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Honoring a Civil War veteran who was lost to history

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Private Sandy Wills was buried with full military honors at a veterans' cemetery in Memphis , Tennessee .

He was originally laid to rest in an unmarked grave, a Civil War veteran all but lost to history.

Private Wills served his country, though not in this century , or the last; he died in 1889 .

Cheryl Wills : "History really meant for him to be anonymous forever" "He was a man without a legacy for 135 years . And now, it's been taken back" A headstone now marks Sandy Wills' grave at the West Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery .

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