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EricLambert_RVAspark OP t1_itq03od wrote

Reply to comment by tiglathpilesar in Hey did y'all happen to notice the new fence at the grave site at Bell Isle? by EricLambert_RVAspark

Also, we were told the bodies have been exhumed, but the history remains, and the site has been marked as a reminder.

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Asterion7 t1_itq2bu0 wrote

Why would they seal it off if the bodies had been removed?

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EricLambert_RVAspark OP t1_itq4h5m wrote

Its not sealed off, there are openings for those that want to walk in. Its just a reminder of what was there and the suffering they went through. I'm not a history expert, but I believe its said that prisoner island was one of the worst during the civil war.

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tiglathpilesar t1_itr2zul wrote

I've read/heard that it was a really shitty place to be a POW. Lack of food, lack of blankets and lack of shelter. So this:
>worst during the civil war

Seems about right.

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Chad_Big_C0ck t1_itupefl wrote

So it is POW graves? How are there only like 4 total? I'd assume it'd be dozens to hundreds (cold, disease, non-immediately lethal shot before being captured, etc)

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