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