dabutler288
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- Apr 12, 2016
- Location
- Georgia
I apologize in advance if this has been discussed in the past. Please bear with me as I am new to the forum/site.
Lead-up information for my question:
(following is copied from WHILBR website)
"A descriptive list of the burial places of the remains of Confederate soldiers, who fell in the battles of Antietam, South Mountain, Monocacy, and other points in Washington and Frederick counties, in the state of Maryland.
This book, published in 1869, also known as the Bowie List, records the location of the Confederate soldiers buried where they fell on the battlefields or near hospitals and homes where they died after three battles in Maryland during the American Civil War. In later years the remains of many of these soldiers were re-interred in the Washington Confederate Cemetery, Hagerstown or Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick."
This great resource has been digitized and is available online at the Western Maryland Historical Library.
Also available is an index for this book.
The book is known to contain errors such as misspelled names, initials only, no unit, etc...
for example - one of the soldiers is incorrectly listed as "J T Biaion?"
(the name is obviously misspelled as they placed a question mark indicating they did not know the correct spelling)
My Question:
Is there a database or depository somewhere that will accept correct name spellings submitted by researchers and if so, is this updated list online available for other researchers to view the corrected information?
I ask because several of the soldiers listed in this book are from my home county. In the book, however, they are either listed with only initials or their name is completely misspelled, or both.
I have the correct full names for them but I do not know where to submit this information for it to be an "addendum" to the book, or a reference list for others. The soldier listed in the example above is one of them from my home county. His last name is actually spelled Binion, not Biaion.
Surely, there are other people in the country who have correct names for other soldiers listed.
Thanks,
David
Lead-up information for my question:
(following is copied from WHILBR website)
"A descriptive list of the burial places of the remains of Confederate soldiers, who fell in the battles of Antietam, South Mountain, Monocacy, and other points in Washington and Frederick counties, in the state of Maryland.
This book, published in 1869, also known as the Bowie List, records the location of the Confederate soldiers buried where they fell on the battlefields or near hospitals and homes where they died after three battles in Maryland during the American Civil War. In later years the remains of many of these soldiers were re-interred in the Washington Confederate Cemetery, Hagerstown or Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick."
This great resource has been digitized and is available online at the Western Maryland Historical Library.
Also available is an index for this book.
The book is known to contain errors such as misspelled names, initials only, no unit, etc...
for example - one of the soldiers is incorrectly listed as "J T Biaion?"
(the name is obviously misspelled as they placed a question mark indicating they did not know the correct spelling)
My Question:
Is there a database or depository somewhere that will accept correct name spellings submitted by researchers and if so, is this updated list online available for other researchers to view the corrected information?
I ask because several of the soldiers listed in this book are from my home county. In the book, however, they are either listed with only initials or their name is completely misspelled, or both.
I have the correct full names for them but I do not know where to submit this information for it to be an "addendum" to the book, or a reference list for others. The soldier listed in the example above is one of them from my home county. His last name is actually spelled Binion, not Biaion.
Surely, there are other people in the country who have correct names for other soldiers listed.
Thanks,
David