Memorial Day 2004

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Memorial Day 2004

Memorial Day Ceremony

May 31, 2004

Maple Hill Cemetery

12PM

Ceremonial Activities

1. Posting of the colors

42nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry

2. Opening/Announcements

Brother Geoffrey Hintze

3. Invocation

Brother Gordon Cottrell

4. Pledge of Allegiance

Brother Steve Pearce

5. Introduction of guests

Brother Brian Hogan

6. Address: Bio. of Capt. James R. Johnson

Brother Brian Hogan

7. Poem "The Unknown Dead"

Brother Sid Gaddy

8.Salute. Three volleys

42nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry

9. Laying of the wreath

Brother Geoffrey Hintze

10. Benediction

Brother Gordon Cottrell

11. Taps

Brother Sid Gaddy

42nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry Color Guard

Brother Hogan Giving Address

42nd Indiana load for volley

Wreath placed at the Grave on Union Captain James R. Johnson

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Reading the names of fallen Confederate Soldiers

Grey at Prayer

Salute

Confederate Marker

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Below are photos of the resting places of Union Soldiers buried at Maple Hill Cemetery.

Capt.James H.Bone, Co.A, 35th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Col. John Van Valkenburg; 20th Indiana Volunteer Infantry

Pvt.John S.Brooks; Battery E, 1st kentucky Light Artillery

Bvt. Brig-Gen. G.M.L. Johnson; 13th Indiana Volunteer Cavalry

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List of Union soldiers known to have been buried in Maple Hill

Captain James R. Johnson

       Co. L, 4th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry

Captain James H. Bone

       Co. A, 35th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Private Lionel W. Day

      Co. G, 73rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry

Lieutenant Joseph M. Hinds

      1st Alabama Cavalry U.S.

Private Samuel F. Sweinhart

      Co. C, 9th Indiana Volunteer Infantry

Major-General W. T. H. Brooks

        Commander, 10th Army Corps

Bvt Brigadier-General G. M. L. Johnson

        13th Indiana Volunteer Cavalry

Private John F. Hummell

         Co. A, 79th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Private John S. Brooks

         Battery E, 1st Kentucky Light Art.

Colonel John Van Valkenburg

       20th Indiana Volunteer Infantry

42nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry Color Guard

Brothers Pearce and Gaddy listen to speakers

42nd Indiana fire volley

Children enjoying the activities in front of the area that inters the Unknown Confederate soldiers. Little Girl wearing her Daughters of Union Veterans badge while the little boy wears his dad's Union hat.

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Honoring the memory of the Union soldiers only tells half of the Civil War Story. After the service for the Union Soldiers, a ceremony was held at the area of the Unknown Confederate Soldiers. The names of the soldiers were known just not what burial plot they were placed.

Grey on Line