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Who Was John Donnelly of Joliett?

The above Pennsylvania Veterans’ Index Card from the Pennsylvania Archives give some of the information that is know about John Donnelly (sometimes referred to the records as John Donnely). John Donnelly was about 24 years old (born about 1837) when he enrolled in the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H, as a Private, at Tremont, Schuylkill […]

September 2015 Posts

A listing of the September 2015 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Martin Koppenhaver – Was He a Civil War Veteran & Did He Have Two Families? The Death of Mrs. Leonard Craig John Crane of Millersburg and Lykens Who Was George W. Clark, Musician? The Death of Capt. William H. Crook […]

Additions to Veterans’ List – 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.  […]

2012 Additions to Civil War Veterans List – D to F

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 yesterday and continuing intermittently for eight posts until concluding at the end of this month, a brief sketch of each of […]

96th Pennsylvania Infantry – Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg

(Part  22 of an ongoing series on the Battle of Gettysburg).  Around the base of the Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg are a series of plaques which, by regiment and company, note the names of every soldier who was present at the Battle of Gettysburg.  This post will present the plaque recognizing the men who served […]