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44th Annual G.A.R. Encampment – Atlantic City, 1910

The 44th Annual G.A.R. National Encampment was held in Atlantic City in September 1910.  It was one of the largest attended G.A.R. encampments held in the 20th century.  For many of the veterans, it would probably be their last encampment.  Getting to Atlantic City was relatively easy for veterans from Pennsylvania – two railroads provided […]

Mahlon Shaaber – Tallest Soldier of the Civil War

It is very possible that Mahlon Shaaber (1844-1917), standing at more than six foot seven inches, was the tallest soldier in the Civil War.  The portrait of him, taken in his G.A.R. uniform some time after 1900, shows him standing alone, but another picture, known to have been taken in 1910 in Atlantic City (below), […]

Organization of Kilpatrick Post, No. 212, G.A.R., Millersburg

The following history appeared in the Souvenir Book:  Millersburg Centennial Celebration, which was published in September, 1907, by the Committee on Printing and Advertising, J. F. Adams, Chairman, and members C. A. Miller, E. E. Railing, C. W. Noll, and F. M. Faust. G.A.R. Kilpatrick Post, No. 212, G.A.R.., was organized on the 9th of […]

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) […]