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