TEXT: TEASER (Fade in: Exterior -- Civil War reenactment site -- daytime. Soldiers walking about, riding horses, marching in formation. Indistinct conversation.) (Cut to: Two reenactors, Union soldier JASPER ALMAN and Confederate soldier DUVAL MILTOE, walking past a unit marching in formation.) ALMAN: Sayler's Creek was the beginning of the end for the South. MILTOE: We dug in and held you Yankees off for two days. ALMAN: Pfft. Which is why we live in the Confederate States of America, I guess, right? (Cut to: MILTOE digging a ditch in an old, dry creek bed as ALMAN stands by watching.) MILTOE: Our boys had set up a perimeter along this here creek. If we had been able to get supplies-... ALMAN: Oh, I hate to rub it in, Duvall, but you Rebels had more soldiers surrender at Farmville than in any other battle of the war. You could always switch sides, you know; join the winners. MILTOE: What the-... (brushes leaves away from what appears to be the bones of a leg) ALMAN: (kneeling to help clear debris; uncovers a hand) What is this? MILTOE: Oh, my God. Is that a dead soldier? (ALMAN continues to clear debris; uncovers a skull. Both reenactors jump up.) MILTOE: That's one of them Yankees we killed. ALMAN: Yankee? That's a... That's a Rebel Yell if I've ever seen one. MILTOE: He's screaming for his mother; that's how you can tell he's a Yankee. ALMAN: General Sheridan, we got a dead Rebel over here, sir. MILTOE: No, way. (calling out to nearby reenactors) Dead Yankee! ALMAN: Yes, we do! Dead Rebel! (Close up on the skull still buried in the ditch, as ALMAN and MILTOE continue to argue over the indistinct ex
SUMMARY:
When a human skeleton is discovered in the trenches of an old Civil War battleground, Brennan and Booth are called to the case. Despite the historical location, Brennan quickly identifies the bones as belonging to Dan Pinard, a present-day local dentist. While Booth investigates suspects, including the victim's former boyfriend, Hodgins and lab intern Vincent Nigel-Murray work doggedly to clean the bones of a stubborn clay residue which is preventing the team from determining a cause of death. Meanwhile, Booth's brother, Jared, returns from his travels with some suprising news.