John H. Meredith, Civil War veteran of the 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry, died on 24 April 1914, at the age of 71 years, 4 months and 27 days. So reads his grave stone at Long’s Cemetery, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Using a date calculator in this case, two results occur – his birth date was either […]
A listing of the March 2013 posts on the Gratz Historical Society Civil War Blog with direct links: Abraham Lincoln on Stamps – Regular Issues of the 1950s through the 1960s Solomon Eyster of Barry Township – Died at Mower General Hospital, Philadelphia John Orth – German Immigrant in the 127th Pennsylvania Infantry Victorian Home: […]
Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project. Updated 12 April 2011. ++++ Updated 19 April 2012. A Nicholas Adams (1843-1927)—- William Adams (18xx-xxxx) —- Joseph J. Alleman (1847-xxxx) —-William Alleman (1844-1894) —- John Allman (1838-xxxx) —- David Alspach (1839-1864) […]
In 1969, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, celebrated 175 years of history by publishing a book, Indian Arrows to Atoms or the Story of Halifax and the Valleys. In the preface to the book, Halifax Historian Lee B. Noblet wrote the following: Out of the past came a voice from a wilderness saying “If tall and […]
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