Buried Bordentown Cemetery N.J.
Private Thomas Carter Co.K Killed Antietam.

Buried National Cemetery Andersonsville Ga.
Private Emmanuel Blake Co. K. Died 18.9.1864. Grave 9147.
Private James Elliott Co. D. Died 2.7.1864. Grave 2794.
Private Franklin Compton Co. B. Died 10.12.1864 Grave 12255.
Private James Donahue Co. D.
Private John Dunn Co. F. Died 25.8.1864. Grave 6778.
Private Robert Gordon Co. G. Died 4.11.1864. Grave 11806.
Private Jess Gullver Co. B Died 12.9.1864. Grave 8594.
Private William Colbaugh Co. Co. K. Died 5.11.1864. Grave 11826.
Private John Haughy Co. D. Died 22.6.1864. Grave 9904.
Private George Little Co. K. Died 22.6.1864 Grave 10725.
Private William Titus Co. A. Died 14.7.1864. Grave 3329.
Sergt. John O'Neill Co. F. Died 13.6.1864. Grave 1897.
Private James McKeown Co. G. Died 8.11.1864 Grave 11909.
Private Charles Sandford Co. H. Died 20.9.1864. Grave 9912.
Private Robert Robbins Co. F. Died 13.7.1864. Grave 3270.
Private Thomas Moore Co. A. Died 29.8.1864. Grave 7175.
1st Lieut. Edward Thompson Co. I. Died 19.8.1864. Grave 6146.
Private Joseph Webb Co. H. Died 31.8.1864. Grave 7382.
Private Michael Fahey Co. C. Died 21.10.1864. Grave 11261.
Private William Summerfield Co. H. Died 14.8.1864. Grave 5603.

Andersonville prison Ga was one of the most notorious prisons that Union soldiers were incarcerated in. Approx. 75 men of the 69th were held there. About 20 died and were buried there. Unlike so many other graveyards fairly accurate listings of the names of the soldiers and where they are buried exist. This is due to the foresight of one prisoner a Dorence Atwater who was a close friend of the first prisoner who died an Adam Swarner and Dorence volunteered to keep the records. He wanted to make sure that those who died here were remembered and so the families would know the fate and burial place of their loved ones. When the dead were brought out of the stockade to the " deadhouse" they were brought by friends who knew them. They would report what was known about the dead man such as name, State, Regiment, date of death, cause, etc. Atwater recorded them numerically and attached a tag to the body which matched the number in the records. The dead then were taken to the cemetery where the first dozen were buried in pine boxes, however since the numbers dying each day was growing so fast, and limited resources, the dead were stripped naked so the living could use what the dead no longer needed. sThe bodies were then laid in trench type graves dug 4 feet deep and long enough for 150 to 200 bodies and shoulder to shoulder without coffins.
With the lack of resources to make grave markers, there was a small post placed at the head of each grave with a number carved into it. This number matched the one on the body tag, which matched Atwaters records. When Dorence Atwater and a Miss Clara Barton returned after the war to establish the new National Cemetery in July 1865, they simply had to match the numbers on the post with the copy of the list that Atwater smuggled out when he was exchanged. This way, the identified graves show exactly who is buried where. The posts were replaced with wooden headboards. In 1878, the wooden boards were replaced by the first set of stones which were plain smooth stones with the name and grave number.
In 1898 when the US Government finally got around to establishing a standard grave marker for Union soldiers, there were new stones placed in 1898-1899 to replace the first stones. These stones now are the ones that mark the graves. So you see, each time the replaced the marker with a new one, it was easy enough to know who was buried where. Those who are buried as unknown will remain as such because there will be no way for anyone but God to know who lies beneath the unknown stones.
Note: Thanks to Kevin Frye for the above information.

Buried Vaughn Cemetery Mehoopany Wyoming Co. Pa.
Corp. Paul O. Stilwell Co.G.

Buried Cummisky Cemetery Wilmot Township Bradford Co.Pa.
Major Patrick Tinen.

Buried Ortig Cemetery Wash. D.C.
Sergt. Daniel Kelly Co. D. Survived the war. Died 23.1.1909. Plot 2.1.2.

Buried Yorktown National Cemetery York. Co. Pa.
Private William Dupell Co. I.

Buried Gulph Christian Cemetery Conshohocken.
Private Edward Lawrence. Co. K.

Buried National Cemetery Alexandria Va.
Sergt. Edward Bushill Co. A. Grave 2863
Private James Flannigan Co. A. Grave 1122.
Private John Harvey Snr. Co. A. Grave 1059. .

Buried St. Ambrose Cemetery Schuykill Haven Pa.
Private Patrick McClarnon Co. E.

