TRANSCRIBER’S NOTEEach line of the List of the Dead gives as much information about that soldier as was known. A missing item was left blank in the original book, but has been given a - or — mark in this etext.The format of each entry is as follows:Grave number from 1 to 12916.There are some gaps in the numbering and some duplicates; this book states a total of 12,912 deaths over the fourteen months.Name with initials or first name, or —— if none known.If he held a rank other than Private it is added after a comma. The most common abbreviations are Cor and S’t for Corporal and Sergeant, but others are used as well.Branch of the Army, if not Infantry.The most common are Cav for Cavalry, Art for Artillery, Bat for Battery, Mar for Marine Corps, Cit for Citizen.Cemetery number at Andersonville.Nearly 200 separate numbered burial areas were used.Assigned Company within Andersonville.Thirteen groups or Companies, A through M.Recorded date of burial.Month and day. The year 1864 is assumed, unless 65 is added after the date. The following entries will be assumed 65 as well, until a 64 is given, indicating a reversion to 1864. The original book also placed a 64 (sometimes 65) at the first entry on a book page, and these have not been removed.The first few pages covering Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware and District of Columbia, had the ‘Cemetery’ before the ‘Branch’ field when that was present; also a few in Illinois; for example ‘1 Cav’ and ‘2 Art’. These have been reversed to ‘Cav 1’ and ‘Art 2’ to be consistent with the rest of the List.In most pages of the later States (Massachusetts to Pennsylvania) the rank was missing; this has been added (Cor or S’t), when present in the Library of Congress (LoC) source document.In some cases the service branch has been changed to a shorter abbreviation of 3-5 characters to maintain the table format. For example ‘Tenn St Gd’ or similar has been changed to ‘StG’; ‘St Militia’ or similar has been changed to ‘Mil’; ‘Mar Corps’ or similar has been changed to ‘Mar’; ‘Sig Corps’ or similar has been changed to ‘Sig’.A few names had different spelling in this List versus the LoC document. In general the List spelling has been retained unless clearly a typo.Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors in the diary and in the List have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and reference to the LoC document.Some hyphens in words have been silently removed, some added, when a predominant preference was found in the original book.Except for those changes in the diary text noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.Pg 15: ‘not conformiug with’ replaced by ‘not conforming with’.Pg 17: ‘eat everythihg on’ replaced by ‘eat everything on’.Pg 21: ‘agrees with we’ replaced by ‘agrees with me’.Pg 22: ‘quantities. Rlchmond’ replaced by ‘quantities. Richmond’.Pg 27: ‘what he he is worth’ replaced by ‘what he is worth’.Pg 30: ‘They Holy Sabbath’ replaced by ‘The Holy Sabbath’.Pg 32: ‘friends Myres and’ replaced by ‘friends Myers and’.Pg 40: ‘into the croud’ replaced by ‘into the crowd’.Pg 45: ‘at comcealment’ replaced by ‘at concealment’.Pg 48: ‘quarters near is’ replaced by ‘quarters near us’.Pg 51: ‘stood i bravely’ replaced by ‘stood it bravely’.Pg 54: ‘men at the time’ replaced by ‘men all the time’.Pg 56: ‘slung shots’ replaced by ‘sling shots’.Pg 57: ‘stortly after being’ replaced by ‘shortly after being’.Pg 58: ‘and perhaps myelf’ replaced by ‘and perhaps myself’.Pg 64: ‘ard negotiating’ replaced by ‘and negotiating’.Pg 72: ‘the more peacable’ replaced by ‘the more peaceable’.Pg 73: ‘sick a e again’ replaced by ‘sick are again’.Pg 73: ‘Mang prefer to’ replaced by ‘Many prefer to’.Pg 75: ‘tolera- no longer’ replaced by ‘tolerated no longer’.Pg 80: ‘and perpaps a few’ replaced by ‘and perhaps a few’.Pg 83: ‘if neccessary using’ replaced by ‘if necessary using’.Pg 85: ‘business of g’ replaced by ‘business of living’.Pg 86: ‘Statue has nothing’ replaced by ‘Stature has nothing’.Pg 87: ‘much nore to eat’ replaced by ‘much more to eat’.Pg 92: ‘Ang. 17.’ replaced by ‘Aug. 17.’.Pg 100: ‘Knaw onion’ replaced by ‘Gnaw onion’.Pg 105: ‘belive they would’ replaced by ‘believe they would’.Pg 108: ‘never endnred any’ replaced by ‘never endured any’.Pg 109: ‘WAR ELECTION DAY’ replaced by ‘WAR—ELECTION DAY’.Pg 110: ‘his portion is his’ replaced by ‘his portion in his’.Pg 110: ‘see one onother’ replaced by ‘see one another’.Pg 110: ‘little Bulluck who’ replaced by ‘little Bullock who’.Pg 111: ‘a good murse’ replaced by ‘a good nurse’.Pg 113: ‘and ver often’ replaced by ‘and very often’.Pg 115: ‘occasions helped the’ replaced by ‘occasions I helped the’.Pg 122: ‘the heighth of’ replaced by ‘the height of’.Pg 124: ‘and shave eaten’ replaced by ‘and have eaten’.Pg 126: ‘a small pototoe’ replaced by ‘a small potatoe’.Pg 129: ‘given me comfidence’ replaced by ‘given me confidence’.Pg 132: ‘are alse entitled’ replaced by ‘are also entitled’.Pg 135: ‘a though “Dave” says’ replaced by ‘although “Dave” says’.Pg 136: ‘joined one anotder’ replaced by ‘joined one another’.Pg 137: ‘yon are Yankees’ replaced by ‘you are Yankees’.Pg 137: ‘ate and and talked’ replaced by ‘ate and talked’.Pg 141: ‘to Jocco’s hut’ replaced by ‘to Jocko’s hut’.Pg 142: ‘caught halping’ replaced by ‘caught helping’.Pg 142: ‘for his pictnre’ replaced by ‘for his picture’.Pg 143: ‘a chain b at’ replaced by ‘a chain boat’.Pg 144: ‘Wil stick to him’ replaced by ‘Will stick to him’.Pg 145: ‘not go as as quiet’ replaced by ‘not go as quiet’.Pg 146: ‘See kept talking’ replaced by ‘She kept talking’.Pg 148: ‘and he wovld have’ replaced by ‘and he would have’.Pg 149: ‘won’t get canght’ replaced by ‘won’t get caught’.Pg 150: ‘or black cloth’ replaced by ‘of black cloth’.Pg 152: ‘as near at we can’ replaced by ‘as near as we can’.Pg 154: ‘also some shouttng’ replaced by ‘also some shouting’.Pg 155: ‘and say tle’ replaced by ‘and say the’.Pg 155: ‘must heep watch’ replaced by ‘must keep watch’.Pg 156: ‘left them entirly’ replaced by ‘left them entirely’.Pg 156: ‘2d Divisiom’ replaced by ‘2d Division’.Pg 157: ‘the rebel cttizens’ replaced by ‘the rebel citizens’.Pg 160: ‘In may interest’ replaced by ‘It may interest’.Pg 161: ‘a delieate frame’ replaced by ‘a delicate frame’.Pg 170: ‘this time Skelly’ replaced by ‘this time Skelley’.Pg 172: ‘my descriipton of’ replaced by ‘my description of’.Pg 178: ‘to the brian’ replaced by ‘to the bran’.Pg 180: ‘from the balnket’ replaced by ‘from the blanket’.Pg 184: ‘the Eng-ligh navy’ replaced by ‘the English navy’.Pg 192: ‘cam grano salis’ replaced by ‘cum grano salis’.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Each line of the List of the Dead gives as much information about that soldier as was known. A missing item was left blank in the original book, but has been given a - or — mark in this etext.
The format of each entry is as follows:
Grave number from 1 to 12916.There are some gaps in the numbering and some duplicates; this book states a total of 12,912 deaths over the fourteen months.
