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Monuments at Gettysburg – 143rd Pennsylvania Infantry

The 143rd Pennsylvania Infantry Monument at Gettysburg is located west of the town of Gettysburg on Reynolds Avenue.  It was dedicated in 1889 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is the first monument to this regiment at Gettysburg;  the second monument is located south of the town of Gettysburg on Hancock Avenue and was not […]

143rd Pennsylvania Infantry – Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg

(Part 38 of an ongoing series on the Battle of Gettysburg).  Around the base of the Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg are a series of plaques which, by regiment and company, note the names of every soldier who was present at the Battle of Gettysburg.  This post will present the plaque recognizing the men who served […]

Disability and Obituary of Peter Chubb of Matamoras

Peter Chubb died on 29 August 1913.  He is buried at the Long’s Cemetery, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  There is a G.A.R. Star-Flag Holder at his grave site and it was previously noted on this blog that he was a Civil War veteran.  See: Halifax Area Civil War List. The obituary of Peter Chubb appeared […]

April 2015 Posts

A listing of the April 2015 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Why Was There a Cross-Burning in Elizabethville? Monuments at Gettysburg – 121st Pennsylvania Infantry Monuments at Gettysburg – 139th Pennsylvania Infantry March 2015 Posts Monuments at Gettysburg – 140th Pennsylvania Infantry Capt. William E. Miller – Medal of Honor at […]

The Great Shohola Train Wreck – Lyman Weatherby, Union Guard Killed

One of the great ironies of the Great Shohola Train Wreck is that one of the Union guards who was killed, Lyman Wetherby, was from the same region of Pennsylvania where the coal train originated – the coal train that collided with the prisoner train resulting in Lyman’s death. The northern part of the anthracite […]