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The Posthumous Journeys of Hiram Granbury

  Civil War soldiers killed in battle were often buried twice,  first on or near the the battlefield and later in a family plot or national cemetery. Hiram B. Granbury, however, was buried three times in cemeteries to which he had no personal or military connection.     On November 30, 1864, General John Bell […]