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Tyrus Snyder -173rd Pennsylvania Infantry

The obituary of Civil War veteran Tyrus Snyder appeared in the Lykens Standard of 23 May 1919: CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIED SATURDAY – FUNERAL WEDNESDAY Tyrus Snyder, an aged citizen and veteran of the Civil War, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Paul Yentsch, on East Main Street [Lykens], Saturday, at 4 P.M. […]

Benjamin Franklin Enterline – 173rd Pennsylvania Infantry

Benjamin Franklin Enterline was born 28 November 1847 in Pennsylvania, the son of John Koppenhaver Enterline (1815-1872) and Lovina [Groff] Enterline (1817-1898). The father was a farmer in Washington Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and by 1860, Benjamin Enterline, was working as a farm laborer. According to information in his Civil War records, on 3 November […]

John H. Bowers – 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry

John H. Bowers is named on the Millersburg Soldier Monument as “J. H. Bowers.”  During the Civil War he served in the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry. The Veterans’ File Card from the Pennsylvania Archives shows that at age 34, John H. Bowers enrolled in the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry on 28 February 1865, at Harrisburg, and was mustered […]

Edward Walters Marries Sister of Comrade from 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry

When he enrolled in the 2nd Company G of the 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry at Harrisburg on 14 March 1865, Edward Walters gave his birthplace as Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and his place of residence as Mifflin Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.  He was employed as a miner, was about 19 years old, stood 5 foot 3 inches […]

Joshua A. Wald – 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry

  Joshua A. Wald, who served in the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company K, as a Private, from 27 February 1865 to 28 June 1865, died on 18 February 1926 in Dalmatia, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.   He applied for a pension on 11 July 1890, which he received and was collecting until his death, whereupon his widow, […]