In researching the civil war burials of Highland cemetery in Wichita, ks. I have come across a number of unmarked graves both union and confederate. One name is John Henry Shields, supposedly of Cobbs Georgia Legion. He was a newspaper editor who died a poor man and is in the potters field. A newspaper article noted his death on Nov 10, 1916, confirming only that he was a southern soldier, born in Ga. Family records follow him to Tenn before the war. He was an editor here of a farming journal and addressed as Captain, maybe an honorary title.

Another buried in the same plot is a Richard Cogdell a supposed captain in the 26th Georgia. I cannot verify this however.

I need some help and advice on these burials. I know they are southern soldiers and once I can confirm units will provide the scv the information.

I am sad to say prior researchers of southern burials in this and other local cemeteries has resulted in mis marked graves resulting from poor research. An example is three southern markers placed on graves of men who are buried in the GAR plot and confirmed as GAR members.