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Daniel W. Tobias – Incident at Miners’ Bank, 1875

A brief story appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph, 27 December 1875, describing an incident involving Civil War veteran Daniel W. Tobias of Jackson Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, which occurred at the Miners’ Deposit Bank: Forgery — On Monday last, Mr. Daniel W. Tobias of Jackson Township stepped into the Miners’ Deposit Bank, of this place, […]

Daniel W. Tobias – Corrections and Additions

In January 2013, in a post entitled They Served Honorably in Company H, 210th Pennsylvania Infantry, it was incorrectly reported that Daniel W. Tobias moved to Illinois after the war.  It is now known that the man who served in Company H was most commonly known as Daniel Tobias and the man who served in […]

George W. Bowman – Sawmill Accident Caused His Death, 1883

George Washington Bowman died on 19 August 1883 and was buried at the Messiah Lutheran Cemetery, Fisherville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  He was a Civil War veteran who served honorably in the 210th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, as a Private, mustered into service on 7 September 1864, and mustered out on 30 May 1865..  At his […]

March 2016 Posts

A listing of the March 2016 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links.  Click on any title to go directly to the post. ———————————– Featured this month were two posts describing (1) how the By-Laws of the Gratz Historical Society have been completely ignored resulting in an illegal takeover of this Pennsylvania non-profit […]

September 2015 Posts

A listing of the September 2015 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Martin Koppenhaver – Was He a Civil War Veteran & Did He Have Two Families? The Death of Mrs. Leonard Craig John Crane of Millersburg and Lykens Who Was George W. Clark, Musician? The Death of Capt. William H. Crook […]