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Moses Neyer – Another Missing Millersburg Civil War Veteran

Moses Neyer is missing, i.e., his name in missing from the tablet on the Millersburg Soldier Monument which recognizes Civil War soldiers from that community and the surrounding area of Upper Paxton Township who honorably served in the war.   The photograph at the top of this post (from Findagrave) of his stone at the Oak […]

The Yeager Family in the Civil War (Part 13)

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 […]

The Shamokin Soldiers’ Circle – Photographs 80 – 92

Today’s post on the Shamokin Cemetery’s Soldiers’ Circle features thirteen graves in the second circle, first quadrant, beginning with photograph 80.  The photographs in this segment are numbered 80 through 92.  All of the stones in this section are sequenced in the order of the death of the veteran.  For each of the veterans, the […]

The Shamokin Soldiers’ Circle – Photographs 33 – 41

Today’s post on the Shamokin Cemetery’s Soldiers’ Circle features nine graves in the outer circle, second quadrant, beginning with photograph 33.  The photographs in this are numbered 33 through 41.  All of the stones in this section are fairly easy to read, but not all are identifiable by regiment and company.  All of the stones […]

Was Conrad Reutler a Civil War Veteran?

According to family tradition, Conrad Reutler was a Civil War veteran.  At his grave site in Tumbling Run Cemetery, Blythe Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, there is a G.A.R. star and flag holder indicating that he served in the Civil War.  However, family research has been unable to confirm his service or the regiment in which […]