Two unknown sailors from the Civil War, killed in 1862 when the ironclad USS Monitor sank, were buried Friday at Arlington National Cemetery. Their remains were discovered in the Union warship's gun turret after it was raised from the ocean floor off the North Carolina coast in 2002. The burial came on the eve of the 151st anniversary of the fight between the Monitor and the Merrimack, in the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 9, 1862.
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