Idea to auction Gettysburg skull scrapped; burial planned

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• The skull was found near the historic battlefield on the site of a onetime field hospital from the 1863 battle
• Estate Auction Company canceled the auction after an outcry from the National Park Service
  
• Skull will be donated to the Park Service to be buried with military honors

Read more: Civil War soldier's skull found at Gettysburg to be buried after public outrage over proposed sale | Mail Online

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