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Two Men Named Emanuel Matter

Today’s post attempts to sort out the differences between the two men from the Lykens Valley named Emanuel Matter, both of whom were Civil War soldiers.  Since research is on-going on these men, it is possible that there is still some co-mingling of information.  Readers are urged to provide facts and sources which may add […]

Lykens and Wiconisco Area – Decorating Graves of Soldiers, May 30, 1869

The following report was found in the Lykens Standard, 24 April 1896, describing the decorating the graves on Memorial/Decoration Day, Sunday, May 30, 1869 of area soldiers and honoring their service: Decoration Day was observed in this place on Sunday last, under the auspices of Post 104, G.A.R. About 11 o’clock the Lykens band assembled […]

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 […]

Civil War Soldiers Buried at Lykens – The Claude Keiser List

For the 17 May 1917 edition of the Lykens Standard, Claude Keiser, son of Civil War Veteran Henry Keiser and a member of the local Sons of Veterans, provided a list of soldiers of that war and other wars who were buried in the Lykens cemeteries. ____________________________ I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Lykens William P. Miller —–Jonathan Hoffman […]

2012 Additions to Civil War Veterans List – K to O

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 last Friday and continuing intermittently for seven posts until concluding at the end of this month, a brief sketch of each […]