The 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry Monument at Gettysburg is located south of the town of Gettysburg on Cemetery Ridge behind Meade’s Headquarters. The above drawing of the monument was included in the Philadelphia Inquirer article of 11 September 1889. A picture of the monument can be seen on Stephen Recker’s Virtual Gettysburg Web Site which has […]
(Part 41 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 […]
In 1912, the Hon. James Martin Yeager wrote and published A Brief History of the Yeager, Buffington, Creighton, Jacobs, Lemon, Hoffman and Woodside Families and Their Collateral Kindred of Pennsylvania. Yeager was formerly the President of Drew Seminary for Young Women of Carmel, New York as well as a former Member of the House of […]
A listing of the May 2015 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: The Pension Fraud Case of Andrew M. Betz The Yeager Family in the Civil War (Part 1) April 2015 Posts Monuments at Gettysburg – 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry Three Unusual Deaths of Civil War Soldiers in 1903 Monuments at Gettysburg – […]
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 […]
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