Galusha Aaron Grow (1822-1907) was the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 37th Congress and served in that capacity from 1861 through 1863. He represented the 14th Congressional District of Pennsylvania, of which Gratz and Dauphin County were a part. At the time of his re-election in 1860, he was a Republican, […]
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 […]
The second of the Civil War representatives for the 14th Congressional District of Pennsylvania was William Henry Miller (1829-1870), a Democrat from Harrisburg, Dauphin County. As the representative from the 14th Congressional District, he represented an area which included Gratz Borough. William Henry Miller defeated Galusha A. Grow, a Republican, who was Speaker of the […]
A listing of the August 2011 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Williamstown (Part 1 of 3) Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Williamstown (Part 2 of 3) Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Williamstown (Part 3 of 3) 62nd Pennsylvania Infantry – Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry – Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg […]
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