Remains of soldiers from a 1777 battle were found in an unmarked mass grave lost to history for 245 years.
An archeological dig just outside Red Bank Battlefield Park in Gloucester County, aimed at mapping a wartime trench, had accidentally uncovered the skeletal remains of a dozen or more individuals in an unmarked mass grave lost to history for 245 years.
“I think what has most impressed me since the announcement of the discovery is the level of public engagement. The team recognized this was a very significant discovery, but I don’t think we understood at the time just how much our project would resonate with the public,” said Jen Janofsky, director of Red Bank Battlefield Park.
The conclusion that the soldiers were Hessians was based on items recovered by the remains, including a King George III gold guinea that would have been the equivalent of a soldier’s monthly pay, officials said previously. “Based on our work from last year, there is, of course, always some potential for additional remains to be found at Red Bank,” Janofsky said.
Conservation work on many items recovered from last year’s project — including two gunflints, one musket ball, seven plain and repousśe buttons and two knee buckles — is being unwritten by a $2,937 grant from the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey, a group that makes grants to support local Revolutionary War-related sites and organizations, she said., located at the battlefield park.
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