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Jacob Beller – On Staff of Commander-in-Chief of G.A.R.

An obituary of Jacob Beller of Millersburg appeared in the Elizabethville Echo of 2 May 1912: Civil War Veteran of Millersburg Dead The death of Jacob Beller, a veteran of the Civil War, aged 76, occurred at his home on Union Street, Millersburg last Friday, after a short illness of pneumonia.  Deceased served during the […]

October 2018 Posts

A listing of the October 2018 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links Daniel Conway – Drowned in Soldiers’ Home Lake in Ohio John R. Hamilton – White Supremacist, 1866 Solomon Coleman – Militia Man From Lykens Township Catholics Offer Help to Homeless From Klan Orphanage Fire Cornelius Coleman – Supported Relief Fund […]

Civil War Veteran Burials at Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg (Part 5)

Today’s post is the fifth in the series of photographs of the Civil War veteran graves at Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  It features the grave markers of ten soldiers about whom research is ongoing.  To determine the extent to which each soldier’s information has been posted on this blog, click on the […]

Did Ambrose Baker Fight for the South and North?

The grave of Ambrose Baker of Company K of the 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry is located in Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery in Rugby, Grayson County, Virginia.  According to a family tradition, Ambrose Baker began the Civil War fighting for the Confederacy, then “switched sides and fought for the Union.”  The discovery of the grave site and […]

The Charter of the Kilpatrick G.A.R. Post of Millersburg

The original charter of the Kilpatrick Post No. 212, G.A.R., is on display of the Historical Society of Millersburg and Upper Paxton Township at its museum in Millersburg, Pennsylvania (upper right). The above-shown display case contains many original Civil War related-items as well as reproductions including photographs of Civil War veterans.  The photographs at center-left […]