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Civil War Blog

A project of PA Historian

September 2014 Posts

A listing of the September 2014 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: A Guide to Georgia’s Civil War Heritage Monuments at Gettysburg – 28th Pennsylvania Infantry August 2014 Posts Samuel P. Klinger – Farmer of Northumberland County Monuments at Gettysburg – 29th Pennsylvania Infantry Views of the Old Catholic Cemetery at Williamstown […]

Israel M. Groff and Sons – All Civil War Veterans?

In the Middletown Cemetery, Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, there is a grave marker (above) for an Israel M. Groff, born 27 October 1816 and died 8 January 1893. In the Hummelstown Cemetery, Hummelstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, there is a gravemarker for a Dr. Israel M. Groff, born about 1837 and died 12 August 1893. The […]

Miscellaneous News Briefs from Area Newspapers – 1922, 1931, and 1943

Three news briefs from local area newspapers are presented here to show how the impact of the Civil War lasted well into the 20th Century. —————————– From the Harrisburg Telegraph of 3 February 1922: —————————— PLAN MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR THE DEAD Members of Post 58, G.A.R., Will Meet at Headquarters Memorial services for eighteen comrades […]

Additions to Veterans’ List – N, O, P. & Q

Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project 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 since then will be presented.  […]

Additions to Veterans’ List – G

Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project 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 since then will be presented.  […]