The following article is from the PhillyBurbs.com website.
Three Gettysburg battlefield monuments vandalized
The Associated Press
February 16, 2006 2:04 PMGETTYSBURG, Pa. - Monuments honoring Civil War soldiers from Pennsylvania, New York and Massachusetts were damaged late Wednesday or early Thursday morning, Gettysburg National Military Park officials said.
The head of a sculpture was stolen on Devil's Den, a rocky part of the battlefield, and a sword was taken from a second memorial. A third marker's sculpture landed on a decorative iron fence, which also was damaged.
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disturbing!
One of the monuments was that of the 114th PVI, a Zouave unit. A friend of mine just a few miles down the road portrays that unit. At the 140th Gettysburg, we (Liberty Greys)were honored to have flanked and captured them during the second day's fighting.
Here is another account of the damage:
http://www.gettysburgtimes.com/headlines/news/021706/front1.htm
Will