BATTLEFIELD BURIAL:
Union, Confederate widows take part in ceremony
By ROBERT HOLT
Times Staff Writer
With no family to mourn the nameless man, two widows of Civil War veterans filled the void, offering red roses for unknown Gettysburg battlefield remains buried again Tuesday.
A white-gloved U.S. 3rd Infantry honor guard delivered crisp salutes at Soldiers' National Cemetery for a man archaeologists believe was a soldier hastily buried after dying in battle on July 1, 1863.
A crowd of 1,500 stood quietly in a light drizzle as Civil War re-enactor color bearers with U.S. and Confederate flags led a procession. An honor guard detail from Arlington National Cemetery carried the casket - which also contained nine other Civil War unknowns buried in 1991 - to its grave, and rendered a 21-gun salute and "Taps."
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