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In What Emergency Regiment Did Benjamin Werner Serve?

| December 30, 2017

In the 1890 Census for Mable, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Benjamin Werner reported that he served as a Private in Company A of a regiment known as the “Home Guards.”  His dates of service were given as 4 July 1863 to 25 August 1863, or a total of one month and twenty-one days. Benjamin Werner has […]

William Lesher – “This Man in War Four Years”

| September 15, 2016

In the 1890 Census for Mable, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, a William Leasure was named for his service in the 48th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H, as a Private, with the added comment, “This man in war four years.”  The dates given for his service were, 18 April 1861 through 16 April 1864.  However, in searching the […]