22 Confederate soldiers buried Friday in S.C.

CHARLESTON, S.C. _ On a chilly, wind-swept afternoon filled with leaden skies and somber moods, the re-mains of 22 Confederate soldiers _ and one child _ were laid to rest Friday in the city where the Civil War began.

More than 3,000 people lined the gravesite at Magnolia Cemetery at a service that featured hymn-singing, Bible-reading, Taps, a 21-gun salute and the singing of ``Dixie.'' ``We don't know how these men laid down their lives or what they looked like but we are giving them an honor and dignity long overdue,'' said the Rev. C. Lynn Bailey of Charleston, a Lutheran minister.

The remains of the men were discovered this past June during an archaeological dig beneath Johnson-Hagood Stadium, home of The Citadel …