How the Civil War created the modern American funeral industry

These Civil War innovations led to the professionalization of the entire American funeral industry. Before the war, ...
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The Fate of Civil War Soldiers' Bodies

There was no plan for the dead during the American Civil War. Mass graves or leaving them where they fell would only go so far. Discover the heartbreaking fate of the fallen soldiers of the Civil War, ...
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Bodies in blue disability in the Civil War north Sarah Handley-Cousins

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--State University of New York at Buffalo, 2016, titled "A physical wreck of his former self" : gender and disability in the post Civil War north "Disabled ...
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A Possible Body-Struck Civil War Bullet Found Metal Detecting

While metal detecting a Civil War site, we recovered a bullet that may show signs of striking a body. Finds like this are ...
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Grave robbing to be next topic at Stark County Civil War Roundtable

LAKE TWP. ‒ “Body Snatching and Grave Robbing in 19th Century Ohio” will be the topic at the next meeting of the Stark County Civil War Roundtable. The event will be 7 p.m. Oct. 16 at United Methodist ...