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Jacob Swab & Jacob W. Swab – Two Different Elizabethville Area Veterans

In the 1967 published list of Civil War veterans from the Elizabethville, Dauphin County, the name of Jacob Swab appears.  In researching this soldier, it is now known that there were actually two persons of this name, one found in the records as Jacob Swab and the other found as Jacob W. Swab. ——————————— JACOB […]

February 2016 Posts

A listing of the February 2016 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Update on Inglis V. Fairbain of Tower City Philip C. Swab – A Grand Funeral! January 2016 Posts Jacob Swab & Jacob W. Swab – Two Different Elizabethville Area Veterans Update on Benjamin Hartzog, alias Walter Davis, of Donaldson Adam […]

Philip C. Swab – A Grand Funeral!

Philip C. Swab is buried at the Maple Grove Cemetery in Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  During the Civil War, he served in the 208th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, as a Private.  He was mustered into service on 30 August 1864 and honorably discharged on 1 June 1865.  In 1870, Swab was a retail dry goods […]

Obituary of Philip C. Swab

Philip C. Swab, or Philip C. Schwab as he is sometimes found in the records, served in the 208th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, as a Private, from 30 August 1864 through his muster out on 1 June 1865.  He died in Tennessee on 10 January 1900, but his roots were in the Lykens Valley in […]

Elizabethville Civil War Veterans List

In 1967, Elizabethville, Dauphin County. Pennsylvania, celebrated its 150th anniversary and published a souvenir book.  The book was appropriately called, History of Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 1817-1967.  The foreword of the book explained the objectives of the Historical Committee: This is the history of a town – Elizabethville, Pennsylvania – and in it we have […]