Removal of Federal Dead

Removal of Federal Dead. . , (panel 1) , "The work of removing the bodies of Federal soldiers, who died here during the war, was commenced on yesterday. Their remains will be taken from this place to City Point for re-interment." , Lynchburg Daily Virginian , Saturday, 13 October, 1866, (panel 2) , The Federal Government in the removal of their dead from this place began at what I call № 1 in 1st line 1st lot and numbered the coffin no’s proceeding numerically in the row and going back to foot of № 1 calling it II and so on through the squares. , Oct 14th, 1866 , G. A. Diuguid , So that Capt. Edmond Keys Co. 13 716th thus would be no 13., Notation by George A. Diuguid in the Soldier Book Record of Burials, Confederate Section, Old City Cemetery , May 19, 1861-September 19, 1869, (panel 3) , Lynchburg Daily Virginian, , Wednesday, October 17, 1866, "On the slope of the hill just below the old Methodist Graveyard, a group of half a dozen or more white tents can be seen by passers along the Dirt bridge road. Piled up around them are a great number of neat but unpainted boxes. Over in the graveyard at one of the lower corners a party of men can be seen at work. This is a detachment of the Burial Corps of the United States, and the boxes are coffins to contain the remains of the Federal soldiers who were buried there. Those remains are to be taken with pious care to a national cemetery for sepulture, where monuments will be erected, flowers planted and every fitting demonstration of honor to the dead be paid. That is all right enough; a greatful country should honor those who died beneath its flag., Nearby are long rows of unkept and unhonored Confederate graves. Not even a wooden inclosure protects them from the tramp of the beasts of the field. They are exposed to desecration, and bear no token of love. The flowers which were tenderly placed upon them in May last have withered and turned to dust. But this state of neglect, we rejoice to know, is not long to remain., Simultaneously with the operations just mentioned, the ladies of Lynchburg were exerting themselves to procure the means to inclose and to adorn those graves. , Their hands, ever ready for good works, were busying themselves in behalf of an object so tender in all its associations., Their tribunitial labors are now ended. Feast, and Fair, and Tableaux, and Concert are over, and the means necessary to complete the sacred work has been obtained.", (panel 4) , The final resting place for the Union soldiers removed from this cemetery is: , Poplar Grove National Cemetery , Dinwiddie County , Petersburg, Virginia, For detailed information locating specific graves there, contact: , Petersburg National Battlefield Visitor Center , 1539 Hickory Hill , Petersburg, Virginia 23804 , (804) 732-3531