The 82nd Pennsylvania Infantry Monument at Gettysburg is located southeast of the town of Gettysburg along Slocum Avenue. It was dedicated in 1888, one year prior to the ceremonies for the 25th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. The above drawing of the monument appeared in an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer on 11 September […]
(Part 63 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 […]
In 1912, the Hon. James Martin Yeager wrote and published A Brief History of the Yeager, Buffington, Creighton, Jacobs, Lemon, Hoffman and Woodside Families and Their Collateral Kindred of Pennsylvania. Yeager was formerly the President of Drew Seminary for Young Women of Carmel, New York as well as a former Member of the House of […]
A listing of the December 2014 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Monuments at Gettysburg – 71st Pennsylvania Infantry Edward Thomas – 50th Pennsylvania Infantry Jacob Kissinger – A Photograph and Additional Documents November 2014 Posts Monuments at Gettysburg – 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Scull Found in 1912 – An African American Who […]
Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was last updated 19 April 2012. In a series of posts continuing intermittently until concluding in mid-June, a brief sketch of each of the new names added since then will be presented. […]
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