Video

DVIDSVideoPlayer

Video by Mary Cochran

Funeral Service for Two Unknown Civil War Union Soldiers

Arlington National Cemetery

Sept. 6, 2018 | 2:06

Funeral service for two unknown Civil War Union Soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery, September 6, 2018.
Arlington National Cemetery conducted the burial of two Civil War Soldiers discovered at the Manassas National Battlefield Park. The Soldiers were laid to rest in Section 81 with military funeral honors with funeral escort. This was the first in-ground interment at the Millennium site.
The Millennium site supports the cemetery’s long term goal of optimizing interment space that is contiguous with the existing cemetery in order to maintain future active operations and preserve the ANC experience. This new 27-acre expansion provides 27,282 interment spaces that are located either above or below ground. Columbarium courts offer 16,400 above-ground niche spaces for cremated remains, while the 10,882 in-ground burials will be split between traditional and over-size burials (1,422), in-ground cremated remains (3,189), and pre-placed liners (6,271).

Two caissons from the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) Caisson Platoon, The U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own,” and Soldiers from The 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) conducted military funeral honors with funeral escort. Two caissons have not been provided in support of a military funeral in recent history.