BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) – Another skeleton in a grave from the War of 1812 has been uncovered at a construction site on North Street.

The latest skeleton, found Wednesday, brings to eight the number of skeletons uncovered during the current construction project.

The latest skeleton includes pewter buttons that could help researchers determine which regiment the soldier belonged to, said Kristen Merman Shaper, the North Street revitalization coordinator.

Nearly 5,000 soldiers were stationed at or near what is now Battery Park during the War of 1812. Roughly 500 soldiers died around Burlington as the Americans and British fought for control of Lake Champlain. Another 200 or so died in epidemics during the winter of 1812-13.

The soldiers were buried north and east of Battery Park. The burial ground was forgotten as development spread across the Old North End in the 1850s and 1860s.

Construction along North Street this summer has unearthed eight skeletons. Another two skeletons from the Elmwood Cemetery were also unearthed, apparently forgotten when part of the cemetery was paved over during a Depression-era street improvement project.