Redcoat remembered at South Carolina funeral

A British soldier killed in the American War of Independence has been laid to rest in South Carolina, reports Alex Bowers.

The as yet unidentified Redcoat served with the 71st Regiment of Foot, Fraser’s Highlanders, and his nearly 250-year-old skeletal remains were recovered last year alongside 13 others sets – one other Loyalist and 12 Patriots – at the historic site of the Battle of Camden.

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