During the Civil War, John D. Messner served in the 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery. According to the Veterans’ File Card from the Pennsylvania Archives, John Messner enrolled at Harrisburg on 19 February 1964 and on the same day was mustered into service in the 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Company D, as a Private. He was […]
From Penguin Press comes word that a new book about Jefferson Davis will be released on 7 October 2014. The book, by Prof. James M. McPherson, Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief, is a worthy companion to his earlier book, Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief. Although McPherson tries to […]
Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, was born 3 June 1808 in Christian County (now Todd County), Kentucky. What is not well-known about him is that his family had roots in Pennsylvania. Samuel Emory Davis, the father of Jefferson Davis, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1756, and served in the Revolutionary […]
The Philadelphia Inquirer of 13 March 1912 reported the death of John Maguire, a former mine superintendent: John Maguire Claimed by Death Special to the Inquirer POTTSVILLE, Pennsylvania, 12 March 1912 — John Maguire, of this city, died last night. He was a Civil War veteran, having served in the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry and took […]
Francis Wade Hughes (1817-1885) was an attorney in Pottsville at the time of the Civil War and the leader of the county Democratic Party. A nephew of his, John Hughes, was considered the most famous of all Schuylkill Countians who joined the Confederate war effort. According to information found in an article that appeared in […]
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