No one bidded on it ----- Original Message ----- From: "Your Name" <dstfelix@erinet.com> To: <CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 12:24 AM Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] GRAVE MARKER ON e-Bay Item #2194059513 > Past auctions usually show for at 60 days. > > > > > > We need help to stop the sale of a GRAVE MARKER on e-Bay. > > > > eBay item 2194059513 > > > > NOTE THE AUCTION HAS ENDED (Ends Oct-06-03 19:37:15 PDT) - > Rare > > Civil War Plaque Cast Iron 32" High Wow! > > > > eBay.com Seller List: trueway1@aol.com > > > > BUT, THIS IS STILL ON DISPLAY > > > > Please go to the site and see for yourself. > > > > I have contacted the police in North Bergen, NJ. THIS IS > SIMPLY > > GRAVE DESECRATION. > > > > It is our hope that this grave marker might be donated to a > > Civil War Museum until such a time as the > > Schaefer family as a whole might be able to conclusively > > determine where the grave of Captain F. W. Schaefer > > is located. > > > > F.W. Schaefer > > 3rd New Jersey Cavalry > > Union > > Company K > > Soldier's Rank In: Captain > > Soldier's Rank Out: Captain > > Alternate Name: Friedrich Wilhelm Schaefer > > Film Number: M550, roll 20 > > > > The following is a description of his unit and the meaning of > > the H.V.C. that is on the grave marker: > > > > From the following site: > > http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~jw3u/round/141-150.htm > > > > This is the description on that page: > > > > H. V. C.--Hancock's Veteran Corps. > > A Circle Surrounded by a Wreath of Laurel. Wide Red Band Passes > > Vertically Through the Circle > > from the Wreath, radiates rays in such a manner as to form a > > Heptagon with Concave Sides. > > Seven hands spring from the Wreath, each grasping a Spear, > whose > > heads point the several angles > > of the Heptagon. The badge adopted originated with Col. C. H. > > Morgan, Hancock's chief-of-staff. > > Was approved by Gen. W. S. Hancock in the fall of 1864. > > > > General W.S. Hancock bio may be read at the following URL: > > http://www.civilwarhome.com/hanbio.htm > > > > > > Sherri Schefer Bagby AND Richard Callard > > Berlindog@aol.com callard@surfside.net > > > > > > > > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe from list mode, email CIVIL-WAR-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > > and in the text area of the message, type only the word > > unsubscribe > > > > > > -- > CoreComm Webmail. > http://home.core.com > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from list mode, email CIVIL-WAR-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > and in the text area of the message, type only the word > unsubscribe > >

NO ONE BID ON IT BECAUSE WE ASKED e-Bay TO STOP THE AUCTION, AS IT IS AN ITEM NOT ALLOWED TO BE SOLD ON e-BAY. THAT IS NOT STOPPING THE SALE TO AN INDIVIDUAL. THEY SAID THAT IT WAS A "LAWN DECORATION". Like the GAR and the CVA Grave Markers are "LAWN DECORATIONS"? If this were on your ancestors grave and taken and sold. Would you be disturbed and outright angry? THIS IS A MATTER OF OUT RIGHT GRAVE DESECRATION, AND THERE ARE LAWS AGAINST IT. We are asking for help. Before it is gone. Richard Callard -----Original Message----- From: Carlene M. Wojahn [mailto:cwojahn@countryroadswv.com] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 5:51 AM To: CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] GRAVE MARKER ON e-Bay Item #2194059513 No one bidded on it ----- Original Message ----- From: "Your Name" <dstfelix@erinet.com> To: <CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 12:24 AM Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] GRAVE MARKER ON e-Bay Item #2194059513 > Past auctions usually show for at 60 days. > > > > > > We need help to stop the sale of a GRAVE MARKER on e-Bay. > > > > eBay item 2194059513 > > > > NOTE THE AUCTION HAS ENDED (Ends Oct-06-03 19:37:15 PDT) - > Rare > > Civil War Plaque Cast Iron 32" High Wow! > > > > eBay.com Seller List: trueway1@aol.com > > > > BUT, THIS IS STILL ON DISPLAY > > > > Please go to the site and see for yourself. > > > > I have contacted the police in North Bergen, NJ. THIS IS > SIMPLY > > GRAVE DESECRATION. > > > > It is our hope that this grave marker might be donated to a Civil > > War Museum until such a time as the Schaefer family as a whole might > > be able to conclusively determine where the grave of Captain F. W. > > Schaefer is located. > > > > F.W. Schaefer > > 3rd New Jersey Cavalry > > Union > > Company K > > Soldier's Rank In: Captain > > Soldier's Rank Out: Captain > > Alternate Name: Friedrich Wilhelm Schaefer > > Film Number: M550, roll 20 > > > > The following is a description of his unit and the meaning of the > > H.V.C. that is on the grave marker: > > > > From the following site: > > http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~jw3u/round/141-150.htm > > > > This is the description on that page: > > > > H. V. C.--Hancock's Veteran Corps. > > A Circle Surrounded by a Wreath of Laurel. Wide Red Band Passes > > Vertically Through the Circle from the Wreath, radiates rays in such > > a manner as to form a Heptagon with Concave Sides. > > Seven hands spring from the Wreath, each grasping a Spear, > whose > > heads point the several angles > > of the Heptagon. The badge adopted originated with Col. C. H. > > Morgan, Hancock's chief-of-staff. > > Was approved by Gen. W. S. Hancock in the fall of 1864. > > > > General W.S. Hancock bio may be read at the following URL: > > http://www.civilwarhome.com/hanbio.htm > > > > > > Sherri Schefer Bagby AND Richard Callard > > Berlindog@aol.com callard@surfside.net > > > > > > > > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe from list mode, email > > CIVIL-WAR-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com and in the text area of the > > message, type only the word unsubscribe > > > > > > -- > CoreComm Webmail. > http://home.core.com > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from list mode, email CIVIL-WAR-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > 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 --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Surfside Internet]