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Obituary of William Adams, Unattached Drafted Militiaman

William Adams, who served in Luther’s Unassigned Drafted Militia, Company B, during the Civil War, died on 31 March 1914. The obituary of William Adams appeared in the West Schuylkill Herald, 3 April 1914:   ANOTHER VETERAN ANSWERS LAST ROLL CALLED William Adams, aged 72 years, a well known farmer and Civil War veteran, died […]

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 […]

May 2018 Posts

A listing of the May 2018 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Tower City Area Schools Close to Allow Student Attendance at Ku Klux Klan Picnic, 1925 April 2018 Posts The Travels of Daniel Paul, 1898 Hugo Black Confesses to Ku Klux Klan Membership, 1937 Obituary of William Young The Travels of […]

Obituary of Nicholas Adams – 50th Pennsylvania Infantry

  Nicholas Adams, who served in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, as a Private during the Civil War, died on 16 September 1927. His obituary appeared in the Lykens Standard, 23 September 1927: NICHOLAS ADAMS WILLIAMSTOWN, 22 September 1927 — Nicholas Adams, aged 84 years, 4 months and 26 days, died at the home […]

Additions to Veterans’ List – A

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 beginning today and continuing intermittently until concluding in mid-June, a brief sketch of each of the new names added since then […]