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An Archeologist Talks About the Discovery of a Civil War Surgeon's Burial Pit at Manassas Field

Published: Aug. 9, 2018, 2:08 p.m.

In August 1862, two Union soldiers were gravely wounded at the\xa0Battle of Second Manassas. They were brought to a field hospital, though both died as a result of their injuries. Their bodies were laid to rest in a shallow burial pit, intermixed with...