Real Pic of 116-Year-Old Civil War Veteran on His Deathbed?
In the last months of his life, serious doubts were raised about the alleged soldier's age and the claim that he fought in ...
Honoring a Civil War veteran who was lost to history
Researching her family history, Cheryl Wills found she was related to a former slave who served in the Civil War with the ...
Remains of 28 Civil War soldiers identified in funeral home storage
The remains of 28 Civil War veterans and many of their wives are receiving burial services across the country. As first ...
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Remains of Civil War veterans found in funeral home’s storage
Civil War reenactors participate in funeral services ... that they were all Union soldiers deserving of a burial service with military honors. “It's amazing that they were still there and ...
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Black Civil War soldier finally gets proper military burial — after star NYC journo family spends 15 years tracking down unmarked grave
“I’m proud of his service, and I’m proud that he survived slavery.” Brave black Civil War soldier Sandy Wills was recently given a heartfelt military burial — after his great-great-great ...
How Black Civil War Patriots Should Be Remembered This Veterans Day
O ver a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, ...
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Remains of up to 30 Civil War veterans found in funeral home's storage area
The simple copper and cardboard urns gathering dust on shelves of a funeral home and cemetery in Seattle only had the name of ...
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Remains of Nearly 30 Civil War Veterans Found in a Funeral Home's Storage Are Laid to Rest
PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- For several decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished ... deserving of a burial service with military honors.