Weaver Sr. made copious notes shortly after the battle. The National Cemetery was in progress, Weaver, senior's synopsis of his work is in one of the official reports encompassing the whole. Tough reading, though! He documents what each man's personal effects were and how he was able to do that underlines how gruesome was the work. Confederate graves were marked while Union graves put on the list to rebury in the National Cemetery.
Yes, it wasn't just at Gettysburg, this country must have a staggering amount of war graves dotted around old battlefields and elsewhere. Markers could be obliterated within weeks, frequently pencil on board. Two relatives killed at Gettysburg are unknowns in the National Cemetery, another whose grave had been marked initially at Shiloh is also unknown. Yet another is buried at Goose Creek, I've never been able to get there- a lovely woman tracked us down on Ancestry. She'd been to the Gettysburg College collection exhibit. A fellow soldier's diary is there- amazingly, this man drew a map as to where the regiment stopped to bury my relative. Unmarked, probably beneath a strip mall by now.
O'Neal states he noted some grave locations while the battle was still raging. He said that quite a few years afterwards but there doesn't seem to be a reason to disbelieve him? Like other local docs he was out there, caring for wounded of both sides.
Must get to the NPS records, had no idea they were available. Are Weaver, Sr.'s notes there too?
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Just Junior 's. Be prepared to take some time. The notes are hand written and not well organized, so you have to read everything even if you're just looking for one unit. You might want to bring it magnifying glass, too! There is also a file on disinterments, which has a lot of additional info (newspapers articles, pamphlets etc. There is a typed transcription of O'Neal's records that is much easier to read, but also haphazardly organized.