Stacey Ferguson
Revolutionary Revelation: Identifying Revolutionary War KIAs using Forensic Genealogy
In 2022, fourteen soldiers from the Battle of Camden on August 16th, 1780, were exhumed from the battlefield and reburied with full military honors. The archaeology offered many clues about how these soldiers lived and died, but not their names. Groundbreaking DNA science and expert genealogy have unlocked many tantalizing DNA clues about their identities… and maybe even their names.
Stacey Ferguson (historiccamden.org, stacey@historiccamden.org, Facebook: Historic Camden Foundation) is the Deputy Director and Battlefield Manager for the Historic Camden Foundation in Camden, South Carolina. She is also an Archaeological Field Technician with American Veterans Archaeological Recovery, participating in conflict archaeology projects at Revolutionary War sites. Stacey is also a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force, with a 24-year career in aircraft maintenance. She has appeared on shows on PBS, CBS, and NBC and will be featured in an upcoming episode of Secrets of the Dead on PBS, airing Fall 2026. She shares her passion for history with the public on topics such as Nathanael Greene and the Southern Campaign, the Battle of Camden, and Camden Burials.
