The 95th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument at Gettysburg is located south of the town of Gettysburg on Wheatfield Road and east of Crawford Avenue. It was dedicated in 1888 and turned over to the Memorial Association. The drawing of the monument pictured above is from a Philadelphia Inquirer article of 11 September 1889. A picture of the […]
(Part 23 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 […]
On 24 March 1911, the Lykens Standard published an obituary of Henry Miller, a Civil War veteran who resided in Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. DEATHS AND FUNERALS After an illness of five months, Henry Miller, a veteran of the Civil War, died at his home on Market Street, Williamstown, Wednesday of last week. Deceased was […]
A sad story of an immigrant, wounded veteran who served honorably throughout the Civil War and who died alone at the county poorhouse, is told through newspaper stories, available military records, and other genealogical resources. From the Pottsville Republican, 5 November 1902: Poor Old Soldier Communicated Died at the Schuylkill County Almshouse, November 4, 1902, […]
Civil War veteran Isaac J. Neagley is buried at the National Cemetery at Hampton, Virginia. Dauphin County, There is also a government-issue marker #10957 (above) which indicates service as a Corporal in a Pennsylvania regiment. He died at the Soldiers’ Home on 31 May 1916. In the cemetery at Killinger, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, […]
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