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Desertions in Company H, 210th Pennsylvania Infantry

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 […]

Pvt. Henry Hoover – 210th Pennsylvania Infantry

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 […]

Henry Meckley – Veteran from Fisherville

Henry Meckley was born 23 May 1828 and died on 15 February 1909. He is buried at Fetterhoff’s Cemetery, Halifax Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, During the Civil War, he served in the 210th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, as a Private, from 8 September 1864 through his honorable discharge on 30 May 1865. At his death, […]

William H. Lebo – Justice of the Peace of Halifax

The death and funeral of William Harrison Lebo, 6 February 1916, was reported in the Harrisburg newspapers as follows: VETERAN DIES AT HALIFAX William H. Lebo Succumbs Day After Death of Daughter-in-Law. (Special to the Star Independent) Halifax, February 7 [1916] – William H. Lebo, a veteran of the Civil War, died Saturday at his […]

Charles J. Harten Dies Following Railroad Accident, 1886

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, […]