Disinterring and reburying Civil War Soldiers

[Christine]

Just saw this and wondered what you all think about it.

"The bodies of 40 Confederate soldiers unearthed in the last two months will have a proper memorial around 150 years after they fought during the Civil War.

Ted Delaney, the assistant director of Old City Cemetery in Lynchburg Virginia, along with a team of archeologists also found the areas where Union Soldiers were buried and then disinterred in 1866. . .

In early April the team dug a 45-by-10 foot trench to dig up the bodies and now face the challenge of identifying each grave and giving them the recognition they deserve.

'Our goal is to put a marker at each grave space to identify the soldier and note when he died and his military unit,' said Delaney

'The undertaker's notes are so detailed and complete,' he added, confident that at least 80 soldiers would be properly identified."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...orial.html

Lots of my husband's confederate ancestors are buried in unknown graves, but I'm not sure how I feel about this. If the undertaker's notes are so complete why do they need to dig them up and then rebury them? Why couldn't they just put up a monument to all of them?

Maybe I'm missing something here.