{"id":2137,"date":"2026-06-21T18:39:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T18:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=2137"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:39:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T18:39:21","slug":"revolutionary-war-soldier-identified-nearly-250-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=2137","title":{"rendered":"Revolutionary War Soldier Identified Nearly 250 Years Later"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_1 --> <\/p>\n<p>A teenage soldier who fell at one of the bloodiest battles of the American Revolution finally has his name back, 246 years after he died.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=2135\">Kennedy Heir, Antifa-Lover And Former Techie Among Candidates Wrapping Wild Primary To Replace Jerry Nadler<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers in South Carolina announced Thursday that one set of remains pulled from the Camden battlefield belongs to Pvt. John Pumphrey, a young Marylander whose death went unrecorded, according to Task &amp; Purpose. The remains, previously labeled Camden 9B, are the first of 14 recovered soldiers to be identified, CBS News Baltimore reported.<\/p>\n<p>Archaeologists with the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology uncovered the 14 bodies in 2022 while working to protect shallow battlefield graves from erosion. Uniform buttons found with the remains identified 12 of the dead as Continental soldiers, one as British and one as Loyalist, according to the University of South Carolina. <strong>(RELATED: Arkansas Teen Sailor Killed At Pearl Harbor Will Finally Be Laid To Rest After Nearly 85 Years)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Identifying Pumphrey took years of forensic work. A team extracted DNA from a small piece of his skull and used two other forms of genetic evidence to confirm the match, CBS News Baltimore reported. Because Pumphrey died young and left no children of his own, genealogists traced him through the descendants of his siblings, according to WMAR-2 News.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=2133\">\u2018You Close It And You Won\u2019t Have A Country\u2019: Trump Reportedly Says US Could Become \u2018Guardian Angel\u2019 Of Strait Of Hormuz<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_2 --> <\/p>\n<p>Pumphrey came from a prominent Anne Arundel County family but left home for Baltimore before enlisting in January 1777, CBS News Baltimore reported. Records show he reenlisted on Feb. 28, 1779, committing to serve for the duration of the war for $100, according to Task &amp; Purpose. His regiment fought at Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth before heading south.<\/p>\n<p>At Camden, Pumphrey served under Maj. Gen. Horatio Gates, who was badly outnumbered and outmatched by British forces, WMAR-2 News reported. The August 1780 defeat killed hundreds, with Pumphrey among roughly 400 who died there, according to CBS News Baltimore.<\/p>\n<p>His remains were reburied in 2024 at Camden\u2019s historic Quaker Cemetery, CBS News Baltimore reported.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=2131\">Judge Rejects Biden\u2019s Bid To Bury Ghostwriter Tapes, Then Pauses Release For Appeal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_3 --> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers identified Pvt. 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