Soldier buried near brothers gets headstone
A Civil War
soldier nearly lost to time is no longer forgotten. Cpl. Milton Airey, 43rd US
Colored Infantry, was 27 when he died on Oct. 17, 1867. According to
his obituary, he was buried in his uniform, but his
grave remained unmarked. That is, until Saturday when a Pennsylvania
cemetery's president and a group of nearly 30 people dedicated a new marble headstone
in Airey's honor between the markers of his brothers. • Article
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