{"id":51360,"date":"2023-04-28T21:51:49","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T19:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=51360"},"modified":"2025-04-28T00:18:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T22:18:13","slug":"the-last-13-fallen-unburied-of-a-war-between-the-united-states-and-the-united-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/04\/28\/the-last-13-fallen-unburied-of-a-war-between-the-united-states-and-the-united-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"The last 13 fallen unburied of a war between the United States and the United Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"

During wars death takes many lives. Sometimes it can take many years to bury the bodies of all the fallen.<\/p>\n

Honors to fallen enemies: when war is not at odds with chivalry<\/a><\/rel>
\nWhy aren't the armies of the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand called 'Royal'?<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

Between 1775 and 1783, the thirteen colonies that founded the United States fought their War of Independence<\/strong> against the United Kingdom, which ended in an American victory. During that war thousands of soldiers died, not only American and British, but also French, Spanish and Dutch<\/strong> (among those who supported the Americans) and also Germans<\/strong> (who were fighting next to the British).<\/p>\n

Today, many fallen from that war rest in cemeteries. However, despite two and a half centuries having passed, corpses from that war still continue to appear.<\/strong> Since 2020, archaeologists who were excavating at the site where the Battle of Camden took place on August 1780, in South Carolina (which ended in a British victory), they have found the remains of twelve soldiers of the Continental Army<\/strong> (as the one that was later transformed into the current United States Army was known at the time) ) and a British Army soldier.<\/strong> Their identities are unknown, as soldiers did not wear dog tags at the time.<\/p>\n

Today the US and the UK are faithful allies, so the transfer of his remains took place on April 22, escorted by US and UK soldiers<\/strong>, with a joint funeral ceremony at the Bethesda Presbyterian Church. You can see here some images of the ceremony.<\/p>\n

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Members of the US Army and the South Carolina National Guard <\/strong> covering the coffins of their fallen compatriots with their National Flag, the \"Old Glory\", at the site of the Battle of Camden.<\/p>\n

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The transfer of the remains of the fallen Americans<\/strong>, in the same place where they fell in combat.<\/p>\n

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The coffins of the Continental Army soldiers<\/strong>, draped in the flag of the country for which they fought and died.<\/p>\n

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British soldiers with their compatriot's coffin.<\/strong> The British soldier found in Camden belonged to the 71st Regiment of Foot, a unit of Scottish soldiers formed in 1777 to fight in the American War of Independence, which it was dissolved in 1881.<\/p>\n

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British soldiers carrying the coffin of their compatriot.<\/strong> Several members of the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland traveled to Camden for this ceremony.<\/p>\n

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A South Carolina National Guard AH-64 Apache helicopter<\/strong> flying over the site of the battle, as a memorial to the fallen.<\/p>\n

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Brig. Gen. Joseph Reale, 29th Infantry Division, receives the Flag from one of the fallen American soldiers.<\/strong> Reale, who represented the Maryland Army National Guard at the ceremony, served in the 175th Infantry Regiment, a unit present at the Battle of Camden in 1780 and to which many of the Americans honored at the ceremony belonged.<\/p>\n

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A British officer receiving the \"Union Jack\" that covered the coffin of his compatriot<\/strong> during the funeral ceremony in Camden.<\/p>\n

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Members of the funeral procession that carried the remains of the fallen to the Bethesda Presbyterian Church.<\/strong> Some members of the South Carolina National Guard wore period uniforms.<\/p>\n

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Reenactors in Continental Army uniforms<\/strong> during the funeral procession that accompanied the coffins of the thirteen soldiers who fell in the Battle of Camden.<\/p>\n

Rest in peace.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Source of the photos: U.S. Army National Guard \/ British Army Staff USA \/ Dan Snow.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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