GDG- NPS & slavery

[CWMHTours at aol.com]

Your ?s:
 
#1.  To give you some perspective on how many "Civil War  Dead" are buried 
in the Cem it is open for debate.
 
To emphasize that perspective I'll use the analogy of the Viet  Nam Mem.  
When it was dedicated in 1982 there were  (supposedly)  58,229 (I think) 
names on the wall.
 
But every few years the NPS adds a few new names of veterans  who died as a 
result of lingering wounds, mostly through Agent Orange   cancers.  I think 
the # now is at 58,249.
 
So how many CW veterans buried in the Cem are there because of  CW wounds?
 
Good question....
 
A very loose guess of CW dead for me is around 50k.   Maybe 30k?
 
But how do you define the cause of death?  Plus you have  wives and other 
family members.  Plus at the funerals that weird Uncle  Joe who always shows 
up drinking too much and no one knows who he is related  to.
 
The historian, Tom Sherlock, is usually available by  fone.  His focus 
usually is on the the ceremonies of the funerals and not  loopy people from the 
GDG calling in.
 
 I think no one knows and my cat always likes his ears  rubbed.
 
Question # 2. It is 1000s of years old.  I think the  first person buried 
there, in the plantation, is along the long staircase  leading from the top 
of the hill going to Robert Todd Lincoln.  It is quite  decayed.  The name is 
available on Wiki.
 
 
Your  Most Obedient Servant,
Peter  

 
In a message dated 1/3/2012 10:47:16 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
ATMackeyJr at aol.com writes:

Esteemed  GDG Member Contributes:


In a message dated 1/3/2012 10:23:18 P.M.  Eastern Standard Time,  
CWMHTours at aol.com  writes:

Esteemed  GDG Member Contributes:



What  do  you want to know?
-----------------------
Just two  things:

How many there  as a result of the Civil War--a war   that   came about due 
to slavery? 


I seem to recall a  history of   Arlington  before it was  a cemetery. I  
wonder who lived there?



Best Regards,
Al  Mackey



In a  message dated 1/3/2012 9:06:31 P.M. Eastern  Standard Time,   
ATMackeyJr at aol.com  writes:

Esteemed  GDG Member  Contributes:
I think it's  more important for you to answer,  though,  Peter.

Best  Regards,
Al Mackey


In a message dated   1/3/2012  8:32:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
CWMHTours at aol.com    writes:

Esteemed  GDG Member Contributes:
Al-

You   can  always Wiki Arl. Cem.   



Your   Most  Obedient  Servant,
Peter   


In a  message dated  1/3/2012 8:09:56  P.M. Eastern Standard   Time,   
ATMackeyJr at aol.com  writes:

Esteemed   GDG Member   Contributes:
How many there  as a result of the  Civil War--a war   that  came about due 
to   

slavery?  I seem to recall  a history of    Arlington  before it was a  
cemetery.  
I wonder who  lived    there?

Best Regards,
Al   Mackey


In a message  dated   1/2/2012 10:14:29  P.M.  Eastern Standard Time,     
CWMHTours at aol.com   writes:

Esteemed  GDG  Member   Contributes:
So over  1/4 million  people  buried in Arlington  and   the  big  story is 
 
about   
slavery?

Give me  a    break.

Your  Most  Obedient    Servant,
Peter   


In  a message  dated   1/2/2012 8:49:48  P.M. Eastern  Standard Time,      
stueypark at hotmail.com   writes:

Esteemed   GDG   Member  Contributes:

If   Gettysburg  shouldn't  have  information about   slavery we  might  
want 

to 
get  all that pesky context out of  other   National   Parks  too.  Who 
goes 
to  
Independence  Hall to learn about    taxation? who  goes  to  Fort  McHenry 
to 
learn 
about    impressment? Who  goes  to  Fort Sumter to learn   about   
secession?   



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