Union Army burials in Caddo Parish

Research by Joe Slattery, Shreve Memorial Library, John Andrew Prime, SUVCW. and Isabelle Woods.

Abert, August M., with the 5th NY Heavy Artillery, died 1908, buried in Oakland Cemetery. In Find-a-Grave, memorial 86951274.

Antoine, Caesare Carpentier, with the 1st Louisiana Native Guards (Confederate) and later served as a captain with Co. I, Seventh Louisiana negro regiment (Union). However, he and other black officers were forced to relinquish their status as officers when Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Banks took command from Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler. While most of the officers resigned, Antoine continued to serve through the end of the war as a common soldier. He died in 1922 and is buried in Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery in west Shreveport. In Find-a-Grave, memorial 13253987. This grave is in pristine condition.

Babbs, Oliver P., with Co. K, 38th Ill. Inf. Died 1895. Buried in the Evans Cemetery, Vivian. In Find-a-Grave, memorial 52012824.

Boetz, Herman August Edward. With Co. F, 1st La. Infy., died 1915. Buried in Oakland Cemetery. In Find-a-Grave, memorial 87024739.

Brown, Octavius W. With Co. F, 25th Mass. Inf. Died 1914. Reburied in Forest Park East. In Find-a-Grave, memorial 14439688.

Callahan, David J. With the 11th Ohio Infy. Died 1890. Buried in Oakland Cemetery but no burial entry in the city sexton's records. Find-a-Grave memorial 192069903.

Crowell, Lt. Col. Moses H. With Co. E, 25th Ohio Inf. Died Jan. 19, 1875, Buried in Oakland Cemetery, Lot 11. Shreveport mayor early 1870s. Find-a-Grave memorial 56846266.

Dillinberger, Henry. With Co. A, 12th Indiana. Died 1908. Buried in Oakland Cemetery. Also listed in Co. B, 4th Mo Cav. City burial index states he was buried in Greenwood Cemetery March 14, 1915. Wife is buried in section 21 in Oakland and is noted as alive in December 1916. Find-a-Grave entry for him is 10707391 and shows him in Oakland with a headstone.

Evans, David Co. I. 4th Ohio Inf. Unknown date of death and burial. Greenwood Confederate Bivouack. Find-a-Grave memorial 193221539.

Fisher, Jackson. Died March 18, 1940. AKA Jerry Jackson; With Company F, 97th U. S. Colored Infantry. Buried in Star Cemetery. Find-a-Grave memorial 10510661.

Forbing, Hiram. With Co. F, 12th Indiana. Died Dec. 25, 1932. Buried in St. Joseph Cemetery. Highly regarded in Shreveport, had a front-page obituary that noted Forbing was named after him and he was made an honorary member of the United Confederate Veterans. Find-a-Grave memorial 162475903. Also noted in histories as with Co. K.

Helpman, Irvin L. With Co. A, 8th Illinois. Mustered out in Baton Rouge, moved to Shreveport. Died Nov. 19, 1907. Buried in Oakland Cemetery. 87344051.

Hunt, Thomas Mort. With Co. E, 5th Ky. Cav. Died January 25, 1909. Originally buried in Oakland Cemetery. Reburied in Forest Park East. Find-a-Grave memorial 34582930.

Johnson, Shelvor. With Co. B, 48th Colored Inf. Died Jun. 21, 1925. Buried in Zion Rest Cemetery. Find-a-Grave memorial 28844095.

McClelland, Hammock. With Co. F, 76th Colored Infy. Died April 13, 1900. Buried in Star Cemetery. Buffalo soldier. According to the National Archives, he had a federal pension as of 26 July 1890. NARA T289. Find-a-Grave memorial 26874330.

McKeel, Francis S. With the 11th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery (organized in Rhode Island); served on the naval vessel USS Susquehannah. Pension No. 1125642. Occupation schoolteacher. Birthplace New York. Born 1842. Died 15 April 1912. Buried in Star Cemetery. Find-a-Grave memorial 244158743.

McLean, Charles. With Co. L, 7th Mich. Cav. Died Sept. 28, 1939. Buried in St. Joseph Cemetery. Find-a-Grave memorial 131472837.

Rankin, John. With an unidentified Ohio infantry regiment. Died 1912. Buried in the Greenwood Confederate Bivouack. Find-a-Grave memorial 6921398.

Riggs, Thomas M. Died 1899. Buried Jan. 19, 1899 in the Greenwood Confederate Bivouack. Patient of a Doctor Callaway and had lived in the city a number of years. Find-a-Grave memorial 40885163.

Scovell, Matthew L. Co. H, 6th Ohio Cav. Died December 18, 1914. Buried in Greenwood Cemetery. Find-a-Grave memorial 90005971.

VanDusen, Jasper. Co. C, Ohio Inf. Died November 12, 1912 per tombstone in Greenwood Cemetery. But city sexton records show a female by that name buried September 7, 1899, in Greenwood Cemetery, Section 45, Lot 14. Possibly his first wife. No burial record for a male Jasper H. VanDusen in 1912. Also no matching entry in state death index. Find-a-Grave memorial 6928705.

Vestal, Hiram. Served with an Indiana unit. Died July 2, 1914, buried in Greenwood Cemetery. Find-a-Grave memorial 118526807.

Webb, Rev. John B. Served in Co. K, 77th U.S. Colored Infantry, Co. G, 85th U.S. Colored Infantry and Co. K, 10th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery. Died February 4, 1915, buried in Star Cemetery. Find-a-Grave memorial 18381347.

Wheeler, Lloyd B. With Co. H, 13th Mass. Died in July 1886. Buried July 9, 1886 in Oakland Cemetery. Find-a-Grave memorial 87098450.

