John Bower is buried at the Dayton National Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. He died at the Soldiers’ Home in Dayton on 27 June 1909. On his stone in the cemetery, his regiment and company are noted – 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A. On 19 August, a 23 year-old John Bower enrolled at Schuylkill County […]
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 […]
John H. Bowers is named on the Millersburg Soldier Monument as “J. H. Bowers.” During the Civil War he served in the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry. The Veterans’ File Card from the Pennsylvania Archives shows that at age 34, John H. Bowers enrolled in the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry on 28 February 1865, at Harrisburg, and was mustered […]
William Hicks (1839-1904), who is buried at St. Paul (Bowerman’s) Lutheran Cemetery in Enterline, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, served in the 8th Illinois Infantry, Company D, as a Private. There is conflicting data on his dates of service. In one source, it is stated that he had three enlistments, while another source indicates his service as […]
A newly-discovered list of supposed Civil War veterans who are buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Millersburg is featured in this post. This one-page list has 114 names, many of which are not included on the Millersburg Soldier Monument. There is no indication on the list itself as to the compiler. However, the single page […]
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