The following biographical sketch of Gen. James Nagle of Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, is adapted with annotations from the Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Schuylkll County Pennsylvania, pages 298-230. The work was compiled by Samuel Wiley and published in 1893 by Rush, West and Company of Philadelphia. The full work is also available as a […]
Daniel D. Rumberger was originally located in the 1890 Veterans’ Census for Porter Township, Schuylkill County (shown below). Initially, there was some difficulty in identifying his birth and death dates and his connection to the Romberger family. However, using some of the information from Bob Averell’s Romberger research, he was positively identified as Daniel D. […]
Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was last updated 19 April 2012. In a series of posts continuing intermittently until concluding in mid-June, a brief sketch of each of the new names added since then will be presented. […]
Located at the fence around “The Crater” at the Petersburg National Battlefield, is the monument to the 48th Pennsylvania Infantry. The monument is in the design of a stone podium with the inscription on the top face. “Crater of mine excavated by 48th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry, Burnside’s 9th Corps, 30 July 1864.” The fuse […]
A listing of the September 2012 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Historical Society Activities for Civil War Sesquicentennial Mathias Wilson McAlarney – Provost Marshal, Journalist & Postmaster Laborers in 1860 in Pennsylvania John H. Hoffman – Williamstown Merchant and Manufacturer August 2012 Posts Daniel Y. Lenker – Tailor and Distiller Gratz […]
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