Remains of nearly 30 Civil War veterans found in a funeral home's storage are laid to rest

The simple copper and cardboard urns gathering dust on shelves only had the name of each of the 28 soldiers — but nothing linking them to the Civil War. “It's amazing that they were still there and we found them,” said Tom Keating, the Washington state coordinator for the Missing In America Project, which turned to a team of volunteers to confirm their war service through genealogical research. Most of the veterans were buried in August at Washington's Tahoma National Cemetery — along with the remains of some of the 31 Civil War spouses also found in the same storage facilities.