the first military burial, william kriseman, was typical in that like many soldiers who died in the civil war on both sides he wasn't killed by a bullet or a cannon ball, he was killed by a disease. most of the people -- more of the people who died in the civil war died from infections, dysentery, yellow fever, the measles, the mumps than bite from battle wounds most you see in this section of the cemetery are in that category william wesbury def may come 1864. arlington saturday was not established until a month later, june of 1864. it was officially designated as the national cemetery and it began to fill up very quickly. this part of the cemetery that we are in, section 727 was called the lower cemetery. as you can see it is at the edge of arlington. there is a road just outside of the cemetery. you can't see the mansion from this location and that is the way the officers who were living and working in the mansion during the war wanted it. they didn't want to see the terri hail coming in. they didn't want to be in a graveyard working in a graveyard. they wanted them out of sight and ou