Official Records of the War of the Rebellion consistutes a public record. Here are three references, including Major Slaughter's report for the 34th Alabama Regiment, plus two of the numerous Federal reports which mention burial of Confederate dead after the fighting.

http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moawar;cc=moawar;q1=Tinsley;rgn=full%20text;idno=waro0074;didno=waro0074;view=image;seq=0788

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