The 50th New York Engineers Monument at Gettysburg is located near the Pennsylvania Memorial on the Gettysburg Battlefield. The monument also honors the 15th New York Engineers. The monument does not name the individuals who served in the regiments. 50th New York Engineers, Mustered In 18 September 1861, Mustered Out 13 June 1865. Participated in […]
At the death of Captain William J. George on 24 September 1911 in Harrisburg, the following obituary appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph: CAPT. GEORGE, WAR VETERAN, IS DEAD Was Secretary of Soldier’ Orphans’ School Commission CAPTAIN WILLIAM J. GEORGE After a long illness Captain William J. George, aged 64 years, chief clerk to the Soldiers’ […]
The obituary of James E. Lambert appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph on 31 March 1924: CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIES Millersburg, 31 March 1924 — James E. Lambert, aged 81, died Saturday. He is survived by his widow and one daughter, Mrs. Cushing E. Frank, of town; also one sister, Mrs. Mellie Gregory, of Greenwich, Missouri. […]
Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was last updated 19 April 2012. In a series of posts continuing intermittently until concluding in mid-June, a brief sketch of each of the new names added since then will be presented. […]
A listing of the March 2012 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Death of Joel B. Myers The Honorable War Record of John McCarty February 2012 Posts Lykens G.A.R. Monument Update of 1925 The Bloody Dress of Laura Keene Arrives in Baltimore Baltimore to Harrisburg – The Bloody Dress of Laura Keene […]
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