The Veteran Reserve Corps (originally the Invalid Corps) was a military reserve organization created within the Union Army during the Civil War to allow partially disabled or infirm soldiers (or former soldiers) to perform light duty, freeing able-bodied soldiers to serve on the front lines. The Invalid Corps Much importance is attached, by military men, […]
A sad story of an immigrant, wounded veteran who served honorably throughout the Civil War and who died alone at the county poorhouse, is told through newspaper stories, available military records, and other genealogical resources. From the Pottsville Republican, 5 November 1902: Poor Old Soldier Communicated Died at the Schuylkill County Almshouse, November 4, 1902, […]
Simon Cluck was born 31 August 1838, in Liverpool, Perry County, Pennsylvania, the son of Henry Cluck (1810-1885) and Mary Susan [Snooke] Cluck. Simon’s father was a miller, but he took up the trade of cabinetmaking which he reported to the 1860 census while living in Mifflin Township, Dauphin County. Just before the Civil War, […]
On 30 May 1901, the West Schuylkill Herald of Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, published a list entitled “Our Deceased Heroes,” in which soldier burials in area cemeteries were listed. All of the veterans named in the list were Civil War Veterans. Our Deceased Heroes Below will be found a list of the deceased soldiers […]
Samuel H. Hamilton enrolled in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company E, on 7 September 1861 at Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was mustered into service at Harrisburg on 17 October 1861 and served until his re-enlistment on 1 January 1864 at Mossy Creek, Tennessee, where he was promoted to the rank of Saddler on 23 […]
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