Roll of Honor

(No. XXI)

Names of Soldiers

Who Died in

Defense of the American Union

Interred in the

National Cemeteries

At

Memphis, Tennessee and Chalmette,

(Near New Orleans,) Louisiana

"Ah, never shall the land forget
How gushed the life-blood of her brave--
Gushed warm with hope and courage yet,
Upon the soil they fought to save!"

ROLL OF HONOR NO. XXI
GENERAL ORDERS} No. --
QUARTERMASTER GENERAL'S OFFICE
Washington, D. C., June 11, 1869.

The following Roll of Honor, prepared in this office by Brevet Brigadier General Alex. J. Perry, quartermaster United States Army, containing the record of 23,016 deceased Union soldiers interred in the national cemeteries at Memphis, Tennessee, and Chalmette, (near New Orleans,) Louisiana, is published by authority of the Secretary of War for the information of their surviving friends and comrades.
M. C. MEIGS
Quartermaster General
Brevet Major General U.S. Army
MISSISSIPPI RIVER NATIONAL CEMETERY, NEAR
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

This cemetery is located on the Memphis and Ohio railroad at its intersection with the Memphis and Raleigh plank-road, six miles from the city of Memphis, Tennessee.
It contains 38 acres, and is inclosed by a wood picket fence. The arrangement of burials of known dead is by States, the dead of the United States army and navy occupying sections by themselves.
The grounds are neatly laid out with graveled walks and drives. A portion of the cemetery is shaded by forest trees, a large number of which have been left standing; and throughout the cleared portion, and along the borders of the drives, young trees have been extensively planted.
The site for this cemetery was selected by a board of officers consisting of Chaplain Wm. E. Earnshaw, Brevet Lieutenant Col. A. W. Wills, assistant quartermaster, and Brevet Major G. W. Marshall, assistant quartermaster.
In the center of the monumental site a heavy gunboat mortar has been mounted, and four large-siege guns, mounted upon stone pedestals, have been set as monuments in different portions of the cemetery. A fine flag-staff with shrouds and top-mast has been erected at a conspicuous point near the entrance. A comfortable lodge for the accommodation of the keeper stands near the main gate.
The designation of "Mississippi River National Cemetery" has been applied to this cemetery, in recognition of the fact that by far the largest portion of the burials are of those originally interred at various points on the banks of the Mississippi River from Hickman, Kentucky, to Helena, Arkansas, including New Madrid, Island No. 10 and Fort Pillow.
The whole number interred, as will be seen from the recapitulation, is 13, 962, of which 9,754 are white and 4,208 colored. Thirty-two States and organizations are represented, and 537 regiments.
The victims of the Fort Pillow massacre, and those who subsequently died in the occupancy of that fort, have all been removed to this cemetery and buried by themselves in what is called the Fort Pillow section. The total number so removed is 248. Of the 34 known names in this list only three are names of victims of the massacre, and all efforts to obtain a list of the names of others have been thus far unsuccessful.
The post office address of the superintendent of this cemetery is Memphis, Tennessee.

27th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Roll of Honor
Mississippi River National Cemetery,
Memphis, Tennessee

This cemetery is now known as Memphis National Cemetery.

No.	Name	Rank	Co.	Died	Sect.	No. of Grave	Original Place of Interment
1890	Allen, Jacob C.	Pvt.	D *	June 9, 1864	2	439	Memphis, Tenn.
1915	Baldwin, James	Pvt.	E	June 28, 1864	6	2034	Memphis, Tenn.
1930	Beall, James	Pvt.	I	Feb. 19, 1864	2	81	Memphis, Tenn.
1935	Beck, George	Pvt.	D	Feb. 8, 1863	1	113	Memphis, Tenn.
1939	Bement, Sylvester	Pvt.	G	June 9, 1864	1	262	Memphis, Tenn.
2007	Churchill, John	Pvt.	B	June 25, 1864 *	2	373	Memphis, Tenn.
2019	Cole, Charles	Pvt.	A	July 26, 1864	2	353	Memphis, Tenn.
2028	Cooksey, Alexander F.	Pvt.	A	July 9, 1864	2	338	Memphis, Tenn.
2055	Davidson, Ole	Pvt.	K	June 21, 1864	2	428	Memphis, Tenn.
2092	Ellsworth, Job	Pvt.	B	July 27, 1864	2	416	Memphis, Tenn.
2135	Goslin, John L.	Pvt.	E	June 21, 1864	2	414	Memphis, Tenn.
2150	Hale, Francis B.	Pvt.	B	July 3, 1864	2	383	Memphis, Tenn.
2164	Hardy, Lewis S.	Pvt.	K	Mar. 8, 1864	1	234	Memphis, Tenn.
2234	Jewett, David N.	Pvt.	C	July 2, 1863	1	72	Near Moscow, Tenn.
2243	Jones, William D.	Pvt.	F	June 29, 1864	2	337	Memphis, Tenn.
2254	King, Willard H.	Pvt.	C	July 5, 1864	2	334	Memphis, Tenn.
2276	Lineger, Frederick *	Pvt.	E	July 5, 1864	2	403	Memphis, Tenn.
2295	McClaskey, James W.	Pvt.	A	July 25, 1865	2	329	Memphis, Tenn.
2322	Marsh, Edwin L.	Pvt.	C	May 10, 1864	1	268	Memphis, Tenn.
2345	Miller, Milton D.	Pvt.	A	May 27, 1864	1	209	Memphis, Tenn.
2346	Milligan, William	Pvt.	C	June 29, 1964	2	333	Memphis, Tenn.
496	Moody, S. W.	Cpl.	I	Dec. 1, 1862	?	?	Elmwood Cem, Memp.
2372	Nielson, Jacob	Pvt.	B	June 26, 1864 *	2	418	Memphis, Tenn.
2380	Olar, John	Pvt.	H	May 12, 1864	1	297	Memphis, Tenn.
2385	Osborn, James	Pvt.	A	Aug. 4, 1864	2	422	Memphis, Tenn.
2397	Patterson, Junius C.	Pvt.	A	Oct. 24, 1863	1	192	Memphis, Tenn.
2410	Perry, Elijah	Pvt.	A	April 5, 1864	1	69	Memphis, Tenn.
497	Pinkerton, James	?	I	Nov. 30, 1862*	?	?	Elmwood Cem. Memp.
2470	Roving or Remig, Henry H. *	Pvt.	C	May 23, 1864 *	1	284	Memphis, Tenn.
2510	Sodestrom, Andrew	Cpl.	B	Aug. 10, 1865	1	48	Memphis, Tenn.
2518	Stanley, James	Pvt.	I	Nov. 7. 1863	2	359	Memphis, Tenn.
2548	Thompson, Francis O.	Pvt.	F	June 23, 1864	2	447	Memphis, Tenn.
519	Wise, Samuel	Pvt.	G	Jan. 8, 1863 *	?	?	Elmwood Cmt., Memp.

* Indicates a discrepancy between the Roll of Honor and The Iowa Roster and Records of Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion. I recognize the difference, but have no way of knowing which (if either) is correct.

The following was not found in the Roll of Honor. However, he was listed in the Iowa Roster and Records of Iowa Solders in the War of the Rebellion as buried in the Mississippi River National Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.

No.	Name	Rank.	Co.	Died	Sect.	No. of Grave	Original Place of Interment.
	Bouck, Warren	.	C	Mar. 16, 1864	1	159	Unknown.