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Jan 8, 2009 10:56 am US/Eastern

Union Soldier's Bones Found At Md. Civil War Site

SHARPSBURG, Md. (AP) ― The remains of a Civil War soldier have surfaced at the Antietam National Battlefield in western Maryland after 146 years underground.

Battlefield Park Superintendent John Howard says a visitor happened upon some bone fragments and a uniform button near a groundhog hole in October.

During an excavation last month, workers led by a National Park Service archaeologist found more bone fragments, buttons and a belt buckle establishing that the soldier was from New York state.

The bones have been sent to the Smithsonian Institution for further analysis, but Howard says individual identification is unlikely.

He says the remains may be buried in the spring in the Antietam National Cemetery.

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