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Civil War Blog

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The Ditty Brothers of Millersburg & Elizabethville

Three Ditty brothers of Millersburg and Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, answered the call to service in the Civil War.  The family was profiled in the Commemorative Biographical Enyclopedia of Dauphin County, by William Henry Egle, published by J. M. Runk and Company of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, 1896: Joseph Franklin Ditty, was the son of John Ditty […]

Civil War Veteran Burials at Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg (Part 5)

Today’s post is the fifth in the series of photographs of the Civil War veteran graves at Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  It features the grave markers of ten soldiers about whom research is ongoing.  To determine the extent to which each soldier’s information has been posted on this blog, click on the […]

Did Ambrose Baker Fight for the South and North?

The grave of Ambrose Baker of Company K of the 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry is located in Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery in Rugby, Grayson County, Virginia.  According to a family tradition, Ambrose Baker began the Civil War fighting for the Confederacy, then “switched sides and fought for the Union.”  The discovery of the grave site and […]

2012 Additions to Civil War Veterans List – D to F

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 yesterday and continuing intermittently for eight posts until concluding at the end of this month, a brief sketch of each of […]

History of the 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry

In 1905, at the request of the Regimental History Committee of the 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry Association, a history of the regiment was compiled and published.  The was entitled History of the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry (Sixtieth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers) in the American Civil War, 1861-1865. The book has long been out of print but is now […]