Auction of Civil War Soldier's Skull Called Off

From the June 3, 2014, CBS News "Auction of Civil War soldier's skull canceled after protests."

I must admit that when I first heard of this, IO was appalled.  How could anyone even consider doing something like that or buying it?

The planned auction of a skull found at Gettysburg, supposedly that of a Civil War soldier has been canceled and donated by the auction company for burial with honors (which I hope he gets after all this indignity).

Estate Auction, Co. of Hershey has donated the skull to the National Park Service.

The remains were found in 1949 as a garden was being tilled  on Banner Farm in Gettysburg.  It was notarized and handwritten documents say it was recovered with 13 other artifacts about two miles north of a barn used as a field hospital at the Battle of Gettysburg.

Gettysburg Park said there were two Banner farms in Gettysburg and one was used as a field hospital.

--Old Secesh