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Interesting TV show on 'Death During the Civil War'.
There was no official way to deal with bodies. Many just rotted in place. There were so many unburied KIA's at Shiloh that bone scavengers worked the fields for years after selling the bones for soap rendering.
If you had money the family might get someone to ship the bodies home...if they knew who/where they were located as there was no identification means.
I have two relatives buried in Michigan that were killed at Shiloh, how they got home I have no idea.....or if it is really their bodies for that matter.
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