Unmasking a Forgotten Hero: The Revolutionary War Teen Orphan Finally Identified Through Forensic Science
One of Pumphrey’s relatives that came to the event was Julie Pumphrey Strickland, who resides not far from the site of the Battle of Camden. She said this investigation was especially meaningful to her.
“I was born a Pumphrey. I was put up for adoption when I was 6 weeks old and later found both sides of my family. I started out without a name. He wound up without a name. And now we both know our name,” she told WLTX.
The researchers are now hoping to identify more of the soldiers who’d been buried in unmarked graves. However, the process is complex and expensive, with each identification adding up to tens of thousands of dollars.
This identification was funded by the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology and the South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust, among other sponsors. For future investigations, the researchers are looking for additional funding.
But though it may take a significant amount of time and money to make additional identifications, researchers are heartened by the fact that we now know definitively that fallen soldiers who died as far back as 250 years ago can still have their names and legacies restored.
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