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Civil War Blog

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2012 Additions to Civil War Veterans List – K to O

| April 25, 2012

Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was updated 19 April 2012.  In a series of post beginning last Friday and continuing intermittently for seven posts until concluding at the end of this month, a brief sketch of each […]

2012 Additions to Civil War Veterans List – G to J

| April 24, 2012

Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was updated 19 April 2012.  In a series of post beginning last Friday and continuing intermittently for seven posts until concluding at the end of this month, a brief sketch of each […]

Four Hymns that Comforted War-Weary Nation

| April 23, 2012

Jesus Loves Me: Lyrics originally written as a poem recited to a sick child in the 1860 novel Say and Seal, and William Batchelder Bradbury set it to music in 1862. The original lyrics are below, the image contains the more popular version which was edited to be less frightening to children. Jesus loves me! […]

Death and Funeral of Jacob B. McCoy

| April 22, 2012

When there were only five veterans of the Civil War living in the vicinity of Lykens Borough, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, a local newspaper featured them in a lead article: The Ages of Five Remaining Civil War Veterans of Lykens Totals Over 4 Centuries The above picture represents five survivors of the Civil War who reside […]

2012 Additions to Civil War Veterans List – D to F

| April 21, 2012

Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was updated 19 April 2012.  In a series of post beginning yesterday and continuing intermittently for eight posts until concluding at the end of this month, a brief sketch of each of […]