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Martin H. Myers, Co. D, 1st NY Veteran Cavalry

I realize this is techically off-topic, but as there is no New York board, I wanted to get the widest possible exposure.

Attempting to identify burial location.

While conducting research on Confederate soldiers buried in Rockingham County, Virginia, I discoverd that Martin H. Myers, Company D, 1st New York Veteran Cavalry died 25 May 1864 in the General Hospital at Harrisonburg, Rockingham County. He had been wounded and captured at the Battle of New Market, 15 May 1864.

The Yankees who died and were buried in Harrisonburg were moved beginning in 1866 to various national cemeteries in the Shenandoah Valley. Most of the Yankees buried in Harrisonburg were disinterred and rebuired in Staunton Military Cemetery. However, I do not find Myers' name listed there; nor is he listed in the national registry.

If anyone has information on Private Martin H. Myers, Company D, 1st New York Veteran Cavalry, it would be greatly appreciated.

If this man still lies in an unmarked grave in Woodbine Cemetery, Harrisonburg, I want to make sure he gets a Veterans Administration marker.

If he is buried somewhere else, I can mark him off my list.

Thanks.