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Civil War Blog

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History of the 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry

| September 8, 2012

History of the 103d Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry [103rd Pennsylvania Infantry], by Luther S. Dickey, was published in 1910 by L. S. Dickey in Chicago.  Dickey was a Corporal in the regiment and Sgt. Samuel M. Evans served as collaborator for the work. The book has been digitized by Google and is available as […]

Tower City, Porter and Rush Township Civil War Veterans – Part 12

| August 7, 2012

The Tower City Borough, Porter Township and Rush Township Veterans Memorial is located at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Cemetery which is located along Route 209 in Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.  It was the subject of a prior post on this blog on 30 December 2010. Within the glass cases on the monument are name […]

Tower City, Porter and Rush Township Civil War Veterans – Part 10

| August 1, 2012

The Tower City Borough, Porter Township and Rush Township Veterans Memorial is located at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Cemetery which is located along Route 209 in Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.  It was the subject of a prior post on this blog on 30 December 2010. Within the glass cases on the monument are name […]

Joseph Albright – 131st Pennsylvania Infantry & 2nd Pennsylvania Artillery

| July 29, 2012

Joseph Albright was born 6 Jul 1836 in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and migrated with his family to Northumberland County.  His ancestry was German, tracing back to the immigrant Christian Albright who came to Berks County in the early eighteenth century.  The family moved about in the area east of the Schuylkill River, some venturing […]

Tower City, Porter and Rush Township Civil War Veterans – Part 5

| July 22, 2012

The Tower City Borough, Porter Township and Rush Township Veterans Memorial is located at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Cemetery which is located along Route 209 in Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.  It was the subject of a prior post on this blog on 30 December 2010. Within the glass cases on the monument are name […]