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Honorable Discharges – 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I – Part 10

| December 20, 2011

Today, the blog post  again continues to feature members of the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, who served the full term of nine months and received honorable discharges on 5 August 1863.  The research results presented here are based on preliminary data gathering on each of the members of the company and searches for Pension […]

Where is the Diary of William Thomas?

| August 26, 2011

William Thomas was born on 3 April 1838 in Wales and came to America at an early age with his father, John Thomas, who was a coal miner.  The family settled in Wiconisco, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania.  Like his father, William became a coal miner and in 1860, he was working in the mines around Lykens.  […]

Pennsylvania African-American War Monument

| January 7, 2011

Along the Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, just across from the Franklin Institute on 20th Street, is the monument erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to honor her “Colored Soldiers.” The monument plaque reads: To commemorate the heroism and sacrifice of all colored soldiers who served in the various wars engaged in by the United States […]

Boyer Cemetery in Washington Township

| December 5, 2010

Along many of the lesser-traveled roads and bi-ways of the Lykens Valley are a fair number of small cemeteries.  These cemeteries once were family burial plots on family land or were grave yards aside churches that have long ceased to exist.  They are not marked by signs, or are not easily accessible.  Previously mentioned was […]