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Charles H. Green – 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry

Charles Henry Green was born 1 June 1842, supposedly in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, although one source indicates he may have been born in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He died in Massillion, Ohio, 10 September 1924. On 25 January 1864, at Harrisburg, he enrolled in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry , and on the same day, he was […]

Henry Dietrich – 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry – Who Was He?

Henry Dietrich, or Henry Dietrick as he is sometimes found in the records, enrolled in the 10th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company F, as a Private on 26 April 1861, at Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania,  He was mustered into service at Harrisburg and served the duration of his three-month enlistment and was honorably discharged on 31 July […]

Romulus Riggs Bacon – 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry

Romulus Riggs “Romeo” Bacon was born on 31 December 1836, in Philadelphia, the son of Dr. James Ware Bacon (1809-1863) of Franklin County, Kentucky, and Alice Anne [Riggs] Bacon (1814-1843) of Philadelphia.  Both parents are buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia. At the time of the Civil War Romeo enrolled in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, […]

Rev. Nathaniel A. Whitman – 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry

Rev. Nathaniel Amos Whitman died on 2 July 1926 and is buried in Foster Cemetery, Fairview, Fulton County, Illinois.  During the Civil War, he served in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, and after the war, he is found in the 1870 census working as a coal miner in Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.   On 24 February […]

Edward B. Martz – 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry

Edward B. Martz was born on 23 July 1843, the son of Charles F. Martz (1817-1880) and Elizabeth Ann [Haas] Martz (1821-1849). On 20 September 1861, Edward Martz enrolled at Lykens Borough in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company B, and on 7 October 1861, he was mustered into service as a Private.  At the time, […]