Saturday, January 29, 2011

Civil War–Preparing For Burial

So many soldiers died in battle during the Civil War, that relatively few of their bodies were embalmed before shipment home or being buried near the battlefield.

However, there were morticians and embalming stations near the front lines to address these duties in many cases.

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