Civil War soldier's Michigan grave finally gets headstone
“We can’t have a vet in here with no headstone,” Fields said. “That isn’t right.”
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“We can’t have a vet in here with no headstone,” Fields said. “That isn’t right.”
The grave of a Civil War soldier who died in 1910 was given a headstone in a northern Michigan cemetery. Ruel Boynton was a veteran who had eight children.
Ruel Boynton died in 1910 after settling on a 160-acre farm in Leelanau County after the war.
EMPIRE, Mich. (AP) — The grave of a man who served in the U.S. Civil War has been formally marked at a northern Michigan cemetery. Claude Fields ensured that Ruel Boynton's service wouldn't be forgotten.
The grave of a man who served in the U.S. Civil War has been formally marked at a northern Michigan cemetery