[asylum_souljah]

This was a really short snippet of information I originally found from a find reported on the 8th of January online. A tourist had found some old bones near a groundhog burrow that turned out to be from a Union Soldier from the Civil War. Archaeologists further investigated the site and found more bones, and a button from a Union uniform.


This Dec. 2, 2008 photo provided by the National Park Service shows a button that was found next to the bones of a Union soldier from New York state that recently surfaced at the Antietam National Battlefield in Sharspburg, Md. Many of the remains of the soldiers killed after the pivotal 1862 Battle of Antietam had been buried in a nearby cemetery, but his were somehow overlooked.

Its been 146 years since this young man died, from teeth and a jawbone found at the site his age is thought to be between 19 and 21. Its believed he was from New York State, and although young the 'Excelsior' symbol found on some of his uniform buttons indicates he had served for a fairly long time, and been a replacement for those lost in battle.

Although its rare,

Remains turn up from time to time. A visitor found the last set, belonging to four unidentified members of the Irish Brigade, in 1989..

Source/further reading:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28562487/
http://www.wtop.com/...1567846&nid=104

[Sasqwatcher]

There were dozens of New York State regiments at Antietam, but it MAY be possible to use the location of the body as a clue to the regiment, and from there check casualty records and/or muster rolls to figure out who he was.