Many Unknowns from the Atlanta Campaign are buried in Section D of the Marietta National Cemetery. The Civil War graves are numbered D,2354 to D,3249. The graves were re-numbered sometime after 1867 when the remains were originally moved to the National Cemetery from their battlefield burial locations. In the re-numbering process, each section's graves were given a unique range of numbers, whereas before each section was numbered 1 through X, e.g., 1 to 555. In the old numbering system, the grave numbers in Section D are D-66 to D-1018 and D-A to D-I (letters usually reserved for Officers and organized in a circle at the middle of a section). The U.S., Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries, 1862-1960 converts the old numbers to the new numbers - except for D-1 to D-65 (and D-194 to D-258, see below).
The Burial Register does not have the numbers, D-1 to D-65, in the cross-reference. I have found burials for graves D-1 to D-25. These can be viewed by searching last name Unknown in this cemetery on Find a grave. I have always wondered why D-1 to D-65 (and D-194 to D-258, see below) are not listed in the image 241 in the register. Without the ability to convert the old numbers to the new numbers, it is impossible to find their graves in the cemetery. After many hours of indexing the grave numbers to the burial register, I found a burial that lead me to solving this mystery. Thomas Young, Co B 76th Ohio Infantry, who was killed in the battle of Dallas, Ga., May 28, 1864, was interred in section D, grave 38, according to the Ohio Roster Roll of Honor. His new grave number is M-4129. Cross-referencing that number to the old number results in grave K-38 on image 308. D-38 = K-38. I had found the key. Graves K-26 to K-65 descriptions match exactly to descriptions given for D-26 to D-65 where they were buried on the battlefield. There are Unknowns in graves K-1 to K-25, but the location descriptions do not match those of D-1 to D-25. I found the key for graves D-1 to D-25. Grave D-20 and K-20 have in their descriptions "Sergt" giving evidence that they are the same grave.
There is a second issue with converting old numbers to new numbers. There are multiple copies of the Burial Register, that were copied by hand. In the copy published by Ancestry, some of the new numbers are "off by 2" versus this copy. The copy of the Burial Register on Ancestry that has 2015 images is more accurate for D Section grave numbers. The copy with 951 images seems to match the numbers in the Roll of Honor XXIII. For example, D-700 is said to be found at Allatoona in the Roll of Honor. That matched the older copy. In the newer copy, D-700 was found (with D-699) buried on the New Hope Church battlefield. The offset starts with numbers greater than D-545, so subtract two. E.G. D-570 is D-568. 03/27/15: I found where the "off by 2" discrepancy was introduced and it is shown in this Virtual Cemetery I created: 258 259 (anc. 474 476) Picketts Mill. Here is another example with on-line images cited. Unfortunately, I documented Unknowns in my Virtual Cemeteries using the version with the offset, so I must subtract 2 from the old number before converting to the new number.
Wow, yet another anomaly. Graves D-194 to D-258 are skipped in the Burial Register conversion table (image 244 in Marietta National Cemetery, U.S., Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries, 1862-1960). Grave D-193 converts to D-2480 and D-259 converts to D-2481. 65 graves missing. Another 65 graves missing in addition to the first 65, D-1 to D-65! Where are they? 03/07/2015. Several of these grave numbers are documented in my Virtual Cemeteries 050 Little Kenesaw and 055 Spur on Little Kenesaw.
There are newer stones in this section just as there are in the other Civil War sections of the cemetery. Many aisles and areas where there were once gardens and trees were filled with newer graves. Many take on the number of the Civil War grave next to them with a letter dashed onto the end of the number.
The Burial Register does not have the numbers, D-1 to D-65, in the cross-reference. I have found burials for graves D-1 to D-25. These can be viewed by searching last name Unknown in this cemetery on Find a grave. I have always wondered why D-1 to D-65 (and D-194 to D-258, see below) are not listed in the image 241 in the register. Without the ability to convert the old numbers to the new numbers, it is impossible to find their graves in the cemetery. After many hours of indexing the grave numbers to the burial register, I found a burial that lead me to solving this mystery. Thomas Young, Co B 76th Ohio Infantry, who was killed in the battle of Dallas, Ga., May 28, 1864, was interred in section D, grave 38, according to the Ohio Roster Roll of Honor. His new grave number is M-4129. Cross-referencing that number to the old number results in grave K-38 on image 308. D-38 = K-38. I had found the key. Graves K-26 to K-65 descriptions match exactly to descriptions given for D-26 to D-65 where they were buried on the battlefield. There are Unknowns in graves K-1 to K-25, but the location descriptions do not match those of D-1 to D-25. I found the key for graves D-1 to D-25. Grave D-20 and K-20 have in their descriptions "Sergt" giving evidence that they are the same grave.
