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Three Men Named Lewis Kopp of Tower City Area

There are now known to be three men named Lewis Kopp who had some connection to the Tower City area and to Civil War service. Two of them served in the Civil War and one was the son of a Civil War veteran: Lewis Kopp (or Ludwig Kopp), born about 1846 in Germany.  Served in […]

August 2016 Posts

A listing of the August 2016 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Robert B. Kepner of Halifax – Clerk to the Postmaster General of U.S. Samuel Keiter – 172nd Pennsylvania Infantry July 2016 Posts Widow of Philip W. Keiter Dies in Harrisburg, 1914 Daniel D. Romberger – Emergency Militiaman from Orwin George […]

Civil War Veteran Burials in Greenwood Cemetery, Tower City – Part 4 of 5

Greenwood Cemetery, Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, is located south of Grand Avenue (Route 209) in Tower City.  To locate the cemetery from Grand Avenue, turn south on 4th Street and continue across the bridge over the Wiconisco Creek and the street becomes Greenwood Road.  The cemetery is on the right just after the road […]

Tower City, Porter and Rush Township Civil War Veterans – Part 6

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 […]

48th Pennsylvania Infantry – Regimental Memoir

In 1897, The 48th in the War:  Being a Narrative of the Campaigns of the 48 Regiment, Infantry, Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers During the War of the Rebellion, was published.  The book was written by Oliver Christian Bosbyshell (1839-1921), a member of the 48th Pennsylvania Infantry. The book contains the following chapters: Chapter I — Organization […]