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Civil War veteran honored almost 150 years after death
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http://www.cbs42.com/content/localn...t-150-years-after/unidbUnp3E-DFjvvCV5ERA.cspx
GARDENDALE, Ala. (WIAT) - After almost 150 years in a grave without a marker, a Civil War veteran is honored.
Saturday afternoon, the Sons of Confederate Veterans dedicated a marker on the grave of Private Arthur Malone Belcher. He fought for the South in the Civil War. Private Belcher died in 1864 and was buried in a Gardendale cemetary.
The folks who put the ceremony together say unmarked graves are fairly common.
"There are so many. They left their families, their homes and a lot of them just didn't come back," Patsy Duncan said.
The Gardendale Historical Society helped research to locate the grave. It's something they've been doing for several years.
Video at link:
http://www.cbs42.com/content/localn...t-150-years-after/unidbUnp3E-DFjvvCV5ERA.cspx
GARDENDALE, Ala. (WIAT) - After almost 150 years in a grave without a marker, a Civil War veteran is honored.
Saturday afternoon, the Sons of Confederate Veterans dedicated a marker on the grave of Private Arthur Malone Belcher. He fought for the South in the Civil War. Private Belcher died in 1864 and was buried in a Gardendale cemetary.
The folks who put the ceremony together say unmarked graves are fairly common.
"There are so many. They left their families, their homes and a lot of them just didn't come back," Patsy Duncan said.
The Gardendale Historical Society helped research to locate the grave. It's something they've been doing for several years.
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