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Yesterday, Arlington National Cemetery laid to rest an unknown Union soldier with full military funeral honors with escort in Section 81. Discovered during archaeological excavations at Manassas National Battlefield Park, the young soldier-estimated to have been 16 to 19 years old-was connected to the Second Battle of Manassas. The Office of Army Cemeteries coordinated his interment alongside two other unknown Union soldiers recovered from the same park and buried at Arlington in 2018. Soldiers from 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), the U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own" and U.S. Army's 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) Caisson Detachment rendered final honors. An Army Arlington Lady accepted the flag on behalf of the unknown soldier's family.