The 141st Pennsylvania Infantry Monument at Gettysburg is located south of the town of Gettysburg at the Peach Orchard. It was dedicated in 1889 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The picture of the monument (above) is from Stephen Recker’s Virtual Gettysburg Web Site which has more information about the monument and the 141st Pennsylvania Infantry. […]
The 41st Pennsylvania Infantry (12th Pennsylvania Reserves) Monument at Gettysburg is located south of the town of Gettysburg on the summit of Big Round Top. It was not dedicated until September 1890 due to the conflict between what the regiment wanted (a memorial hall for all the reserve units) and the Pennsylvania governor who vetoed […]
(Part 48 of an ongoing series on the Battle of Gettysburg). Around the base of the Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg are a series of plaques which, by regiment and company, note the names of every soldier who was present at the Battle of Gettysburg. This post will present the plaque recognizing the men who served […]
The following obituary appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph, 8 March 1917: MRS. CLARA HARPER DIES Elizabethville, Pennsylvania, 8 March 1917 — Mrs. Clara Harper, widow of Frank Harper, a Civil War veteran, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clayton B. Holtzman, in West Main Street, in West Main Street, on Tuesday, after a […]
A listing of the April 2015 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Why Was There a Cross-Burning in Elizabethville? Monuments at Gettysburg – 121st Pennsylvania Infantry Monuments at Gettysburg – 139th Pennsylvania Infantry March 2015 Posts Monuments at Gettysburg – 140th Pennsylvania Infantry Capt. William E. Miller – Medal of Honor at […]
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