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Archaeologists unearthed the remains of 4 Confederate soldiers with their arms crossed. An effort is underway to identify them.
Archaeologists in Virginia unearthed four skeletons, including one with a bullet in the spine, and three amputated legs.
The Roanoke Times12d
Roanoke man was last real son of a Confederate veteran
Calvin Crane, a Roanoke man who died Sunday at 102, was believed to have been the last ... Confederate, still were alive. David Demmy, executive director of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil ...
A Civil War veteran from RI was buried in an unmarked grave. Now he's getting his due.
John Leach learned that his great-great grandfather served in the Civil War and was buried without a gravestone, so he did ...
Civil War marker has survived to tell the story of Union troops’ surrender
Roving historical plaque dedicated to the “The ‘Battle’ of Adams Hill” that occurred May 9, 1861, during which only one gun ...
Gettysburg Times9d
County's oldest Civil War veteran remembered
Nearly 80 years after his death, the last Union Civil War veteran buried in Adams County was honored Sunday during a ceremony ...
Historic tribute held for last Union Civil War veteran buried in Westmoreland County
In a first-of-its-kind ceremony in Westmoreland County Monday, dozens honored the final Union Civil War veteran buried in the ...
Las Vegas Sun10d
Memorial Day began as way to honor Civil War dead
Today is Memorial Day, originally known as Decoration Day, traces its roots to the aftermath of the Civil War. Communities across the United States-North and South, Black and White-began the tradition ...