A cemetery stone marking the grave of an unknown Confederate soldier washed away in September during flooding from Tropical Storm Lee. So this temporary marker has been put up for now. Carol Posinski, pictured here in December, is part of an effort to get the government to provide an official headstone. Those efforts recently hit a snag, and those involved are trying to do more research.
(DAILY RECORD/SUNDAY NEWS - FILE)
(DAILY RECORD/SUNDAY NEWS - FILE)
Ivan Frantz Jr. filled out an application in December to apply for an official government headstone for an unknown Confederate soldier buried in Hellam Township.
In the spot for the name, Frantz wrote "Unknown Confederate Soldier." He put down "unknown" for the date of birth and June 1863 for the date of death.
Frantz indicated that he was applying as secretary/treasurer of Capt. E.M. Ruhl, Camp No. 33 of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. He marked an "X" in a box for an upright granite headstone.
A couple of weeks later, Frantz received a letter from the federal Department of Veterans Affairs, saying that it could not process his application.
The reason: He's not the next-of-kin.
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