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Women and the Civil War (Part 3)
Posted By Norman Gasbarro on November 28, 2016
Women and the Civil War” is an exhibit of photographs and stories of women who had family connections with soldiers of that war. It was first displayed at the Gratz Fair in September 2013, where it received “first place” in a non-profit division. Afterward, it was displayed in 2014 at the Williamtown-Williams Township Historical Society; in 2015 at the Pillow Historical Society; and in 2016 at the Elizabethville Area Historical Society. With the “retiring” of the actual exhibit, the photographs and stories are now presented here on The Civil War Blog in a thirteen part series.
For each of the thirteen series parts, one woman is featured first along with a brief description of her connection to a Civil War soldier. For the other women who are pictured in each part, a brief story is not provided, but blog readers are invited to add their own stories as comments to the blog post. In some cases, the women or the soldiers have been previously featured on this blog and links are provided to those posts.
EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
Portraits and Stories. This portrait gallery is of women from the Lykens Valley and beyond who were influenced by or had an influence on the Civil War. It includes mothers, wives and daughters of men of the Civil War generation. A few of their stories have been briefly told here [in the exhibit]. As part of the Civil War Research Project, photographs and stories of these remarkable women are being collected and preserved for future generations. Over time, much of this history has been lost because it has not been recorded and saved. For the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War, it has been a priority to collect, record and preserve this valuable part of our heritage.
sister of
After her brother William was killed at Fredericksburg in 1862, she left Pine Grove and volunteered to serve as a nurse at Carver General Hospital in Washington, D.C. She died there of disease in 1864. The scene at the hospital shows a nurse sitting at the bedside of a recovering soldier. A younger brother, Alexander, of Tower City, was a veteran of the war and later became a State Representative and Senator representing Schuylkill County.
Minnie [Keiper] Blackway
niece of
Susannah [Row] Ely
mother-in-law of
Minnie Dietrich
daughter of
Sarah [Bush] Lincoln
step-mother of
Mary [Lehman] Jury
wife of
Daniel Jury
Elizabeth [Duchman] Muhlenberg
mother of
Flora Burkle
daughter of
Lovina [Deibler] Williard
mother-in-law of
Katie [Miller] Klinger
daughter-in-law of
Louisa Jane [Grimm] Wingert
wife of
Mary Elizabeth [Link] Jury
wife of
Sally [Keiper] Rowe
niece of
mother-in-law of
Mary [Berkheimer] Hearter
wife of
Jonathan Hearter
Ida Mae [Hawk] Evans
daughter of
Sophia L. [Walzer] Fager
wife of
Albert James Fager
Margaret [Hoffman] Dempsey
daughter of
Cornelius Hoffman
Juliet Danner [Wampler] Nace
wife of
Amelia [Puester] Burkle
wife of
Lucy Ellen [Hoffman] Lenker
daughter of
Cornelius Hoffman
All currently posted parts of this series may be accessed by clicking on Women&CivilWar. Photographs are scaled for printing on 4 x 6 photo paper without further adjustment.
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