Buried Hatbro Cemetery Montgomery Co.Penn.
2nd Lieut. James Barr Co. H.

Buried Togus National Cemetery Togus Kennebec Co. Maine.
Private Aaron Rowe Co. B Plot J 1340. Died 10.5.1897
Private Patrick McCartney Co. B Grave N 2212. Died 14.8.1906

Buried Fraser Presbyterian Church Chester Co. Pa..
Private John Sweeney Co. E. Died April 19th 1904.

Buried Odd Fellows Cemetery later the Lawnview Cemetery Philadelphia.
Edward Lawrence 69th butcher.
Private Charles Henry Rapp Co. I

Buried Redeemer Episcopal Cemetery Montgomery Co.Penn.
Private John Harp Private Co. H.

Buried Sagersfield Augusta Co. Va.
Asst Surgeon Charles J Smith.

Buried Hephzibah Baptist Cemetery Chester Co. Pa. Near Coatsville and Modena.
Private William M Barbin. Co A.

Buried in Bradford cemetery Marshallton Pa.
Pvte.James Hand Co. F.
(James died aged 96 a very poor man and is buried in the Potters Field area of the cemetery. Though a marker was originally erected to his memory it had long disappeared. See Obituary Notices Group 2 on website for information on this most remarkable and patriotic man)

Buried Malvern 1st. Baptist Cemetery Malvern Pa.
Capt. Joseph Wilson Garrett Co. I.
As now position of his grave in the cemetery is unknown but he would appear to have been buried in family grave with parents and later his wife. See Obituary Notices Group 2 on website for more information.

Buried Haines St. Methodist church Germanstown Philadelphia Pa.
Private Joseph C. McDowell Co. K
Later Joseph was buried Ivy Hill Cemetery Philadelphia after Haines St. church closed. Died on board the U.S.steamer "Vanderbildt" at Harrisons Landing Va 5.8.1862.

Buried Ruffians Property Meads Station.
Sergt. Charles Williams Co. I.

Buried Hill Side Cemetery Roslyn Montgomery Co.Pa.
Private George C. Sanders Co.A.

Buried Beverley National Cemetery. Section 1 Plot 72. (Note Beverley maintains the Va section of Moriah Cemetery. Cooper plot is not part of).
Private Nathan Apple Co.A.

Buried Hillside Cemetery Roslyn Montgomery Co. Pa.

George joined the 69th on the Aug.19th 1861 along with his father also a musician. Young George was a versatile musician being able play a variety of instruments including fife and drums. He was appointed to teach the other aspiring musicians in the various companies. Sadly he contracted disease probably typhoid at Camp Observation near Poolsville Md and died there aged just 14 Jan 22nd 1862. He would have a large public funeral in Philadelphia and later be buried in the Hillsdie Cemetery Roslyn Montgomery Co. Pa. His father would survive the war.

Missing in Action - M.I.A.

Private James Skinneder Co. G.

The lists above represent the very few soldiers who have recorded graves or burial information. Hundreds have no known graves. No doubt they mainly buried in mass battlefield graves or unmarked and unrecorded graves in the eastern United States. Probably after their relatives passed on memories and information on them generally passed into oblivion. Many were simply said to be missing in action MIA. However here is a small memorial to one such man. Let this information be a memorial to all those with no known graves the "Unknown Soldier of the 69th Pa. Vols".
James Skinneder was born in Co. Monaghan Ireland in 1827. His ancestors were probably originally Germanic/Dutch/Huguenot stock who found their way to Ireland via England or Scotland in some King's or Queen's army or as plantation seller stock. Anyway sometime prior to the to 1855 he and probably his Irish born wife Elizabeth Quinn emigrated to America. It is noted that their daughter was baptised Catholic at St Malachys church in Philadelphia by a Father Kelly. At 37 years of age he enlisted in Co. G. of the 27th Pa. Infantry on May 5th 1861. However by Sept. 6th of the same year this Irish Co. within a very Germanic 27th Pa transferred to the 69th Pa.
On July 3rd. 1863 James Skinneder found himself fighting at Gettysburg. He received wounds that would prove fatal. On July 7th 1863 an entry in the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin lists his name amongst the casualties at Gettysburg. In a later muster out roll it is stated that he is "absent since wounded July 3rd 1863 at Gettysburg".The last military record on him. But what of his wife?. Records show that in 1866 Lieut.Bernard Sherry a most honourable man stated in Elizabeth's pension claim that at Gettysburg "Skinneder was mortally wounded and carried from the line". His wife subsequently received a pension, but no record would ever be found of her husband. He was truly missing in action a fate that befell scores of his comrades. He was probably buried in an unmarked grave somewhere either on the battlefield or environs of Gettysburg.