Scientists who identified remains of Revolutionary war soldier from Maryland hope to name others

CAMDEN, SC — Fourteen unknown soldiers who died in the Battle of Camden are one step closer to being identified 246 years after their deaths.

With one soldier named last month, a team of archaeologists, preservationists, genealogy and DNA experts hold out hope of raising the necessary funds to identify at least one other soldier — even perhaps all of the fallen fighters recovered from the heart of the Revolutionary War battlefield in the Midlands of South Carolina.

They have a lead: One of the other soldiers, known for now as 11A, has a lineage that traces to a man named Robert Fleming, who researchers say helped start a church in colonial York County…

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