On the occasion of the inauguration of William Howard Taft in Washington, D.C., 4 March 1909, Civil War veteran William H. DeHaven, reflected on the first inauguration of Abraham Lincoln on 4 March 1861, in a letter to the Harrisburg Telegraph: Tells of Lincoln’s First inauguration Inauguration day this morning brought back recollections to […]
William H. DeHaven, born 21 June 1846, served in the 208th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company E, as a Private, during the Civil War. After the war he was one of the founding members of the G.A.R. Kilpatrick Post at Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He lived in Millersburg most of his life, working as a laborer in […]
Charles J. Harten was born in Pennsylvania, 7 July 1827, the son of William Harten (1795-1869) and Catherine [Straw] Harten (1795-1852). Some time before 1853 Charles Harten married Mary Wilvert, and with her had at least four known children. During the Civil War he served in the 210th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, as a Corporal, […]
A listing of the December 2018 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: William DeHaven Attends Lincoln’s First Inaugral November 2018 Posts Update on Joseph Ehrhart of Tower City Aaron Eckel Dies Same Day as Brother The Mystery of Josiah Ellinger Conrad Zimmerman – White Supremacist, 1866 Henry Enders – 198th Pennsylvania Infantry […]
William Washington Davidson (1842-1923) was previously profiled here in a post entitled William W. Davidson Dies on Visit to Detroit. An additional obituary has been located – from the Harrisburg Telegraph, 12 December 1923: William W. Davidson, aged 81 years, retired Pennsylvania [Railroad] System yardmaster, and well-known Civil War veteran, died suddenly yesterday at the […]
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