Does no body else find this fasicnating?
Yes they could go to the local library, but these are the people who write the books which go in said library.
I just don't think it's necessary. I can't see anything profound coming out of this. It just sounds like morbid curiosity to me which is not a good enough reason to be spending time and money on.
Bog man and Kennewick man I can understand, but a child from the civil war era? I agree with the poster who mentioned the numerous records from this era. What else do we need to know? Maybe we learn his name and how he died. How does that justify disinterring him?
BTW, I got a good laugh from the anthropologist who assumed the coffin contained the body of a girl because it was small! Lol! Pure scientific genius at work!