[Tax-chick]

Invited guests included ancestors of the dead soldiers from as far away as Rhode Island and Pennsylvania ...

I just want to know if any of the dead Civil War soldiers' ancestors showed up. And I want to see the pictures, too.

(Undead, Typso, North Carolina, and Civil War interest.)

[rahbert]

To determine if their ancestors were in attendance
would require a seance or a Ouija board.

[Bodleian_Girl]

I just want to know if any of the dead Civil War soldiers' ancestors showed up. And I want to see the pictures, too.

Relatives of Pvt. Henry L. Sennett, 24, were present to recognize their ancestor, who, along with the four other Union soldiers, had been all lost for 145 years.

They included Thomas Shugars of Salix, Penn.; his son, Jim Shugars; and grandson, Ian Shugars.

Formally recognizing the other Union soldiers were Charles Augur of Lexington of the Gibbon Burke Sons of Union Veterans; and Dennis St. Andrew of Cary, senior vice commander, Department of N.C., Sons of Union Veterans.

Sennett was a member of the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry along with Pvt. Calvin Simpson, 24; and Pvt. David Woods, 27; Cpl. Reed Alcorn, 21, and Pvt. Mathew Ross, 20, both of the 8th Indiana Cavalry. They were on a foraging mission as part of the Union Army in Richmond County.

Read more: Richmond County Daily Journal - Union dead honored at ceremony (Another article)

http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/9762687/article-Union-dead-honored-at-ceremony?instance=homesecondary_news_left_column

[Still Thinking]

[facepalm] Maybe they mean the soldiers’ aunts’ sisters, but that would still be quite a spread in age between siblings.

[Dudoight]

Brilliant! Ancestor perception deficit.

I wonder if there would have been any fanfare if the soldiers were confederates? They were racists after all.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

Good one!