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Death of Peter Matter, 1902

A brief obituary of Peter Matter appeared in the Lykens Register, 19 December 1902: Peter Matter, one of the oldest citizens of Elizabethville, died at his home on Tuesday evening at 5 o’clock of paralysis and dropsy, aged 77 years. Deceased was born in Dauphin County, and lived in his native town from his youth. […]

Lorenzo Michael – Another Millersburger Ignored by Millersburg

Lorenzo Michael, who was born on 22 September 1826 and died on 5 March 1894, is buried at the Zion Stone Valley United Methodist Church Cemetery, Matamoras, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. His name appears in a listing of Civil War veterans from Halifax, previously presented here. On his Findagrave Memorial, the following is stated: The son […]

February 2019 Posts

A listing of the February 2019 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: William Evans – Died of Disease at Washington, D.C., 1864 Poisoned By Lead, Veteran Runs Naked in Boarding House, 1896 George Farber – Fired Last Shot of Civil War Patrick Fagan – Deserter from 96th Pennsylvania Infantry Death of Henry […]

Henry S. Dutter – Died at Railroad Watch Post, 1904

Henry S. “Harry” Dutter, Civil War veteran died in February 1904 in Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, and is buried at the Mount Annville Cemetery, Annville, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.  As he was well known throughout the region, the notice of his death appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on 18 February 1904:   Railway Veteran Dies at […]

Carsonville Veteran Helps Rescue Traveler, 1905

  From the pages of the Elizabethville Echo of 9 February 1905, comes the following story of a rescue from the snow of a numb traveler in the area of Carsonville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  One of those included in the rescue was William Snyder, a Civil War veteran of Carsonville, who opened his home to […]