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Archive Home > 2012 > April > 17 > Civil War veteran’s headstone draws ire from burial organizer

Civil War veteran’s headstone draws ire from burial organizer

By Steven Dubois / The Bulletin
April 17, 2012

PORTLAND — A key player in the effort to have the long-forgotten ashes of a Civil War veteran buried in Willamette National Cemetery is unhappy with the marker planned for him.

Union soldiers from the Civil War have historically had upright headstones, with the lettering inside a shield. But the....

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