The name of Lewis Doutrich appears on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument as a veteran who joined the Heilner G.A.R. Post after its organization. Lewis served as a Private in the Civil War. Lewis Doutrich‘s military records are found under several different spellings. At enrollment, he was registered as Lewis Dauterich. The most commonly used spelling, […]
During the Civil War, Samuel Cogley served with the 207th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company G, as a Private. A brief biographical sketch of him was included in Captain Enders Legion some of which is presented here (edited) below: Samuel Miller Cogley , son of John Cogley and Katherine [Trostle] Cogley, was born 12 October 1835 in […]
A listing of the August 2014 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Monuments at Gettysburg – 23rd Pennsylvania Infantry July 2014 Posts Lewis Doutrich – 207th Pennsylvania Infantry Monuments at Gettysburg – 26th Pennsylvania Infantry Obituary of Thomas W. Hoffman – Medal of Honor Recipient Benneville Hoyer – Amputee Charged with Selling […]
Part 5 of 7. In a prior post, one branch of the Riegel family’s origins in America was presented – that of Mattheis Riegell (born about 1615) of Bad Muenster, Palatinate, Germany, who married Maria Werner. They had a son, Jost Riegell (1615-1687) who married Maria Honen (or Hoenen). Their son, Cornelius Riegel (1674-175) was […]
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 […]
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