Josiah D. Lehman was born about 1840 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Just prior to enlistment in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company C, as a Private, he was living in Tremont, Schuylkill County, and working as a boatman. The record card at the Pennsylvania Archives (pictured above), shows that he was about 21 years old, that […]
April 9. Confederate States Army General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Union Army General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, effectively ending the American Civil War. April 14. U.S. Secret Service is created to fight counterfeiting. April 14 (Good Friday). Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: President of the United States Abraham Lincoln is shot while attending a […]
During the past month, the following inquiry was one of many received from researchers trying to learn more about Civil War soldiers who were members of their family: I have been searching online for more information regarding a relative that was in the 68th [68th Pennsylvania Infantry] and came across your informative site. My relatives […]
A book entitled, The Civil War: A Collection of U.S. Commemorative Stamps, was published in 1995 in cooperation with the U. S. Postal Service, as a companion to the issuance of a sheetlet of 20 stamps recognizing sixteen individuals and four events of the Civil War. The Civil War sheetlet was designed by Mark Hess. […]
Between 1909 and 1959, there were very few commemorative stamp issues of the United States that honored Abraham Lincoln. The issue of 1909, for the Centenary of Lincoln’s birth (pictured below) was mentioned here in a blog post in late January. For those readers new to this series of posts on Abraham Lincoln on Stamps, […]
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