There is a Civil War Show in Richmond this weekend. Could have been someone looking for artifacts to sell at this show ----- "Haynes, Bruce" wrote: > It would be equally correct to say that this site is adjacent to the Gaines > Mill battlefield of 1862; to be specific, the Adams Farm & the Watt House. > The graves could be from the 1862 or 1864 campaigns as this particular part > of East Hanover was the site of both battles. I suppose we will learn more > when we find out the precise location of the graves, and if the headstone > had any name. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sheri T. Millikin [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 7:03 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] Need help ASAP > > On the 11 pm local news last night, it was stated that the graves were > located off of Old Quaker Road on property adjacent to Cold Harbor > Battlefield. This is the only information I was able to find online > regarding it, but it does now appear these were graves of Civil War > soldiers. At least one headstone was defaced and destroyed. > The below info is from the Richmond Times-Dispatch. > Sheri Millikin > > Police Probe Civil War Remains Case > > Jan 31, 2002 > > Virginia State Police are investigating whether the remains of Civil War > soldiers were removed from their graves near Cold Harbor Battlefield Park in > Hanover County and stripped of valuable artifacts. > > State investigators searched land adjacent to the park yesterday and found > four boxes of human remains, one bag and a box of assorted artifacts and a > defaced Civil War gravestone. State police believe the remains were dug up > from an original grave on the private property and reinterred nearby. > > "They should be remains of soldiers killed in the 1864 Battle of Cold > Harbor," state police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said. "It's believed there > were at least four bodies in this particular grave site." > > No charges have been filed. > > Hanover Commonwealth's Attorney Kirby Porter acknowledged the probe but said > he couldn't comment on an ongoing investigation. > http://www.timesdispatch.com/newsupdates/MGBR0JSH5XC.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237