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An article called "In Remembrance: Special ceremony Commemorates Black Civil War Dead." A picture to the right shows a man standing in the middle of 19 caskets covered in American flags. The caption reads: "George Coblyn, grandson of Eli George Biddle, the last surviving member of the 54th Massachusetts who died in 1940, stands with the caskets of 19 Civil War soldiers to be reburied today in Beaufort. Coblyn points out the 13 stars on the caskets, the style of military burials at the time."

An article called "In Remembrance: Special ceremony Commemorates Black Civil War Dead. The picture shows George Coblyn, grandson of Eli George Biddle, the last surviving member of the 54th Massachusetts who died in 1940, with the caskets of 19 Civil War soldiers waiting to be reburied.

for the 54th Massachusetts Regiment story map for the African American National Historic Park

Newspaper clipping from "The Charlotte Observer" on May 29, 1989 on Newspapers.com

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Boston African American National Historic Site, Code: BOAF

Boston African American National Historic Site, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Latitude: 42.3578987121582, Longitude: -71.0706024169922

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85321451/54th-ma55th-mageorge-coblyneli/

May 29, 1989

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