Oakwood Cemetery contains the graves of hundreds of enlisted Confederates as well as those of quite a few officers. Included among them are the graves of 137 North Carolinians who died at the Battle of Gettysburg, were buried there and brought back to their home state for reinterrment in 1871.
Among those damaged:
** Marble obelisk of General George B. Anderson who died of a wound received at the Battle of Antietam. His had the word "Slavery' spray painted on it with red drops above it.
** Tall marker of Randolph Abbott Shotwell, a lieutenant who led sharpshooters at Gettysburg. On it were the letters "KKK." He was jailed after the war because of his involvement in the KKK. He was pardoned by President Grant.
** Bronze plaque and granite marker to the crew of the Confederate submarine Hunley. Words "Not heroes."
** Charles B. Aycock monument. Although he was not in the war, he was the state's governor from 1901-1905. An avowed white supremacist who in the 1890s led a movement to suppress black citizens, saying they were unfit to govern or vote. His name has already been removed from dorms at Duke and East Carolina universities.
I wonder what the vandals would think if spray painting started happening on the graves of their people.
It Is Sad That This Has to Happen. --Old Secesh
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