{"id":113974,"date":"2023-06-15T11:17:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T15:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/?p=113974"},"modified":"2026-03-04T12:34:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:34:42","slug":"object-61-edmund-whitman-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/object-61-edmund-whitman-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Object 61: Edmund Whitman\u2019s 1869 Report on Reburying Union Dead in National Cemeteries"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-image113974_761899-7a.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image113974_761899-7a .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:650px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image113974_761899-7a.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image113974_761899-7a .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image113974_761899-7a figure{max-width:650px;}.kb-image113974_761899-7a .image-is-svg, .kb-image113974_761899-7a .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image113974_761899-7a .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image113974_761899-7a is-resized\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/061o-Drawings.jpg\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1090\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/061o-Drawings.jpg?w=1090\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/061o-Drawings.jpg?w=1090\" alt=\"Edmund Whitman\u2019s report included drawings of 18 of the 73 national cemeteries in existence. (National Archives)\" class=\"lazyload kb-img wp-image-113978\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271090%27%20height%3D%27700%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201090%20700%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271090%27%20height%3D%27700%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/061o-Drawings.jpg?resize=300,193 300w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/061o-Drawings.jpg?resize=600,385 600w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/061o-Drawings.jpg?resize=768,493 768w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/061o-Drawings.jpg 1090w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1090px) 100vw, 1090px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Sketch of Natchez National Cemetery in Mississippi. Edmund Whitman\u2019s report included drawings of 18 of the 73 national cemeteries in existence. (National Archives)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Army\u2019s plan for the recovery of Union dead across the battle-ravaged South after the Civil War came about through the labors of a remarkable if little known officer, Edmund B. Whitman. He spent four years<a> <\/a>overseeing the collection of thousands of remains and creating \u201cmortuary records\u201d of reburials in new national cemeteries. After completing his \u201cHarvest of Death,\u201d to use his phrase, he produced in 1869 an extraordinary report that recounted the breadth, sequence, and challenges of his reinternment mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mortuary statistics contained within the report\u2019s 130-plus pages are important, but the illustrations are no less valuable. The artwork includes sketches and plats of twenty national cemeteries, as well as individual \u201ccemeterial district\u201d maps showing where the dead were found and subsequently reburied. Whitman had some experience doing this kind of work. The Harvard College graduate was an educator in the East until 1855, when he moved to Kansas Territory as a representative of the New England Emigrant Aid Society. In the late 1850s, he partnered with Albert D. Searl to survey and map farms, railroads, and make \u201ctown plats, and historical views of scenes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image113974_68d71a-15.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image113974_68d71a-15 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:550px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image113974_68d71a-15.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image113974_68d71a-15 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image113974_68d71a-15 figure{max-width:550px;}.kb-image113974_68d71a-15 .image-is-svg, .kb-image113974_68d71a-15 .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image113974_68d71a-15 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image113974_68d71a-15 is-resized\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/061o-Map-scaled.jpg\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2088\" src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/061o-Map-scaled.jpg?resize=1400,1142\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/061o-Map-scaled.jpg?resize=1400,1142\" alt=\"Map of the Cemeterial District in Georgia and sketch of Natchez National Cemetery in Mississippi. (National Archives)\" class=\"lazyload kb-img wp-image-113976\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%272560%27%20height%3D%272088%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%202560%202088%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%272560%27%20height%3D%272088%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/061o-Map-scaled.jpg?resize=300,245 300w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/061o-Map-scaled.jpg?resize=600,489 600w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/061o-Map-scaled.jpg?resize=768,626 768w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/061o-Map-scaled.jpg?resize=1400,1142 1400w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/061o-Map-scaled.jpg?resize=1536,1253 1536w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/061o-Map-scaled.jpg 2560w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>One of the &#8220;cemeterial district&#8221; maps completed in conjunction with Whitman&#8217;s report but published separately. (National Archives)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whitman was 49 when he enlisted in the Union Army in July 1862. Appointed a captain and assistant quartermaster, he spent the war years in Tennessee and its environs.