Norman Gasbarro | March 19, 2018
Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, held its first Ku Klux Klan Day in 1926. A comprehensive, descriptive report was published on what transpired. This post is a continuation of the reporting on hate groups that were active in the Lykens Valley area in the years following the Civil War. It was a widely known fact that the […]
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Tags: Hate, Williamstown
Norman Gasbarro | March 16, 2018
Previously on this blog, Peter Witmer was introduced as an addition to the Civil War Research Project. At the time, the following was known about him: Peter Witmer (1841-1892) enrolled in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company B, as a Private, at New Market, Kentucky, but gave his residence as Dauphin County. He was taken prisoner […]
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Tags: Lower Mahanoy Township
Norman Gasbarro | March 14, 2018
Abel Wise, who was born in Millersburg on 3 October 1821, the son of Adam Wise (1751-1833) and Catherine Neiman Patton Wise (1785-1863). At the time of the Civil War, he served in the 192nd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H, as a Sergeant, from 25 February 1865 through his honorable discharge on 24 August 1865. […]
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Tags: Berrysburg, G.A.R., Jackson Township, Lykens Borough, Mifflin Township, Millersburg, Wiconisco Township
Norman Gasbarro | March 12, 2018
Jacob Wilt, who served in the Civil War in the 1st Pennsylvania Infantry, Company E, as a Private, from 20 April 1861 through 24 July 1861, and again in the 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Companies C and D, as a Private, from 27 August 1861 through the end of the war, is honored on the Lykens […]
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Tags: Lykens Borough, Wiconisco
Norman Gasbarro | March 9, 2018
Thaddeus S. Williamson is buried at the Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery at Killinger, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. His grave is marked with a G.A.R. Star and Flag Holder and his stone indicates service in a Maryland Civil War regiment – Company A, Purnell Legion of the Maryland Volunteer Cavalry. His service dates were from 8 February […]
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Tags: G.A.R., Killinger, Millersburg, Upper Paxton Township