“The project seeks to find and mark the resting place of the last U.S. Civil War veteran buried in every county in the United States, honoring each with a ceremony” is the key phrase. I read an article from 12 July 2023 in the online Globe out of Worthington, Minnesota. A ceremony for Private Reuben Hurd in Nobles County, Minnesota marked the end of the search in that county. Previously only two Union veterans had been identified as connected to the county in a Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War database. Research identified a total of 139! 107 of those are buried in the Worthington Cemetery where the ceremony took place.
Read the full article in the Globe. One sentence talked about having to scrub a headstone. That gave me pause, but I bet the SUVCW provided its members and researchers with the proper way to clean a headstone. To learn more about that https://www.gravestonestudies.org/preservation.
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Paula
Thank you for posting the story on identifying Civil War Veterans graves in Minnesota.
I will work to connect to the effort in Minnesota that is searching for graves of Civil War veterans. I am researching a female family member in Indiana who was a hospital worker in the Civil War and is buried in an unmarked grave. Two weeks ago I visited her brother’s grave in St. Paul which has no identification of his service. He was discharged after four years as a captain.
Appreciate your post.
Thank you. It is important to identify those who served.