There are some gaps in the numbering and some duplicates; this book states a total of 12,912 deaths over the fourteen months.
Name with initials or first name, or —— if none known.If he held a rank other than Private it is added after a comma. The most common abbreviations are Cor and S’t for Corporal and Sergeant, but others are used as well.
If he held a rank other than Private it is added after a comma. The most common abbreviations are Cor and S’t for Corporal and Sergeant, but others are used as well.
Branch of the Army, if not Infantry.The most common are Cav for Cavalry, Art for Artillery, Bat for Battery, Mar for Marine Corps, Cit for Citizen.
The most common are Cav for Cavalry, Art for Artillery, Bat for Battery, Mar for Marine Corps, Cit for Citizen.
Cemetery number at Andersonville.Nearly 200 separate numbered burial areas were used.
Nearly 200 separate numbered burial areas were used.
Assigned Company within Andersonville.Thirteen groups or Companies, A through M.
Thirteen groups or Companies, A through M.
Recorded date of burial.Month and day. The year 1864 is assumed, unless 65 is added after the date. The following entries will be assumed 65 as well, until a 64 is given, indicating a reversion to 1864. The original book also placed a 64 (sometimes 65) at the first entry on a book page, and these have not been removed.
Month and day. The year 1864 is assumed, unless 65 is added after the date. The following entries will be assumed 65 as well, until a 64 is given, indicating a reversion to 1864. The original book also placed a 64 (sometimes 65) at the first entry on a book page, and these have not been removed.
The first few pages covering Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware and District of Columbia, had the ‘Cemetery’ before the ‘Branch’ field when that was present; also a few in Illinois; for example ‘1 Cav’ and ‘2 Art’. These have been reversed to ‘Cav 1’ and ‘Art 2’ to be consistent with the rest of the List.
In most pages of the later States (Massachusetts to Pennsylvania) the rank was missing; this has been added (Cor or S’t), when present in the Library of Congress (LoC) source document.
In some cases the service branch has been changed to a shorter abbreviation of 3-5 characters to maintain the table format. For example ‘Tenn St Gd’ or similar has been changed to ‘StG’; ‘St Militia’ or similar has been changed to ‘Mil’; ‘Mar Corps’ or similar has been changed to ‘Mar’; ‘Sig Corps’ or similar has been changed to ‘Sig’.
A few names had different spelling in this List versus the LoC document. In general the List spelling has been retained unless clearly a typo.
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors in the diary and in the List have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and reference to the LoC document.
Some hyphens in words have been silently removed, some added, when a predominant preference was found in the original book.
Except for those changes in the diary text noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.
