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Article: Mystery lies buried in Maryland maybe; Grave of Cpl. Herndon has never been found.(TRAVEL)(THE CIVIL WAR)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- May 13, 2006
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Byline: Richard E. Clem, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Having survived the bloody encounter at Gettysburg, Bill Herndon of the 59th Georgia Infantry fell mortally wounded just days later in a small village in Maryland.
Like countless Civil War soldiers killed in action, Herndon died on strange land and was buried in an unknown grave. In the case of this Rebel soldier, however, there was a difference: A "guardian angel" sat at his side as death approached and took time to write a compassionate letter to Herndon's wife back home in Georgia.
William Beverly Herndon of Culverton, Hancock County, Ga., enlisted on May 7, 1862, as a private in the ...