In many military cemeteries, as a transcriber, you may come across stones that look like this: 

How do these get transcribed with only a number? 

First of all, make sure this is a military cemetery.  In some cemeteries a stone like this is used in marking plots. In this case, Poplar Grove National Cemetery, it is an unknown Union soldier. 

How do we know?  Doing a little research on the nature of the cemetery. This is VERY IMPORTANT!!  

***DO NOT TRANSCRIBE THIS WAY IN ANY OTHER CEMETERY UNLESS YOU KNOW THESE ARE UNKNOWN GRAVES!

Here is how this should be done:

In the Given Names box, type in his first name as: Unknown

In the Family Names box, type in his last name as: Soldier

Next, click on Add Military Info.  Click on Edit. 

For Branch, type in: US Army

For Conflict type in: American Civil War

For Plot type in: 4010

In the notes type in: Killed in Action

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**How do we know this information?  If you look at the history of the cemetery it states that all of the soldiers buried here were Union soldiers. Confederate soldiers have their own cemetery.

Here is what this will look like when finished. 

** Note if there is a number like this at the bottom...

This means there are three soldiers interred here. So to transcribe this do so this way:

In the Given Names box, type in his first name as:  3 Unknown

In the Family Names box, type in his last name as: Soldiers

Next, click on Add Military Info.  Click on Edit. 

For Branch, type in: US Army

For Conflict type in: American Civil War

For Plot type in: 2833

In the notes type in: Killed in Action

Click Save at the top