The 63rd Pennsylvania Infantry Monument at Gettysburg is located south of the town of Gettysburg on Emmitsburg Road. It was dedicated on 11 September 1889, along with a large group of monuments paid for by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The drawing of the monument (above) is from the Philadelphia Inquirer article describing the regimental histories […]
(Part 33 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 […]
A listing of the November 2014 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Isaac Sitlinger – Farmer, Miller & Miner of Lykens Township The Groff Brothers? – Valentine, Hiram & William October 2014 Posts Monuments at Gettysburg – 53rd Pennsylvania Infantry Was John Neubold a Civil War Veteran? Samuel N. Wells – Halifax […]
Part 1 of 7. In a prior post, one branch of the Riegel family’s origins in America was presented – that of Mattheis Riegell (born about 1615) of Bad Muenster, Palatinate, Germany, who married Maria Werner. They had a son, Jost Riegell (1615-1687) who married Maria Honen (or Hoenen). Their son, Cornelius Riegel (1674-175) was […]
Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was updated 19 April 2012. In a series of post beginning today and continuing intermittently for eight posts until concluding at the end of this month, a brief sketch of each of […]
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