The National Park Service announced Thursday it will transfer the remains of a young Union soldier recovered at Manassas National Battlefield Park to the Office of Army Cemeteries for interment at Arlington National Cemetery. The nearly complete burial of the soldier, estimated to be 16 to 19 years old, was uncovered in March 2024 during archaeological work at a Civil War field hospital site linked to the Second Battle of Manassas in August 1862.
Archaeologists also found a historic rubber pocket comb with the remains and four surgically amputated limbs from other wounded soldiers treated there. Supporting documentation for the transfer is available for public review on the National Park Service Planning, Environment and Public Comment website from Aug. 13 through Sept. 4, 2026.