Earlier this month, a hiker at Antietam found bone fragments and a metal NY button near a groundhog hole on the Antietam battlefield. The soldier probably was in one of the 24 New York regiments engaged at the battle. His identity will probably never be known, however.
Five years after the battle, a major effort was made to recover bodies, and those were buried in nearby cemeteries. This one was overlooked until the groundhog encountered it.
These are not the first remains found at the battlefield. In 1989, four were found in a shallow grave.
The War Goes On. --Old B-R
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
