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01/09/09
SHARPSBURG, Md. — Cutting through a cornfield where soldiers were literally blown to bits on the bloodiest day of the Civil War, a hiker spied something near a groundhog hole: fragments of bone and a metal button, clotted with red clay. 
TOP: Antietam National Battlefield Superintendent John Howard stands by the site where the bones of a Union soldier from New York state recently surfaced on the Battlefield in Sharpsburg, Md. Howard says a visitor found bone fragments and a uniform button near a groundhog hole in October. BOTTOM: This button was found near the bones. Find Us On Facebook
He brought the remains to the visitors center at Antietam National Battlefield, where they were turned over to experts who made a stunning discovery: They belonged to a Union soldier from New York state.
The remarkable find 146 years after the soldier perished is a reminder that the battlefield at Antietam is "ground that was basically changed forever by what happened on it,"...
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