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GETTYSBURG, Pa., Feb 28, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- A reward was posted for information leading to the conviction of vandals who damaged monuments at Gettysburg, Pa., site of the deadliest Civil War battle.
Some 51,000 people died during the three-day battle of Gettysburg in July 1863. Many historians consider the battle a turning point in the U.S. Civil War over slavery.
The latest vandalism -- the third time in 18 months -- is the worst since nine Gettysburg monuments were damaged in 1913.
Four groups posted a $36,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of the vandals, who caused an estimated $61,000 in damage Feb. 14 and 15 to three monuments commemorating units from the ill-fated Third Corps.
"It absolutely infuriates me, and I think I speak for just about everybody," Charles Kuhn of the Sons of Union Veterans told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "The first feeling I had was a sick feeling. Then all of a sudden that sick feeling becomes anger."
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