Apr 16, 2012 | TheDay.Com
Forgotten Civil War vet finally laid to rest after ashes found in storage
Alice Knapp holds her granddaughter, Briauna Knapp, as she receives a flag during a military funeral honoring her great-great-great-grand-uncle and Civil War veteran Peter Knapp at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, Ore., Friday.
Civil War vet finally laid to rest
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Civil War vet finally to be laid to rest
A Civil War veteran whose ashes sat for decades forgotten in storage could someday be recalled as the final soldier to be buried from that war.
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