A listing of the May 2017 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Michael O’Leary – Coal Miner of Wiconisco George P. Owen of Tremont – Dies in New Mexico – A Connection to the Boer War Abner M. Pike of Halifax – Some Tragic Stories April 2017 Posts Aaron Ossman of Hegins […]
Fisherville is a small community in Upper Dauphin County, near Halifax Borough, that in 1883 formed a local G.A.R. post. Much of the history of that post has been lost over time and now needs to be re-created through available resources, among those resources, the Harrisburg and other archived newspapers and the national Grand Army […]
A listing of the August 2012 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Tower City, Porter and Rush Township Civil War Veterans – Part 10 Charles D. Arters – Postmaster and Educator Sen. Luther R. Keefer July 2012 Posts The Credibility of William Withers Jr. – Lincoln Assassination Witness Tower City, Porter and […]
William Alexis Stone (1846-1920) served as Governor of Pennsylvania from 1899 to 1903. He was born in Delmar, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, the son of Israel Stone (1802-1887) and Amanda [Howe] Stone (1806-1871). When the Civil War started, William Stone was too young to join a regiment, and although he tried to enlist by falsifying his […]
A listing of the November 2011 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Lincoln Sightings During Gratz Fair Week Civil War Harrisburg Gratz During the Civil War – Leopold Loeb House Jacobs Lutheran Church All Wars Memorial, Pine Grove Township October 2011 Posts Union League of Philadelphia Halifax Bank Robbery – Abraham Fortenbaugh […]
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