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Josiah A. Heckert – Cavalryman Was Founder of Dalmatia G.A.R. Post

| April 22, 2019

At Georgetown, later called Dalmatia, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, a G.A.R. Post was organized in 1882. As reported by the Sunbury Weekly, 24 March 1882: GEORGETOWN, this county, has organized a Post G.A.R., with I. H. Ressler as Post Commander; George H. Yeager, S. V. Commander; and Josiah Heckert, Chaplain. The Post numbers about twenty members. […]

George N. Aumiller – Left Estate in Trust

| July 16, 2018

George N. Aumiller was born 20 August 1842, in Dalmatia, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, the son of John Aumiller and Hannah [Peiffer] Aumiller.  At the time of the Civil War he joined the 208th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, as a Private, and served honorably from 18 August 1864 through his discharge with his company on 7 […]

Peter Witmer Died in Nebraska in 1930 – Drank Lye & Survived in 1922

| March 16, 2018

Previously on this blog, Peter Witmer was introduced as an addition to the Civil War Research Project.  At the time, the following was known about him: Peter Witmer (1841-1892) enrolled in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company B, as a Private, at New Market, Kentucky, but gave his residence as Dauphin County.  He was taken prisoner […]

Joshua A. Wald – 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry

| December 8, 2017

  Joshua A. Wald, who served in the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company K, as a Private, from 27 February 1865 to 28 June 1865, died on 18 February 1926 in Dalmatia, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.   He applied for a pension on 11 July 1890, which he received and was collecting until his death, whereupon his widow, […]

The Heckert Family of Northumberland County in the Civil War

| March 23, 2016

In the Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, by J. L. Floyd and Company, 1911, a biographical sketch appears of the ancestry of James F. Heckert (1855-1936).  James F. Heckert was too young to serve in the Civil War, but several his relations did serve.  They are mentioned in the biographical sketch.  [Note:  click […]