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The Forgotten: Many Civil War Dead Were Never Identified.

August 10, 2015
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Inspiration, Lifestyle, Our Great American Heritage, Uncategorised

Civil War Monument of the unknown, Arlington, Virginia. Historian, Drew Gilpin Faust, has stated that at least half of the soldiers who died in the Civil War were never identified. Past historians have suggested a lower number, but Faust’s recent...

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By Allen Cornwell
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