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SPRINGFIELD, S.C. (AP) -- There's a bit of an historical mystery in the Orangeburg County town of Springfield.

The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg reports that Wayne and Lydia Lackey were recently preparing land for planting corn when Lydia Lackey found an unusual, weathered marker.

Her husband sandblasted it to find it was United Confederate Veterans Iron Cross once used to mark graves.

The couple is trying to find out if there were graves on their land which was part of what was known as Phillips Plantation during the Civil War.

They are checking with historians and doing online searches but have failed to solve the mystery.

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