A Gettysburg Battlefield Burial

Benjamin Resnick will present "A Gettysburg Battlefield Burial" Wednesday, May 19 2010 at 12:05pm in the Commonwealth Keystone Building Hearing Room #2, located at 400 North Street in Harrisburg, PA. Be part of an archaeological investigation into an American Civil War burial site. The location is on the northern portion of Gettysburg National Military Park where a soldier was likely killed during intense fighting on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg on July 1, 1863. The excavation, analysis, and interpretation of the burial will be reviewed within the context of the treatment of battlefield dead and the Union and Confederate engagement in this area. This presentation is free and open to the public.