Clothing, Boots Help Tell Soldier’s Story

Clothing, Boots Help Tell Isaac Mason’s Story On May 28, a room filled with scientists and historians awaited removal of a heavy lid from a heavy cast iron coffin containing what was believed to be remains of Giles Countian Isaac Newton Mason, a private in the 11th...

Dr. Larry Cartmell Explains Autopsy Findings

Dr. Larry Cartmell Explains Autopsy Findings in the Isaac Newton Mason Case An important member of the team of scientists and historians who studied the 142-year-old remains of Isaac Newton Mason was Dr. Larry Cartmell, a general pathologist from Ada, Okla., who is...

Examination Helped Confirm Mason’s Identity

Examination Helped Confirm Mason’s Identity When the heavy cast iron lid was hoisted from the coffin of what was believed to be Isaac Newton Mason’s remains in the Anthropology Conservation Laboratory on the third floor of the Smithsonian Institution on May 28, the...