Two American Civil War veterans buried in Derby, England, are set to be given official US markers. Samuel Lander Hough, of the 2nd New Jersey Cavalry, and Henry Nathaniel McGuiness, of the 65th New York Infantry, are buried in Nottingham Road Cemetery. Both men moved back to England after the war and became friends. They never received appropriate headstones when they died but in October their graves will be marked like those at Arlington National Cemetery. – Read article
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Re-enacting 'jolly good poppy' in Europe
Civil War re-enactment in America? OK. But overseas? Last year, photographer Jay Seawell spent three months documenting the subculture in Britain. • Photos
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