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Civil War Burials in St. Peter’s U.C.C. Cemetery, Reinerton (Part 3 of 3)

| November 25, 2012

St. Peter’s United Church of Christ Cemetery is located in Reinerton, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.  To find the cemetery, travel south on Clarks Valley Road (Route 325) from the main street of Tower City which is called Grand  Avenue (Route 209).  At Deitrich Avenue, make a left turn and travel east.  The church and cemetery are […]

Civil War Burials in St. Peter’s U.C.C. Cemetery, Reinerton (Part 2 of 3)

| November 24, 2012

St. Peter’s United Church of Christ Cemetery is located in Reinerton, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.  To find the cemetery, travel south on Clarks Valley Road (Route 325) from the main street of Tower City which is called Grand  Avenue (Route 209).  At Deitrich Avenue, make a left turn and travel east.  The church and cemetery are […]

Civil War Burials in St. Peter’s U.C.C. Cemetery, Reinerton (Part 1 of 3)

| November 23, 2012

St. Peter’s United Church of Christ Cemetery is located in Reinerton, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.  To find the cemetery, travel south on Clarks Valley Road (Route 325) from the main street of Tower City which is called Grand  Avenue (Route 209).  At Deitrich Avenue, make a left turn and travel east.  The church and cemetery are […]

The Last Year Without an Official Thanksgiving Day

| November 22, 2012

The third Thursday of the month occurred on 20 November 1862, a date on which Thanksgiving would have been celebrated had it been recognized as a holiday.  The year 1862, was the last year in which a national day of Thanksgiving was not celebrated.  It 1863, during the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the holiday […]

Dr. Charles A. Rahter – Prussian Immigrant in Civil War and Franco-Prussian War

| November 21, 2012

The headline story in the Harrisburg Patriot of 22 September 1910 noted the death of well-known physician Dr. Charles A. Rahter in Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey.  Dr. Rahter was a Civil War veteran of the Union Army, but was also a veteran of the Franco-Prussian War.  When that war began in Europe, Dr. […]