GPurvis
Att: Hayes lowe
Tue Apr 24 00:03:21 2001


: My friend you are partly right. Those who died at sea, are buried at sea. Ship Island has not had a grave on it for sometime. According to the oldtimers here, the graveyard and parade ground area is now known as Camille Cut. The remains had been removed to Chalemette (sp?), La. If I recall correctly, they have been moved again. The story is on the LSU site. if you need the path I will look it up. I had a list of all the men who died on Ship Island, but did not keep one for myself. The people who got one will be archived on these pages. I received my info from the webmaster at the 13th Maine, a very good story from those folks. (Sorry Jim.) Also if i remember correctly, only one of the dead was from Miss. Sorry I can't help more.
George