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Remains of Civil War Soldiers Found in ‘Limb Burial Pit’ Tell Tale of Bloody Battle

FOR THE UNION DEAD

Archaeologists discovered a pit filled with the remains of two Union soldiers who died during the Second Battle of Bull Run, which claimed the lives of about 2,900 men.

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The National Park Service