If indeed his group of paroled prisoners was returned to Charleston after February 18, 1865, he would in all probability be buried in the Confederate section at Magnolia Cemetery there. Before the fall of Charleston on that date (and for at least some time thereafter), however, returned South Carolinians were brought to Beaufort, which was in Federal hands, and from there the paroled men were returned to Confederate lines, to be exchanged. If his body had been brought ashore at Beaufort, he would undoubtedly be buried threre. There is a small Confederate section in the U. S. National Cemetery at Beaufort, and he would probably have been buried there. There do not appear to be any groups of non-resident Confederates buried at any of the chruch cemeteries in Beaufort.

A few South Carolinians were also returned for exchange through Savannah after it fell to the Federals in December 1864.

There is another possibility. Because of the rapid decomposition of bodies, the overwhelming majority of those who died while a ship was at sea were buried in the time-honored way, by burial at sea. If however he died in the last hours before the ship made port, his remains would undoubtedly have been brought ashore wrapped in a blanket or piece of sail cloth, the Nineteenth Century equivalent of a body bag.