There is a second issue with converting old numbers to new numbers. There are multiple copies of the Burial Register, that were copied by hand. In the copy published by Ancestry, some of the new numbers are "off by 2" versus this copy. The copy of the Burial Register on Ancestry that has 2015 images is more accurate for D Section grave numbers. The copy with 951 images seems to match the numbers in the Roll of Honor XXIII. For example, D-700 is said to be found at Allatoona in the Roll of Honor. That matched the older copy. In the newer copy, D-700 was found (with D-699) buried on the New Hope Church battlefield. The offset starts with numbers greater than D-545, so subtract two. E.G. D-570 is D-568. 03/27/15: I found where the "off by 2" discrepancy was introduced and it is shown in this Virtual Cemetery I created: 258 259 (anc. 474 476) Picketts Mill. Here is another example with on-line images cited. Unfortunately, I documented Unknowns in my Virtual Cemeteries using the version with the offset, so I must subtract 2 from the old number before converting to the new number.
Wow, yet another anomaly. Graves D-194 to D-258 are skipped in the Burial Register conversion table (image 244 in Marietta National Cemetery, U.S., Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries, 1862-1960). Grave D-193 converts to D-2480 and D-259 converts to D-2481. 65 graves missing. Another 65 graves missing in addition to the first 65, D-1 to D-65! Where are they? 03/07/2015. Several of these grave numbers are documented in my Virtual Cemeteries 050 Little Kenesaw and 055 Spur on Little Kenesaw.
There are newer stones in this section just as there are in the other Civil War sections of the cemetery. Many aisles and areas where there were once gardens and trees were filled with newer graves. Many take on the number of the Civil War grave next to them with a letter dashed onto the end of the number.
Many Unknowns from the Atlanta Campaign are buried in Section D of the Marietta National Cemetery. The Civil War graves are numbered D,2354 to D,3249. The graves were re-numbered sometime after 1867 when the remains were originally moved to the National Cemetery from their battlefield burial locations. In the re-numbering process, each section's graves were given a unique range of numbers, whereas before each section was numbered 1 through X, e.g., 1 to 555. In the old numbering system, the grave numbers in Section D are D-66 to D-1018 and D-A to D-I (letters usually reserved for Officers and organized in a circle at the middle of a section). The U.S., Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries, 1862-1960 converts the old numbers to the new numbers - except for D-1 to D-65 (and D-194 to D-258, see below).
The Burial Register does not have the numbers, D-1 to D-65, in the cross-reference. I have found burials for graves D-1 to D-25. These can be viewed by searching last name Unknown in this cemetery on Find a grave. I have always wondered why D-1 to D-65 (and D-194 to D-258, see below) are not listed in the image 241 in the register. Without the ability to convert the old numbers to the new numbers, it is impossible to find their graves in the cemetery. After many hours of indexing the grave numbers to the burial register, I found a burial that lead me to solving this mystery. Thomas Young, Co B 76th Ohio Infantry, who was killed in the battle of Dallas, Ga., May 28, 1864, was interred in section D, grave 38, according to the Ohio Roster Roll of Honor. His new grave number is M-4129. Cross-referencing that number to the old number results in grave K-38 on image 308. D-38 = K-38. I had found the key. Graves K-26 to K-65 descriptions match exactly to descriptions given for D-26 to D-65 where they were buried on the battlefield. There are Unknowns in graves K-1 to K-25, but the location descriptions do not match those of D-1 to D-25. I found the key for graves D-1 to D-25. Grave D-20 and K-20 have in their descriptions "Sergt" giving evidence that they are the same grave.
