Corrected entry: When Linus Rawling's son comes home from the Civil War, his brother shows him their parents' gravestones, and says something to the effect that "Paw isn't really buried here, I just set up a marker." However, the ground in front of Linus Rawling's gravestone is raised into a rectangular mound. If there is just a gravestone with nothing buried under it, the ground in front of it should be flat.
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Correction: It is possible that an empty coffin was buried in the grave. This is not unheard of in other cases.
Noman ★
Linus was killed at Shiloh which took place almost exactly 3 years before the end of the war when Zeb obviously comes home. Coffin or no, after 3 years the mound would no longer look fresh if indeed there would be much if any mound left at all.
William Lanigan