An archaeologist from Michigan wants to use remote sensing equipment to look for graves in a ravine once used for pauper burials at Shreveport's Greenwood Cemetery -- and possibly also to bury Civil War soldiers.

Weather permitting, Ronald Bacon of Superior Environmental in Wixom, Mich., planned to start Wednesday in the area called "The Dell."

The work should take a day or two, he said. The first pass over the ground uses an electromagnetic induction device, with ground penetrating radar for more detailed looks.

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