On 30 August 1861, at Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, John D. Shearer enrolled in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, as a Private. He was mustered into service at Harrisburg on 9 March 1861. The record card shown above from the Pennsylvania Archives notes that John D. Shearer re-enlisted on 1 January 1864, was promoted […]
A listing of the July 2017 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: McCoy Sargert – Killed at Antietam, 1862 Isaac E. Snyder – Dies From Fall From Ladder, 1890 Henry W. Snyder – County Treasurer & Lykens Merchant William Savage – Victim of Mining Accident, 1879 Obituary of George F. Rhawn, 1896 […]
Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was updated 19 April 2012. In a series of post beginning last Friday and continuing intermittently for seven posts until concluding at the end of this month, a brief sketch of each […]
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) […]
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