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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 […]

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 […]

Halifax Area Civil War Veterans

In 1969, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, celebrated 175 years of history by publishing a book, Indian Arrows to Atoms or the Story of Halifax and the Valleys.  In the preface to the book, Halifax Historian Lee B. Noblet wrote the following: Out of the past came a voice from a wilderness saying “If tall and […]