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Monuments at Gettysburg – 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry

The 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry Monument at Gettysburg is located south of the town of Gettysburg on Confederate Avenue and was dedicated in 1889 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The above drawing of the monument was included in the Philadelphia Inquirer articl1 of 11 September 1889. A picture of the monument can be seen on Stephen […]

18th Pennsylvania Cavalry – Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg

(Part  18 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 […]

Some Pine Grove Area Veterans – Surnames Beginning with “N”

George Nagle, born about 1824, enrolled in the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company B, as a Private at Pottsville, on 23 September 1861.  He died at Washington, D.C., on 9 January 1864 of typho-malarial fever.  His widow, Lucinda [Martz] Nagle applied for pension benefits based on his service, which she received.  Fold3 has posted 27 pages […]

Civil War Roots of Korean War POW Buried at Indiantown Gap

On 9 November 2015, Korean War veteran Corporal Martin A. King who died nearly 65 years ago at a prisoner of war camp in Korea, was laid to rest at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, with full military honors. Corporal Martin King of the U.S. Army was captured at Unsan by the […]

June 2015 Posts

A listing of the June 2015 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Monuments at Gettysburg – 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry The Yeager Family in the Civil War (Part 6) Obituaries of Civil War Era Women, 1909 Mary Kilraine of Williamstown – Civil War Laundress Monuments at Gettysburg – 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company B […]