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Civil War Blog

Gratz Historical Society, Gratz, PA

Additions to Veterans’ List – G

| May 24, 2013

Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project of the Gratz Historical Society 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 [...]

Additions to Veterans’ List – F

| May 23, 2013

Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project of the Gratz Historical Society 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 [...]

Additions to Veterans’ List – E

| May 22, 2013

Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project of the Gratz Historical Society 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 [...]

Additions to Veterans’ List – D

| May 21, 2013

Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project of the Gratz Historical Society 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 [...]

Was Simon Gratz a Civil War Veteran?

| May 19, 2013

Simon Gratz (1837-1925), for whom Simon Gratz High School in Philadelphia was named, was a son of Edward Gratz (1806-1850) and a grandson of Simon Gratz (1773-1839), the founder of Gratz, Pennsylvania.  Simon was born in Philadelphia and educated at the University of Pennsylvania; his lifetime career was as a member of the Pennsylvania Bar, [...]