Antoinette, The Dept. of Veterans' Affairs will replace tombstones and markers: http://www.cem.va.gov/hm.htm Antoinette Waughtel Sorensen wrote: > Does anyone know if the VA or another such organization will help in > "fixing" a monument of a Civil War veteran? I have been sent a picture of > the monument of my great uncle Starling Waughtel buried in Scipio, Indiana. > A beautiful military monument but the upright portion has come off the base > portion and has been set "leaning" on the base. If anyone can turn me in > the right direction as to what I might be able to do to get this "fixed" I > will be forever grateful. This monument/burial is in Indiana and I am out > here in Washington State so nearly everything will have to be done via > e-mail and/or snail mail as I don't hear well on a telephone. > Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington) > > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > To search our list archives since 1996, go to > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > and enter Civil-War in the list name > > > > -- Alice J. Gayley Pennsylvania in the Civil War http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/

The VA will provide a replacement Marker but it has to be set by the Cemetery, Relatives, or other organization or individuals...Local Camps of the SCV and/or MOSB will usually be helpful in getting a Confederate Marker replaced, however, if this one has a base and an upright, it is likely not one furnished by the VA...All of their markers are like those you see in a National Cemetery, or flat Bronze ones which have to have a base provided by the family...The Website of the VA will give you a photo/drawing of what they offer...Perhaps your Relative's marker was provided by the Family or a Lodge or some other Organization... >From: "Alice J. Gayley" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] MONUMENT RESTORATION QUESTION >Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:25:20 -0600 > >Antoinette, > >The Dept. of Veterans' Affairs will replace tombstones and markers: > >http://www.cem.va.gov/hm.htm > >Antoinette Waughtel Sorensen wrote: >>Does anyone know if the VA or another such organization will help in >>"fixing" a monument of a Civil War veteran? I have been sent a picture of >>the monument of my great uncle Starling Waughtel buried in Scipio, >>Indiana. >>A beautiful military monument but the upright portion has come off the >>base >>portion and has been set "leaning" on the base. If anyone can turn me in >>the right direction as to what I might be able to do to get this "fixed" I >>will be forever grateful. This monument/burial is in Indiana and I am out >>here in Washington State so nearly everything will have to be done via >>e-mail and/or snail mail as I don't hear well on a telephone. >>Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington) >> >> >> >>==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== >>To search our list archives since 1996, go to >>http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >>and enter Civil-War in the list name >> >> >> >> > >-- >Alice J. Gayley >Pennsylvania in the Civil War >http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/ > > > >==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from list mode, email [email protected] >and in the text area of the message, type only the word >unsubscribe >

Thank you. I just within the past 5 years had a marker set for my grandfather who served during the Spanish American War. He had a military type funeral, I have the flag, and he is buried at the Soldiers Home Cemetery, as is my grandmother but they refused him a headstone. Claimed he deserted. I have his discharge which had been issued in lieu of lost ~ ~ after fighting the government for 50 years they told me if I paid for it I could have it set. So this I did. His marker matches my grandmother's who died 2 years before him. Not only that but his paper work from 1953 states "Mrs Waughtel's ashes in casket" and she was buried 2 years previously. They are side-by-side. Oh well ~ ~ Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Gieger" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 3:11 PM Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] MONUMENT RESTORATION QUESTION > The VA will provide a replacement Marker but it has to be set by the > Cemetery, Relatives, or other organization or individuals...Local Camps of > the SCV and/or MOSB will usually be helpful in getting a Confederate Marker > replaced, however, if this one has a base and an upright, it is likely not > one furnished by the VA...All of their markers are like those you see in a > National Cemetery, or flat Bronze ones which have to have a base provided by > the family...The Website of the VA will give you a photo/drawing of what > they offer...Perhaps your Relative's marker was provided by the Family or a > Lodge or some other Organization... > > > >From: "Alice J. Gayley" <[email protected]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] MONUMENT RESTORATION QUESTION > >Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:25:20 -0600 > > > >Antoinette, > > > >The Dept. of Veterans' Affairs will replace tombstones and markers: > > > >http://www.cem.va.gov/hm.htm > > > >Antoinette Waughtel Sorensen wrote: > >>Does anyone know if the VA or another such organization will help in > >>"fixing" a monument of a Civil War veteran? I have been sent a picture of > >>the monument of my great uncle Starling Waughtel buried in Scipio, > >>Indiana. > >>A beautiful military monument but the upright portion has come off the > >>base > >>portion and has been set "leaning" on the base. If anyone can turn me in > >>the right direction as to what I might be able to do to get this "fixed" I > >>will be forever grateful. This monument/burial is in Indiana and I am out > >>here in Washington State so nearly everything will have to be done via > >>e-mail and/or snail mail as I don't hear well on a telephone. > >>Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington) > >> > >> > >> > >>==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > >>To search our list archives since 1996, go to > >>http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >>and enter Civil-War in the list name > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > >-- > >Alice J. Gayley > >Pennsylvania in the Civil War > >http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/ > > > > > > > >==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > >To unsubscribe from list mode, email [email protected] > >and in the text area of the message, type only the word > >unsubscribe > > > > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > To search our list archives since 1996, go to > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > and enter Civil-War in the list name > > >