From the West Schuylkill Herald, 2 May 1919: Civil War Veteran Answers Last Roll Call Jacob Boyer, a well-known Civil War veteran, died at 12:45 o’clock Saturday night at his home on Grand Avenue after a long illness of asthma and other complications. His condition had been critical for some time. Mr. Boyer was 76 […]
A listing of the July 2018 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: John Bower – Tremont Soldier in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry John H. Shammo – White Supremacist, 1866 July 2018 Posts New York State Monument at Gettysburg National Cemetery – Post Card View Samuel Bartlett – “Colored” Veteran Lost Life in […]
The Tower City Borough, Porter Township and Rush Township Veterans Memorial is located at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Cemetery which is located along Route 209 in Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. It was the subject of a prior post on this blog on 30 December 2010. Within the glass cases on the monument are name […]
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) […]
In 1968, Tower City and Porter Township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, celebrated its centennial. The “History Book Committee” was chaired by Howard G. Stutzman whose strong qualifications for the job were given in a brief biography on one of the book’s opening pages: attorney, historian, civil leader, churchman, public speaker, political leader, World War II […]
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