There is a second issue with converting old numbers to new numbers. There are multiple copies of the Burial Register, that were copied by hand. In the copy published by Ancestry, some of the new numbers are "off by 2" versus this copy. The copy of the Burial Register on Ancestry that has 2015 images is more accurate for D Section grave numbers. The copy with 951 images seems to match the numbers in the Roll of Honor XXIII. For example, D-700 is said to be found at Allatoona in the Roll of Honor. That matched the older copy. In the newer copy, D-700 was found (with D-699) buried on the New Hope Church battlefield. The offset starts with numbers greater than D-545, so subtract two. E.G. D-570 is D-568. 03/27/15: I found where the "off by 2" discrepancy was introduced and it is shown in this Virtual Cemetery I created: 258 259 (anc. 474 476) Picketts Mill. Here is another example with on-line images cited. Unfortunately, I documented Unknowns in my Virtual Cemeteries using the version with the offset, so I must subtract 2 from the old number before converting to the new number.
Wow, yet another anomaly. Graves D-194 to D-258 are skipped in the Burial Register conversion table (image 244 in Marietta National Cemetery, U.S., Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries, 1862-1960). Grave D-193 converts to D-2480 and D-259 converts to D-2481. 65 graves missing. Another 65 graves missing in addition to the first 65, D-1 to D-65! Where are they? 03/07/2015. Several of these grave numbers are documented in my Virtual Cemeteries 050 Little Kenesaw and 055 Spur on Little Kenesaw.
There are newer stones in this section just as there are in the other Civil War sections of the cemetery. Many aisles and areas where there were once gardens and trees were filled with newer graves. Many take on the number of the Civil War grave next to them with a letter dashed onto the end of the number.
The Burial Register does not have the numbers, D-1 to D-65, in the cross-reference. I have found burials for graves D-1 to D-25. These can be viewed by searching last name Unknown in this cemetery on Find a grave. I have always wondered why D-1 to D-65 (and D-194 to D-258, see below) are not listed in the image 241 in the register. Without the ability to convert the old numbers to the new numbers, it is impossible to find their graves in the cemetery. After many hours of indexing the grave numbers to the burial register, I found a burial that lead me to solving this mystery. Thomas Young, Co B 76th Ohio Infantry, who was killed in the battle of Dallas, Ga., May 28, 1864, was interred in section D, grave 38, according to the Ohio Roster Roll of Honor. His new grave number is M-4129. Cross-referencing that number to the old number results in grave K-38 on image 308. D-38 = K-38. I had found the key. Graves K-26 to K-65 descriptions match exactly to descriptions given for D-26 to D-65 where they were buried on the battlefield. There are Unknowns in graves K-1 to K-25, but the location descriptions do not match those of D-1 to D-25. I found the key for graves D-1 to D-25. Grave D-20 and K-20 have in their descriptions "Sergt" giving evidence that they are the same grave.
There is a second issue with converting old numbers to new numbers. There are multiple copies of the Burial Register, that were copied by hand. In the copy published by Ancestry, some of the new numbers are "off by 2" versus this copy. The copy of the Burial Register on Ancestry that has 2015 images is more accurate for D Section grave numbers. The copy with 951 images seems to match the numbers in the Roll of Honor XXIII. For example, D-700 is said to be found at Allatoona in the Roll of Honor. That matched the older copy. In the newer copy, D-700 was found (with D-699) buried on the New Hope Church battlefield. The offset starts with numbers greater than D-545, so subtract two. E.G. D-570 is D-568. 03/27/15: I found where the "off by 2" discrepancy was introduced and it is shown in this Virtual Cemetery I created: 258 259 (anc. 474 476) Picketts Mill. Here is another example with on-line images cited. Unfortunately, I documented Unknowns in my Virtual Cemeteries using the version with the offset, so I must subtract 2 from the old number before converting to the new number.
Wow, yet another anomaly. Graves D-194 to D-258 are skipped in the Burial Register conversion table (image 244 in Marietta National Cemetery, U.S., Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries, 1862-1960). Grave D-193 converts to D-2480 and D-259 converts to D-2481. 65 graves missing. Another 65 graves missing in addition to the first 65, D-1 to D-65! Where are they? 03/07/2015. Several of these grave numbers are documented in my Virtual Cemeteries 050 Little Kenesaw and 055 Spur on Little Kenesaw.
There are newer stones in this section just as there are in the other Civil War sections of the cemetery. Many aisles and areas where there were once gardens and trees were filled with newer graves. Many take on the number of the Civil War grave next to them with a letter dashed onto the end of the number.
