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Civil War Soldier Receives Funeral Honors at Arlington Cemetery

April 28, 2023 |DOD News

Arlington National Cemetery conducted a rare funeral service for a Civil War soldier this week, providing military funeral honors with funeral escort for Army Maj. Isaac Hart.

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Soldiers holding rifles march in formation.
A soldier salutes a container bearing another soldier's remains.
An American flag is held above a container on a platform.
An American flag is held by service members above a container on a platform.
Soldiers in formal uniforms fold a flag during a funeral ceremony.
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A group of service members with rifles stand at attention in a cemetery.
A service member plays a trumpet in a cemetery.
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Hart's great-great niece, Rachel Bender, received the flag.

A woman is presented with the American flag during a funeral service.
A woman is presented with the American flag during a funeral service.
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Rachel Bender is presented with the U.S. flag following military funeral honors with funeral escort for Bender's great-great uncle, Army Maj. Isaac Hart, in Section 76 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., April 27, 2023. Hart served from 1861 to 1866 with the 3rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, the 23rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, and the 2nd United States Colored Troops Regiment Cavalry. The last time a soldier from the Civil War received military funeral honors at Arlington National Cemetery was in 2018.
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Maj. Hart served in the Union army from 1861 to 1866 with the 3rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, the 23rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and the 2nd United States Colored Troops Regiment Cavalry.

Hart, whose remains were recently discovered on a shelf of unclaimed remains at a Cincinnati cemetery, was the first Civil War soldier to receive military funeral honors at Arlington National Cemetery since 2018.

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