\u00a0In December 1865, Major General George H. Thomas tasked Whitman with \u201cvisiting battle-fields, cemeteries, and places where Union dead are interred\u201d throughout the Department of the Cumberland, which encompassed Tennessee and Kentucky, as well as parts of Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He set out on his first expedition through this territory on March 1, 1866, accompanied by officers, soldiers, and clerks. Promoted to brevet major in June 1866, Whitman was given the additional responsibility of \u201clocating, purchasing, and establishing <a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/featured-stories\/national-cemetery-system-1973\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"104037\">National Cemeteries<\/a>, and preparing Mortuary Records.\u201d The disinterment of remains began in October. In January 1867, Whitman was named <a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/100-objects\/object-45-disability-certificate\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"107519\">Superintendent <\/a>of National Cemeteries. Although his appointment applied only to the Department of the Cumberland, the system he developed was adopted nationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whitman identified four \u201cprinciples which should govern in the selection of national cemetery sites\u201d: 1) \u201cDistinguished localities, of great historical interest\u201d to honor the Union\u2019s sacrifice; 2) \u201cpoints conspicuous . . . on the great thorough-fares of the nation\u201d; 3) \u201ccentral points, convenient of access\u201d; and 4) \u201cfavorable conditions for ornamentation, so that surviving comrades, loving friends, and grateful States, might be encouraged to expend liberally of their means, for such purposes.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These criteria were reflected in the \u201ccemeterial districts\u201d Whitman delineated after three major expeditions and several shorter trips in search of the dead. Charles F. Smith drafted individual maps of the two dozen or so districts; these were published separately from the final report. Diminutive, delicate, and inked in black with pink, green and other pastel watercolors, they show geographic features and, in red ink, a flag at the cemetery. Their cheery appearance belies the human loss they illustrate. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image113974_1c7106-57.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image113974_1c7106-57 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:300px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image113974_1c7106-57.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image113974_1c7106-57 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image113974_1c7106-57 figure{max-width:300px;}.kb-image113974_1c7106-57 .image-is-svg, .kb-image113974_1c7106-57 .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image113974_1c7106-57 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image113974_1c7106-57 is-resized\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"582\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/061o-Title-page.jpg?w=582\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/061o-Title-page.jpg?w=582\" alt=\"Title page of Whitman\u2019s lengthy report completed in 1869 recounting the results of his multi-year mission to document the Union war dead and establish national cemeteries for their interment. (National Archives)\" class=\"lazyload kb-img wp-image-113977\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27582%27%20height%3D%27484%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20582%20484%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27582%27%20height%3D%27484%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/061o-Title-page.jpg?resize=300,249 300w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/061o-Title-page.jpg 582w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><figcaption>Title page of Whitman\u2019s lengthy report completed in 1869 recounting the results of his multi-year mission to document the Union war dead and establish national cemeteries for their interment. (National Archives) <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the report proper, technical \u201csurveys [and] elaborate sectional plats\u201d were paired with charming and imaginative cemetery views from the perspective of approaching pedestrians. Philip M. Radford, a Nashville-based civil engineer, produced the eighteen sketches. Since photographs of national cemetery landscapes in the late 1860s are scarce, Radford\u2019s work offers a rare view of the early construction in the cemeteries, wooden structures such as lodges, a \u201chead board house,\u201d and a \u201cpump\u201d (well) shelter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collectively, the plats are notable for illustrating one-quarter of all the national cemeteries established by 1872 when reburials were complete. The Army did not produce a national cemetery atlas until 1892-1893. Individually, the plats show the range of designed landscapes and how the dead were buried in sections, by state, enlisted and officer, <a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/100-objects\/object-32-u-s-colored-troops-burial-petition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"104486\">Black <\/a>and White. No federal policy about posthumous segregation has been found for this era, but Whitman was clear that he would not tolerate the practice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo distinction is to be made in regard to color so far as the removal to the National Cemeteries is concerned,\u201d he wrote in 1867. \u201c[Black troops] are in every way, to be treated as if they were white soldiers.\u201d The war created more <a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/100-objects\/65-6x6-unknown-grave-markers\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"114201\">unknown dead<\/a> than any U.S. conflict. Remains that could not be identified were buried together. Whitman observed that this was the most sorrowful outcome for the government, the men who sacrificed their lives, and their loved ones. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image113974_dff255-44.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image113974_dff255-44 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:300px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image113974_dff255-44.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image113974_dff255-44 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image113974_dff255-44 figure{max-width:300px;}.kb-image113974_dff255-44 .image-is-svg, .kb-image113974_dff255-44 .