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Civil War Vet Finally Gets Proper Burial

Ashes of Oregon man sat unclaimed for decades

By the Associated Press

Posted Apr 13, 2012 5:27 PM CDT

(AP) – A Civil War veteran whose ashes sat for decades forgotten in storage will likely be the final soldier to be buried from that war. Peter Jones Knapp, who fought for the Union and survived the Andersonville prison camp in Georgia, was being laid to rest...   Read full story »

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