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Daniel Binkley – Wounded at Spotsylvania, Died While a Prisoner

On 9 April 1866, from his home in Llewellen, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Henry Brodt, who had served as Captain of Company A of the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, provided a sworn statement in support of the pension application of the widow Harriet Binkley so that she could receive government support for herself and her young daughter: […]

May 2013 Posts

A listing of the May 2013 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Abraham Lincoln on Stamps – From the Sesquicentennial to the Bicentennial of His Birth April 2013 Posts Civil War Descendants of Nathaniel Gist Cinco de Mayo, the Confederacy, and Gen. Jo Shelby Jonas Swab – Civil War Letters to His […]

2012 Additions to Civil War Veterans List – A to C

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 today and continuing intermittently for eight posts until concluding at the end of this month, a brief sketch of each of […]

Veterans

Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project.   Updated 12 April 2011. ++++ Updated 19 April 2012. A Nicholas Adams (1843-1927)—- William Adams (18xx-xxxx) —- Joseph J. Alleman (1847-xxxx) —-William Alleman (1844-1894) —- John Allman (1838-xxxx) —- David Alspach (1839-1864) […]