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image113974_dff255-44 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image113974_dff255-44 is-resized\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"572\" height=\"761\" src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/061o-Whitman.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/061o-Whitman.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Whitman from the 1860s. Whitman traveled throughout parts of the South after the Civil War to locate, identify, and rebury the Union dead. (KansasMemory.org, Kansas Historical Society, Copy and Reuse Restrictions Apply)\" class=\"lazyload kb-img wp-image-113975\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27572%27%20height%3D%27761%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20572%20761%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27572%27%20height%3D%27761%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/061o-Whitman.jpg?resize=225,300 225w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/061o-Whitman.jpg?resize=451,600 451w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/061o-Whitman.jpg 572w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><figcaption>Photo of Whitman from the 1860s. Whitman traveled throughout parts of the South after the Civil War to locate, identify, and rebury the Union dead.  (KansasMemory.org, Kansas Historical Society, Copy and Reuse Restrictions Apply)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whitman quantified the results of his work. His men visited nearly 2,000 localities, found in excess of 40,000 scattered graves, and recorded more than 10,000 names. They collected remains from \u201cno less than 6,283 distinct spots\u201d and reinterred more than 114,500 remains into national cemeteries within the Military Division of the Tennessee. He mustered out of the Army on July 15, 1868, at the rank of brevet lieutenant colonel, but he spent another year as a civilian producing this report, which \u201cformed the basis of the elaborate system of National Cemeteries.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His efforts led to passage of the 1867 National Cemetery Act, the first substantive legislation to define these shrines and provide permanent <a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/100-objects\/object-29-national-cemetery-general-headstone\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"104471\">grave markers<\/a> to honor service members. Whitman\u2019s accomplishment, handsomely illustrated in this report, was echoed in a Society of the Army of the Cumberland eulogy: \u201cThe beautiful cemeteries of the Southern States will remain a perpetual memorial of Colonel Whitman.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This report and individual district maps are part of the U.S. Army Quartermaster records (RG 92) at the National Archives facilities in Washington D.C., and College Park, Maryland, respectively.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Army\u2019s plan for the recovery of Union dead across the South after the Civil War came about through the labors of a remarkable if little known officer, Edmund Whitman. He spent four years overseeing the collection of thousands of remains and creating \u201cmortuary records\u201d of reburials in new national cemeteries. After completing his \u201cHarvest of Death,\u201d to use his phrase, he produced in 1869 an extraordinary report that recounted the breadth, sequence, and challenges of his reinternment mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117360,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[27,20,125,88],"class_list":["post-113974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-100-objects","tag-civil-war","tag-national-cemetery-administration","tag-national-cemetery-system","tag-repatriation"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/object-61-edmund-whitman-report\/","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Object 61: Edmund Whitman\u2019s 1869 Report on Reburying Union Dead in National Cemeteries","url":"http:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/object-61-edmund-whitman-report\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/object-61-edmund-whitman-report\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2026-03-04-093253.webp?w=300","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2026-03-04-093253.webp"},"articleSection":"History of VA in 100 Objects","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Department of Veterans Affairs (smw)"}],"creator":["Department of Veterans Affairs (smw)"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"VA History","logo":""},"keywords":["civil war","national cemetery administration","national cemetery system","repatriation"],"dateCreated":"2023-06-15T15:17:43Z","datePublished":"2023-06-15T15:17:43Z","dateModified":"2026-03-04T17:34:42Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Object 61: Edmund Whitman\\u2019s 1869 Report on Reburying Union Dead in National Cemeteries\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/department.va.gov\\\/history\\\/object-61-edmund-whitman-report\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/department.va.gov\\\/history\\\/object-61-edmund-whitman-report\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/department.va.gov\\\/history\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/Screenshot-2026-03-04-093253.webp?w=300\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/department.va.gov\\\/history\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/Screenshot-2026-03-04-093253.webp\"},\"articleSection\":\"History of VA in 100 Objects\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Department of Veterans Affairs (smw)\"}],\"creator\":[\"Department of Veterans Affairs (smw)\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"VA History\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[\"civil war\",\"national cemetery administration\",\"national cemetery system\",\"repatriation\"],\"dateCreated\":\"2023-06-15T15:17:43Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-15T15:17:43Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-04T17:34:42Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/department.va.gov\/p.js"},"meta_box":{"external_links":"0","endorsement":"0","subheading":"","featured_image_alt_text":"Edmund Whitman\u2019s report included drawings of 18 of the 73 national cemeteries in existence. 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