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From: Andi Wolos & Bob Necci
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Re: Civil War POWs Go Home

Date: October 18, 1998

After 136 years, some of the unknown are now known.

After years of research, the identities of 38 Confederate POWs who died in captivity has been uncovered. Buried simply as 'Unknown, C.S.A.', the research effort paid off and a ceremony honoring their service and identifying them is planned.

During the ceremony there will be a roll call, a re-enactor for each man will step forward and say, 'Died honorably for my country.' At the conclusion, soil gathered from each of the 38 hometowns of each man will be scattered across their graves, so that each man may be covered by his native soil.

The 38 men were taken prisoner during the surrender of Fort Donelson, Kentucky, on February 16th, 1862. The 38 men from Tennessee were part of a 13,000 POW surrender that overwhelmed the Army. Then men were buried by local townsfolk in the Greenbush Cemetery.

No longer, Unknown, C.S.A.

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