Special service on Saturday at Hopewell Cemetery. Belated Veterans Day ceremony honors Civil War soldiers By P.BARR,Daily Journal Staff Writer, Published Nov. 10, 2010. Civil War soldiers will have a second Veterans Day Saturday when the local Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War camp conducts a special ceremony where at least 51 of those soldiers now lie. The Belated Veterans Day ceremony begins at 11 a.m. in Hopewell Cemetery in Washington County and is open to the public. Hopewell Ceremony is near the old St. Louis-Iron Mountain Railroad, which was the furthest southern railroad in Missouri, said Chris Warren, Second Lt. and Camp Commander of the General James R. McCormick Camp 215, the Park Hills Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War camp. There are 51 Union soldiers buried there that we know of. They are from New Jersey, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Canada, United States Colored Troops, as well as Missouri. So far, no one has identified any Confederate soldiers in the cemetery. The Sons of Union Veterans and its auxiliary, the Louisa Volker Auxiliary 215, will dress in period clothing or Civil War uniforms. The auxiliary is named after the first woman military telegrapher in the Civil War, who was stationed at Mineral Point. Other plans for the ceremony are still being finalized. Tentative plans include a color guard, musket volley, TAPS and flags at each Civil War veterans graves. The names of the Civil War veterans in the cemetery will be read, and Warren is hoping to have a special addition to honor the veterans. This is a unique ceremony, Warren said. Most Veterans Day celebrations focus on more modern wars, and often forget our nation's greatest conflict: The Civil War. One veteran believed to be buried in the Hopewell Cemetery is Frank Bone, a Washington County native who enlisted in the Civil War Aug. 5, 1862, at the age of 20. Bone was a private in Company C, 31st Missouri Infantry Regiment. According to author Gary Scheel, who wrote a book about the 31st Missouri Infantry, at the time of his enlistment Bone was 5 feet 7 inches tall with gray eyes, light hair and light complexion. He listed his occupation as miner. Bones regiment began with 878 men when they left for Chickasaw Bayou, Mississippi. There, they fought their first of 29 battles and skirmishes on Dec. 29, 1862, at Chickasaw Bayou, about eight miles northwest of Vicksburg. Their last battle before the war ended was in Bentonville, N.C. By the time Bone was discharged on June 13, 1865, there were only 170 other surviving members of the regiment, Scheel said. To get to the cemetery take Missouri 8 to Route U south to County Road 506. Turn left, then take the first right onto Elliott Road 507. The cemetery is on the right.