Archaeologists Were Digging Up a Hospital—and Found the Skeletons of 4 Confederate Soldiers
created: June 10, 2025, 1:30 p.m. | updated: June 16, 2025, 12:15 p.m.
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:Archeologists working for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation discovered the remains of four Confederate soldiers.
The four soldiers’ remains were likely from when a makeshift hospital treated wounded soldiers during the Civil War’s Battle of Williamsburg.
Digging through an American Revolution gunpowder storage site resulted a discovery from a completely different war: the remains of four Confederate soldiers who likely died following a Civil War battle.
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The four soldiers were out of uniform, as evidenced by buttons and a buckle, commonly found on more comfortable clothes, that the archaeologists also found.
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