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George W. Bowman – Sawmill Accident Caused His Death, 1883

George Washington Bowman died on 19 August 1883 and was buried at the Messiah Lutheran Cemetery, Fisherville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  He was a Civil War veteran who served honorably in the 210th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, as a Private, mustered into service on 7 September 1864, and mustered out on 30 May 1865..  At his […]

2012 Additions to Civil War Veterans List – A to C

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

Veterans

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) […]

Halifax Area Civil War Veterans

In 1969, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, celebrated 175 years of history by publishing a book, Indian Arrows to Atoms or the Story of Halifax and the Valleys.  In the preface to the book, Halifax Historian Lee B. Noblet wrote the following: Out of the past came a voice from a wilderness saying “If tall and […]