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Civil War Blog

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Additions to Veterans’ List – G

Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was last updated 19 April 2012.  In a series of posts continuing intermittently until concluding in mid-June, a brief sketch of each of the new names added since then will be presented.  […]

They Served Honorably in Company H, 210th Pennsylvania Infantry

In the post today, the previously identified men who served honorably in the 210th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H, will be noted.  These men all have some connection to the Lykens Valley area and the Civil War Research Project.  All the men are included in the present version of the Veterans List.  Many of these veterans […]

Gratz During the Civil War – Cemeteries (Part 1)

Proceed north on Centre Street (downhill) – called “Chestnut Street” on the map shown below –  to the Gratz Union Cemetery which is located on the west side of the street and surrounds Simeon United Lutheran Church.  In the days of the Civil War, three separate burial areas were designated – one for the Evangelical […]