Archaeologists can't find remains from 19th Century battles because grave robbers stole them all

I desperately wanted a chasspot for my collection and was talking to an antique gun dealer and be said "they are almost impossible to find as the darkies have them all." 19th century stuff is hard to get and expensive for many reasons.

Snapshots:

https://www.science.org/content/article/now-we-know-where-dead-went-did-grave-robbers-plunder-battlefields:

• ghostarchive.org

• archive.org

• archive.ph (click to archive)