). It is marked, but in bad need of a cleaning. Next time they return to Vermont, they're going to clean it up. What is the condition of your ancestor's final resting place? If you aren't able to visit and find out, please consider contacting a local veterans association, and see if they would be willing to clean it up, and help maintain this American heroes memorial!
