Here is a refreshing bit of news in these days of attacks on our Confederate ancestors.
The May 3rd Times-Leader News, serving northeast Pennsylvania, had an article about a Confederate soldier buried in Wyoming, Pa., who was honored Saturday with a 21 gun salute, patriotic songs,a deposit of Southern soil, and a Confederate flag posted on his grave. Members of the Sons of Veterans Reserves dressed as Union soldiers for the ceremony.
His name is unknown. After the Battle of Gettysburg, captured Confederate soldiers were marched through northeast Pennsylvania on their way to prison at Syracuse. One prisoner died between Forty Fort and Wyoming and was buried at the cemetery of Wyoming.
This was a project of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and similar services were held in Georgia and Florida for Union soldiers.
And Yet, the Graves of Confederate Soldiers in Corpus Christi, Texas, Can Not Be Marked Because of Offending Some Church-Goers. Doesn't Make Much Sense. --Old Blockade-Runner
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