Grave number from 1 to 12916.
There are some gaps in the numbering and some duplicates; this book states a total of 12,912 deaths over the fourteen months.
Name with initials or first name, or —— if none known.
If he held a rank other than Private it is added after a comma. The most common abbreviations are Cor and S’t for Corporal and Sergeant, but others are used as well.
Branch of the Army, if not Infantry.
The most common are Cav for Cavalry, Art for Artillery, Bat for Battery, Mar for Marine Corps, Cit for Citizen.
Cemetery number at Andersonville.
Nearly 200 separate numbered burial areas were used.
Assigned Company within Andersonville.
Thirteen groups or Companies, A through M.