With tens of thousands of casualties on battlefields like Antietam & Gettysburg, why are there not just skeletons popping up everywhere?

Question

Surely 200 years of weather and tourism would uncover some??

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Answer 1

Skeletons decompose just like the rest of the human body. If any soldier were left on the battlefield or buried in shallow graves, their bones have long since disappeared. It takes bones about [10 years](https://www.scienceabc.com/humans/skeleton-mystery-dont-bones-decay-decompose.html) to decompose.