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National Civil War Museum – Walk of Valor – The “Peter Erb” Mystery

| March 9, 2011

(Part 3 of ongoing series). The National Civil War Museum is located high on a hilltop overlooking Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  The museum aims to provide a balanced view and to inspire lifelong learning through preservation and research about the Civil War.   It has become a national destination for “families, students, civil war enthusiasts and […]

Fetterhoff’s Church & Cemetery – Pvt. John C. Zimmerman

| March 8, 2011

St. Peter’s Lutheran and Reformed Church (Fetterhoff’s) The current Fetterhoff’s Church in Enterline, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was built in 1858 and the building dedication took place the next year.  At the time of construction, this Union church was served by Lutheran pastor, Rev. F. Waltz, and Reformed pastor, Rev. N. E. Bressler. The first church […]

Halifax Area Civil War Veterans

| March 7, 2011

In 1969, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, celebrated 175 years of history by publishing a book, Indian Arrows to Atoms or the Story of Halifax and the Valleys.  In the preface to the book, Halifax Historian Lee B. Noblet wrote the following: Out of the past came a voice from a wilderness saying “If tall and […]

Halifax Area and the Civil War

| March 6, 2011

The Halifax area of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, consists of the area within the angle (“C’) of the triangular area of study for this Civil War Research Project (see portion of map below). Essentially, everything south of Millersburg (upper left on the insert map) and Elizabethville (upper right on the insert map) could be considered part […]

February 2011 Posts

| March 5, 2011

A listing of the February 2011 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Two Years of Grim War The Decisive Battles The Cavalry Forts and Artillery January 2011 Posts Pennsylvania Dutch Foods of the Civil War Period The Navies Prisons and Hospitals Soldier Life and the Secret Service Poetry and Eloquence of Blue […]