Wilkinson, Major Ross. Served with the 5th Minn. Inf. Died 1881. Buried in Lot 5, Section 8, Oakland Cemetery on May 11, 1881. Find-a-Grave memorial 49092337.

Woodworth, William D. Served in both the Union Army and Navy. Died October 18, 1928. Buried in Oakland Cemetery. Find-a-Grave memorial 87099063.

Wynn, Thomas P. With the 2nd U.S. Volunteer Inf. Died February 1, 1912. Buried in Bethsaida Cemetery, Ida. Find-a-Grave memorial 30684137.

Union Army burials in Bossier Parish. Compiled with the assistance of Bossier Parish Historian Clifton Cardin.

Conway, David. Died 8 April 1911. Buried in the Stonewall Baptist Church Cemetery. (This is associated with the Stonewall Baptist Church in Bossier City but is located off Goat Hill Road in south Bossier Parish (on the north side of the road about a half-mile southwest of the Ebenezer Church, just off a rive with two cattle guards) due to removal from the original cemetery in the 1950s due to discovery of the graves during construction at Barksdale Air Force Base. Find-a-Grave memorial 51988077. His tombstone, now missing and presumed stolen or destroyed, stated he was 81 years old and served in Army 3 years and 6 months. However, a separate burial, marker 3268 in the Beaufort, SC, National Cemetery, has a David R. Conway serving in the U.S. Colored Troops, dying in the hospital there on 29 July 1864, aged 27?28. This burial is Find-a-Grave memorial 2948153. This grave is now lost in the overgrown bramble of the abandoned cemetery.

Union Army veterans buried in Marion County, Texas

Union Army burials in Oakwood Cemetery, Jefferson, Texas.

Compiled with the assistance of Brother Bill Elliott.

2nd LT. Daniel J. Murphy, of Co. F, 19th Massachusetts Infantry, died Sept. 19, 1870. Recipient of the Medal of Honor. Read his citation at the Congressional Medal of Honor Society website. Find-a-Grave memorial 6786175.

1st LT. Edward P. Colby, of the 11th U.S. Infantry, died Dec. 31, 1869. Find-a-Grave memorial 8849327.

Private Morris Dalton, of Co. D, 11th U.S. Infantry, died Aug. 1, 1869. Find-a-Grave memorial 8849225.

Private Michael Donnerly, of Co. B, 11th U.S. Infantry, died June 14, 1869. Find-a-Grave memorial 8849220.

Cpl. Charles V. Duffy, of Co. J, 11th U.S. Infantry, died Nov. 2, 1870, Find-a-Grave memorial 110424411.

Private John Fanbly, of Co. D, 11th U.S. Infantry, died July 31, 1869, Find-a-Grave memorial 8849218.

Private Alonzo L. Hamilton, of Co. H, 11th U.S. Infantry, died Aug. 22, 1869, Find-a-Grave memorial 8848277.

Private William Hunter, of Co. B, 11th U.S. Infantry, died May 11, 1870, Find-a-Grave memorial 8849318.

Private Peter Keeland, of Co. D, 11th U.S. Infantry, died Sept. 5, 1870, Find-a-Grave memorial 8849179.

Private John Murphy, of Co. H, 11th U.S. Infantry, died Nov. 12, 1869, Find-a-Grave memorial 8849362.

Private James Reilly, of Co. B, 11th U.S. Infantry, died May 11, 1870, Find-a-Grave memorial 8849310.

Private John Richards, of Co. J, 11th U.S. Infantry, died in January 1870, Find-a-Grave memorial 8848251.

Private Turner H. Robertson, of Co. H, 11th U.S. Infantry, died May 16, 1869, Find-a-Grave memorial 8849337.

Private George Weiss, of Co. H, 11th U.S. Infantry, died May 28, 1870, Find-a-Grave memorial 8849228.

Col. Horace Welch, of the 125th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, died May 25, 1911, Find-a-Grave memorial 85390956.

Per his obituary, "Col. Welch was a member of Company I, 125th Ohio Volunteers, enlisted at Mt. Vernon, Ohio; was Adjutant Inspector General of the G.A.R. and commander of Updyke Post, G.A.R., Jefferson; was a consistent member of the Baptist church for seventy-eight years.

"Col. Welch came to Texas in 1866 and located in Van Zandt county; was Internal Revenue Collector for this section. Later on he moved to Jefferson, where he was elected sheriff and served four years.

"He is survived by two sons, F. L. Welch, president of the First National Bank, Taylor, Texas, and A. B. Welch, lumber dealer, Robston, Texas, and one daughter, Mrs. G. W. Brown [Daisy], where he made his home for a number of years and was devotedly cared for during his last illness."

PVT. John McGinnis, of Co. J 4th U.S. Cavalry, died June 17, 1869, Find-a-Grave memorial 8849316.

Private Peter Birne, of an unspecified unit, died July 24, 1869, Find-a-Grave memorial 8849227.

Private Daniel Calder, of Co. G 6th U.S. Cavalry, also Co. A, 6th U.S. Cavalry, died June 20, 1870, Find-a-Grave memorial 8849222.

Recruit John Davis, of the 6th U.S. Cavalry, died Nov. 1, 1869, Find-a-Grave memorial 8848250.

Private Henry Brandt, of Co. G, 6th U.S. Cavalry, died June 11, 1869, Find-a-Grave memorial 8849320.

Private Cornelius O?Donnovan, of Co. M, 6th U.S. Cavalry, died Oct. 20, 1869, Find-a-Grave memorial 8848262.

Private Samuel S. Lewis, of Co. G., 6th U.S. Cavalry, died May 29, 1869, Find-a-Grave memorial 8849324.

Private Walter R. Stone, of Co. F, 6th U.S. Cavalry, died April 4, 1869, Find-a-Grave memorial 8849340.