Rachel Bender is presented with the U.S. flag following military funeral honors with funeral escort for Bender’s great-great uncle, Army Maj. Isaac Hart, in Section 76 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., April 27, 2023.
Soldiers from the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as “The Old Guard” and the U.S. Army Band, “Pershing’s Own” conduct military funeral honors with funeral escort for Army Maj. Isaac Hart in Section 76 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., April 27, 2023.
Arlington National Cemetery conducted a rare funeral service for a Civil War soldier this week, providing military funeral honors with funeral escort for Army Maj. Isaac Hart.
Hart’s great-great niece, Rachel Bender, received the flag.
Hart served in the Union army from 1861 to 1866 with the 3rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, the 23rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and the 2nd United States Colored Troops Regiment Cavalry.
Hart, whose remains were recently discovered on a shelf of unclaimed remains at a Cincinnati cemetery, was the first Civil War soldier to receive military funeral honors at Arlington National Cemetery since 2018.
