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Elias Bachman – 208th Pennsylvania Infantry

The death of Elias Bachman was reported in the Shamokin News-Dispatch, 18 December 1933: VET EXPIRES WHILE SEATED IN CHAIR Elias Bachman, 87, one of the last Civil War veterans in the lower end of the county, fell dead at the home of Mrs. Elveretta Walt, of Dalmatia, and with whom the aged soldier had […]

Willoughby Walt – 208th Pennsylvania Infantry

Willoughby Z. Walt died on 20 January 1916 and is buried at the Herndon Cemetery, Herndon, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.  He is found in the records as both Wald and Walt and his middle initial is found as both “C” and “Z.” ____________________________________________ Records at the Pennsylvania Archives shown above) indicate that a Willoughby C. Wald […]

Christian Shoop – 208th Pennsylvania Infantry

Christian Shoop (1820-1895) was a Civil War soldier and a farmer.  He is buried at Long’s Cemetery, Halifax Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  His wife Martha Shoop (1827-1911) is buried next to him. In 1850, Christian Shoop appeared in the census as a farmer in Greenwood, Perry County, along with his wife Martha Shoop, and children […]

David Peters – 208th Pennsylvania Infantry

Davis Peters (1842-1894) is buried at Long’s Cemetery, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  At the time the above photograph was taken, there was no indication at his grave site that he was a Civil War veteran, although there are records to confirm that this is the same Davis Peters who was a member of the 208th […]

William Morris, Buried at Williamstown – Possibly Wrong Regiment Credited on Stone

According to his grave marker in Seybert’s Cemetery, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, William Morris was a Civil War veteran who died on 23 September 1890. He is buried there with his wife who was the former Mary Elizabeth Shissler, who died on 19 January 1901. In reading the grave marker which notes a regiment of […]