Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Fred Hawthorne is standing in the Soldiers National Cemetery by the monument to Brevet Major General Charles Henry Tucker Collis. Collis did not fight at Gettysburg, but he is the highest ranking individual buried in the cemetery. Collis had been a Colonel of the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry who had been brevetted to the ranks of Brigadier General and Major General, but he was never given a permanent rank of Brigadier General. The Soldiers National Monument is in the left background. This view was taken facing southeast at approximately 5:15 PM on Friday, November 12, 2010.

This map shows us the locations taken of the videos for the 140 Places Every Guide Should Know series. Videos #1-#17 were shown in our previous 140 Places Every Guide Should Know posts. Video #13 was taken at the Hampton Battery Marker on Cemetery Ridge. Video #14 was taken by the Hampton Battery Rock. Video #15 was taken in Evergreen Cemtery where Battle of Gettysburg casualties were interred by Elizabeth Thorn. Video #16 was taken in Evergreen Cemetery at the grave to Emmor B. Cope. Video #17 was also taken in Evergreen Cemetery at the grave of Mary Virginia “Jennie” Wade. Video #18 was taken by the Ohio flank markers on East Cemetery Hill. Video #19 was taken in the National Cemetery by the right flank marker of the 61st Ohio Infantry . Video #20 was taken by the burial locations of the unknown Civil War remains stored in the Rosensteel Museum and those found in the railroad cut, and now in the National Cemetery. Video #21 was taken in the National Cemetery by the grave of Medal of Honor Recipient William Miller. Video #22 was taken at the Collis Monument. Video #23 was taken at the headstone of Confederate soldier John T. Johnson. This map was created facing north at approximately 8:00 AM on Saturday, January 1, 2011.

In Video #22 (Videos #1-#21 were shown in our previous 140 Places posts) Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Fred Hawthorne is standing in the Soldiers National Cemetery near the monument to Charles H. T. Collis of the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment. He provides some background information about Collis. This view was taken facing southeast at approximately 5:15 PM on Friday, November 12, 2010.

Licensed Battlefield Guide Fred Hawthorne is kneeling in the Massachusetts section of the National Cemetery by the grave of John T. Johnson (the stone says “J. L. Johnson”) of Company K, 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. Johnson is buried in Row C, Grave #1, and is one of nine known Confederates buried in the cemetery. This view was taken facing southwest at approximately 5:15 PM on Friday, November 12, 2010.

In Video #23 Licensed Battlefield Guide Fred Hawthorne is in the Massachusetts section and explains how Confederates were buried in the Soldiers National Cemetery. This view was taken facing west at approximately 5:15 PM on Friday, November 12, 2010.

We’re in the Massachusetts section, Row E, #8, at what is believed to be the grave of Private N. B. Hindman, Company A, 13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. He was in Barksdale’s Brigade and was wounded in the left lung on July 2, 1863. He died in a United States hospital on August 14, 1863. This view was taken facing west at approximately 5:15 PM on Friday, November 12, 2010.

Keep in mind the following when trying to figure out the “numbering system in the National Cemetery: Each row in the state plots is assigned a letter. The outer row (farthest from the camera) is A. The next row toards the camera is B. So we are standing by Row C in the Pennsylvania plot. An individual’s grave (if you know the number) is located counting from right to left in the designated row until you come to the grave for which you are searching. So we are in the Pennsylvania Section, Row C, Grave #26… This view was taken facing west at approximately 5:15 PM on Friday, November 12, 2010.

… by what is believed to be the grave of James (not John) Akers of the 2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment. He was killed in Pickett’s Charge on July 3, 1863. This view was taken facing west at approximately 5:15 PM on Friday, November 12, 2010.

Also in the Pennsylvania section, Row D, #30 is the headstone of Sergeant Thomas J. Graves of Company I of the 21st Georgia Infantry Regiment. He was wounded in skirmishing on the west side of Gettysburg on July 2, 1863, taken into Union lines to a hospital, and died on September 3, 1863. This view was taken facing west at approximately 5:15 PM on Friday, November 12, 2010.

We’re still in the Pennsylvania section, Row D, #61, at the grave of Eli T. Green, Company E, 14th Virginia Infantry Regiment. He was mortally wounded during “Pickett’s Charge” and died on August 15, 1863 at the Camp Letterman General Hospital. This view was taken facing west at approximately 5:15 PM on Friday, November 12, 2010.

We’re still in the Pennsylvania section, Row E, #49, at what is believed to be the grave of Private Gresham G. Williams, Company A, Georgia Infantry Regiment. He was in Wright’s Brigade and was wounded on July 2, 1863, and was captured in the area of the Codori Farm by members of the 106th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment. He died on July 9, 1863. This view was taken facing west at approximately 5:15 PM on Friday, November 12, 2010.

The Maryland section, Row C, #4, contains what is believed to be the grave of Private Private Ninion F. Knott, Company F, 2nd Maryland Infantry Battalion (CSA). He was wounded in the left side with the ball exiting near his spine at Culp’s Hill on the morning of July 3, 1863. He died on August 24, 1863. This view was taken facing southwest at approximately 5:15 PM on Friday, November 12, 2010.

The Connecticut section, Row B, #8, contains what might be the grave of Corporal David Williams, Company D, 20th North Carolina Infantry Regiment. He was killed or mortally wounded on July 1, 1863 when Iverson’s Brigade attacked the Union position along Oak Ridge. This view was taken facing southwest at approximately 5:15 PM on Friday, November 12, 2010.

We are again in the Connecticut section at Row A, #5. The stone here marks the grave of Lieutenant Sidney Carter, Company A, 14th South Carolina Infantry Regiment. He was mortally wounded on July 1, 1863 when Perrin’s Brigade attacked the Union position near the Lutheran Theological Seminary. The bullet entered his chest and “passed downward into his internal organs.” He died on July 8, 1863. This view was taken facing southwest at approximately 5:15 PM on Friday, November 12, 2010.