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 […]
An unusual number of desertions – thirty-three in all – occurred in Company H of the 210th Pennsylvania Infantry. Most of these desertions took place in Harrisburg or in Camp Curtin before the company left for the front, with a only small number occurring during the regiment’s service in the field. According to the history […]
(Part 43 of an ongoing series on the Battle of Gettysburg). Around the base of the Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg are a series of plaques which, by regiment and company, note the names of every soldier who was present at the Battle of Gettysburg. This post will present the plaque recognizing the men who served […]
No less than twelve persons with the surname Hoover have thus far been identified for this Civil War Research Project. Their connection to each other, if there is a connection, has for the most part not yet been determined. For a few, there is extensive information available but for others, much more research needs to […]
(Part 2 of 4). John Carson Gratz was born in 1843, probably in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the third son of Theodore Gratz and Ann Ellen [Carson] Gratz. In 1850, John was living with his family in the large brick house on West Market Street, Gratztown. His father gave “none” as his occupation, possibly indicating […]
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