Pg 15: ‘not conformiug with’ replaced by ‘not conforming with’.Pg 17: ‘eat everythihg on’ replaced by ‘eat everything on’.Pg 21: ‘agrees with we’ replaced by ‘agrees with me’.Pg 22: ‘quantities. Rlchmond’ replaced by ‘quantities. Richmond’.Pg 27: ‘what he he is worth’ replaced by ‘what he is worth’.Pg 30: ‘They Holy Sabbath’ replaced by ‘The Holy Sabbath’.Pg 32: ‘friends Myres and’ replaced by ‘friends Myers and’.Pg 40: ‘into the croud’ replaced by ‘into the crowd’.Pg 45: ‘at comcealment’ replaced by ‘at concealment’.Pg 48: ‘quarters near is’ replaced by ‘quarters near us’.Pg 51: ‘stood i bravely’ replaced by ‘stood it bravely’.Pg 54: ‘men at the time’ replaced by ‘men all the time’.Pg 56: ‘slung shots’ replaced by ‘sling shots’.Pg 57: ‘stortly after being’ replaced by ‘shortly after being’.Pg 58: ‘and perhaps myelf’ replaced by ‘and perhaps myself’.Pg 64: ‘ard negotiating’ replaced by ‘and negotiating’.Pg 72: ‘the more peacable’ replaced by ‘the more peaceable’.Pg 73: ‘sick a e again’ replaced by ‘sick are again’.Pg 73: ‘Mang prefer to’ replaced by ‘Many prefer to’.Pg 75: ‘tolera- no longer’ replaced by ‘tolerated no longer’.Pg 80: ‘and perpaps a few’ replaced by ‘and perhaps a few’.Pg 83: ‘if neccessary using’ replaced by ‘if necessary using’.Pg 85: ‘business of g’ replaced by ‘business of living’.Pg 86: ‘Statue has nothing’ replaced by ‘Stature has nothing’.Pg 87: ‘much nore to eat’ replaced by ‘much more to eat’.Pg 92: ‘Ang. 17.’ replaced by ‘Aug. 17.’.Pg 100: ‘Knaw onion’ replaced by ‘Gnaw onion’.Pg 105: ‘belive they would’ replaced by ‘believe they would’.Pg 108: ‘never endnred any’ replaced by ‘never endured any’.Pg 109: ‘WAR ELECTION DAY’ replaced by ‘WAR—ELECTION DAY’.Pg 110: ‘his portion is his’ replaced by ‘his portion in his’.Pg 110: ‘see one onother’ replaced by ‘see one another’.Pg 110: ‘little Bulluck who’ replaced by ‘little Bullock who’.Pg 111: ‘a good murse’ replaced by ‘a good nurse’.Pg 113: ‘and ver often’ replaced by ‘and very often’.Pg 115: ‘occasions helped the’ replaced by ‘occasions I helped the’.Pg 122: ‘the heighth of’ replaced by ‘the height of’.Pg 124: ‘and shave eaten’ replaced by ‘and have eaten’.Pg 126: ‘a small pototoe’ replaced by ‘a small potatoe’.Pg 129: ‘given me comfidence’ replaced by ‘given me confidence’.Pg 132: ‘are alse entitled’ replaced by ‘are also entitled’.Pg 135: ‘a though “Dave” says’ replaced by ‘although “Dave” says’.Pg 136: ‘joined one anotder’ replaced by ‘joined one another’.Pg 137: ‘yon are Yankees’ replaced by ‘you are Yankees’.Pg 137: ‘ate and and talked’ replaced by ‘ate and talked’.Pg 141: ‘to Jocco’s hut’ replaced by ‘to Jocko’s hut’.Pg 142: ‘caught halping’ replaced by ‘caught helping’.Pg 142: ‘for his pictnre’ replaced by ‘for his picture’.Pg 143: ‘a chain b at’ replaced by ‘a chain boat’.Pg 144: ‘Wil stick to him’ replaced by ‘Will stick to him’.Pg 145: ‘not go as as quiet’ replaced by ‘not go as quiet’.Pg 146: ‘See kept talking’ replaced by ‘She kept talking’.Pg 148: ‘and he wovld have’ replaced by ‘and he would have’.Pg 149: ‘won’t get canght’ replaced by ‘won’t get caught’.Pg 150: ‘or black cloth’ replaced by ‘of black cloth’.Pg 152: ‘as near at we can’ replaced by ‘as near as we can’.Pg 154: ‘also some shouttng’ replaced by ‘also some shouting’.Pg 155: ‘and say tle’ replaced by ‘and say the’.Pg 155: ‘must heep watch’ replaced by ‘must keep watch’.Pg 156: ‘left them entirly’ replaced by ‘left them entirely’.Pg 156: ‘2d Divisiom’ replaced by ‘2d Division’.Pg 157: ‘the rebel cttizens’ replaced by ‘the rebel citizens’.Pg 160: ‘In may interest’ replaced by ‘It may interest’.Pg 161: ‘a delieate frame’ replaced by ‘a delicate frame’.Pg 170: ‘this time Skelly’ replaced by ‘this time Skelley’.Pg 172: ‘my descriipton of’ replaced by ‘my description of’.Pg 178: ‘to the brian’ replaced by ‘to the bran’.Pg 180: ‘from the balnket’ replaced by ‘from the blanket’.Pg 184: ‘the Eng-ligh navy’ replaced by ‘the English navy’.Pg 192: ‘cam grano salis’ replaced by ‘cum grano salis’.