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gordianot

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1. I love these kinds of stories.

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Mon May 6, 2013, 09:18 AM

May 2013

I know the general location of a lone grave of a Union soldier buried in an (now) almost abandoned family cemetery. He was shot killed and buried in 1863 within sight of the cemetery. In the last 30 years we have put flags on his grave a couple times. All that remains is a solitary government head stone. He was buried without a coffin so odds are there are no remains otherwise he should probably have been sent to Arlington. Since my Mother in Law passed away I have forgotten exactly how to get to the cemetery.

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I love these kinds of stories. gordianot May 2013 #1

Whereabouts (roughly) is that? Recursion May 2013 #2

South Central Missouri. gordianot May 2013 #3

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I'll take the unusual motion of kicking this Recursion May 2013 #5