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