{"id":367,"date":"2007-03-16T04:35:34","date_gmt":"2007-03-16T04:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"\/yorktownsquare\/2007\/03\/16\/post-33\/"},"modified":"2007-03-16T04:35:34","modified_gmt":"2007-03-16T04:35:34","slug":"post-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/post-33\/","title":{"rendered":"Near Susquehanna, another tomb of unknown soldier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/yorktownsquare\/2007\/03\/post-29.html\">York County&#8217;s unknown Union soldier<\/a> rests in Prospect Hill Cemetery.<br \/>\nBut his gray counterpart lies in a remote spote near the Susquehanna River. At least that&#8217;s the story.<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s what I wrote in &#8220;East of Gettysburg&#8221; about the rebel soldier buried on the York County side of the Susquehanna, in the Accomac area:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Area residents have long maintained the grave site, where tradition holds that  a rebel soldier was laid to rest. The tradition persists even though the site has been marked with Stars and Stripes and a Union marker.<br \/>\nThe stories vary, but a common version tells of three soldiers detached from Gen. John B. Gordon&#8217;s rebel brigade (see <a href=\"\/yorktownsquare\/2007\/01\/archivists-finding-brings-new.html\">note among the roses<\/a>), who tried to cross the river on a raft. Perhaps the soldiers were testing the river&#8217;s depth to find a ford where the brigade could cross.<br \/>\nThe raft struck a rock, and one of the soldiers, who couldn&#8217;t swim, drowned. His comrades dragged his body ashore and buried him, the resting place of a lonely soldier.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>York County&#8217;s unknown Union soldier rests in Prospect Hill Cemetery. 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