Source:
Card Records of Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, ca. 1879 - ca. 1903. Microfilm Publication M1845, National Archives: Washington, DC.
Description:
On the 22 rolls of this microfilm publication are reproduced more than 166,000 card records of headstone (gravestone) contracts provided for deceased Union veterans of the U.S. Civil War. A few War of 1812 veterans and at least one Revolutionary War veteran are also included. These records are part of the Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group (RG) 92, and are identified as Series 628, Card Record of Headstone Contracts and U.S. Soldiers' Burials, in Preliminary Inventory NM-81, Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Part I (Washington: National Archives, 1967).
Further Information from the National
Archives.
| Name | Rank | Unit | Cemetery | Location | Death Date |
| Hiram Tafft Jr. | Private | Co. C, 123rd Regiment, NY Infantry | Boardman | Whitehall, Washington, NY | 13 Jul 1878 |
| William Tafft | Private | Co. A, 4th Regiment, USRC, MO Volunteers | Not Named | Chicago, IL | 8 May 1889 |
| Amasa G. Taft | Private | Co. H, 60th OH Infantry | Evergreen | Painesville, Lake Co. OH | 16/26? Jul 1875 |
| Benjamin F. Taft | Asst. Surgeon | MA Infantry | Chestnut Hill | Blackstone, MA | 30 Aug 1864 |
| Charles W. Taft | Private | 5th Battery, WI Light Infantry | Soldiers Home | Erie, PA | 2 Jan 1901 |
| Daniel W. Taft | Private | Co. K, 51st WI Infantry | Deepwood | Nevada, MO | 16 Dec 1892 |
| Edwin A. Taft | Chaplain | 179th Regiment, NY Infantry | Evergreen | Colorado Springs, CO | Not Listed |
| Francis M. Taft | Private | 19th Unified MA Infantry | Not Named | Uxbridge, MA | 12 Jun 1882 |
| Frederick B. Taft | Private | Co. C, 2nd MA Infantry | New Center | Oxarlton, MA | 14 Jul 1898 |
| George H. Taft | Private | Co. F, 45th Regiment MA Infantry | Bural? | Worcester, MA | 25 Apr 1897 |
| Herbert S. Taft | Private | Co. E, 3rd Regiment MI Infantry | Soldiers Home | Columbia Falls, MT | 1 Sep 1900 |
| John Taft | Private | Co. G, 38th Regiment OH Infantry | Village | Defiance, OH | Contract Dated 21 Jan 1883 |
| John Taft | Not Named | Not Named | Wilmington & Brandywine | Wilmington, New Castle, DE | Contract Dated 29 Nov? 1879 |
| John W. Taft | Private | NY Vet. Calvary | Village | Triangle BroomeNY | 30 Nov 1870 |
| Lowell Taft | Private | Co. A, 5th Regiment, WI Infantry | Reynolds | Reynolds, ND | 11 Nov 1895 |
| Seth Taft | Private | Co. C, 3rd Regiment, NY Cavalry | Millville | Blackstone, MA | Mar 1866 |
| Thomas Taft | Private | Co. ?, 15th Regiment, MI Infantry | London Twp. | London, MI | 8 Oct 1870 |
These records were transcribed by David W. Taft, January, 2003.