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Obituary of Levi S. Adams of Tremont, 1911

On 19 August 1911, the obituary of Levi S. Adams appeared in the West Schuylkill Press and Pine Grove Herald: Levi Adams, an old and highly respected citizen of Spring Street, died suddenly of heart trouble at 4 o’clock on Sunday morning, aged 72 years. Mr. Adams was a veteran of the Civil War and […]

Civil War Veteran Burials at Oak HIll Cemetery, Millersburg (Part 6)

Today’s post is the sixth in the series of photographs of the Civil War veteran graves at Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  It features the grave markers of eleven soldiers about whom research is ongoing.  To determine the extent to which each soldier’s information has been posted on this blog, click on the […]

The Oak Hill Cemetery List of Millersburg Civil War Veterans

A newly-discovered list of supposed Civil War veterans who are buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Millersburg is featured in this post.  This one-page list has 114 names, many of which are not included on the Millersburg Soldier Monument. There is no indication on the list itself as to the compiler. However, the single page […]

Veterans

Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project.   Updated 12 April 2011. ++++ Updated 19 April 2012. A Nicholas Adams (1843-1927)—- William Adams (18xx-xxxx) —- Joseph J. Alleman (1847-xxxx) —-William Alleman (1844-1894) —- John Allman (1838-xxxx) —- David Alspach (1839-1864) […]

The Navies

(Part 7 of 12).  Contents of Volume VI of The Photographic History of the Civil War:  The Decisive Battles. The year 1911 was the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War.  In a memorial to the war, a ten volume set of books was published entitled The Photographic History of the Civil War. […]