Preview | The Civil War's Lost Massacre
Preview: Season 22 Episode 1 | 31sVideo has Closed Captions
A search for the remains of Black Union soldiers murdered toward the end of the Civil War.
Originally a supply depot for Union forces in Kentucky, Camp Nelson became the site where 10,000 Black soldiers trained in the Civil War. But in the war’s last months, these soldiers were attacked by bitter Southerners. Their remains have never been found, and a team is dedicated to finding them to memorialize their service and heroism.
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Preview | The Civil War's Lost Massacre
Preview: Season 22 Episode 1 | 31sVideo has Closed Captions
Originally a supply depot for Union forces in Kentucky, Camp Nelson became the site where 10,000 Black soldiers trained in the Civil War. But in the war’s last months, these soldiers were attacked by bitter Southerners. Their remains have never been found, and a team is dedicated to finding them to memorialize their service and heroism.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipOn "Secrets of the Dead"... the search for the final resting place of members of the 5t United States Colored Cavalry.
- There was never any effort to identify what happened to those men, because they were colored troops.
In this one spot, there was a cross.
And it said, "Civil War burial mound."
They weren't citizens, but they were willing to fight for this country.
"The Civil War's Lost Massacre," on "Secrets of the Dead."
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Radar Technologies Aid in Search for Civil War Burial Site
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A team searches for the remains of the soldiers slain in the Simpsonville Massacre. (2m 48s)
Remembering the Fallen Soldiers of the Simpsonville Massacre
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The search for the remains of 5th U.S. Colored Cavalry in Kentucky begins. (2m 17s)
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