On the occasion of the inauguration of William Howard Taft in Washington, D.C., 4 March 1909, Civil War veteran William H. DeHaven, reflected on the first inauguration of Abraham Lincoln on 4 March 1861, in a letter to the Harrisburg Telegraph: Tells of Lincoln’s First inauguration Inauguration day this morning brought back recollections to […]
William H. DeHaven, born 21 June 1846, served in the 208th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company E, as a Private, during the Civil War. After the war he was one of the founding members of the G.A.R. Kilpatrick Post at Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He lived in Millersburg most of his life, working as a laborer in […]
The original charter of the Kilpatrick Post No. 212, G.A.R., is on display of the Historical Society of Millersburg and Upper Paxton Township at its museum in Millersburg, Pennsylvania (upper right). The above-shown display case contains many original Civil War related-items as well as reproductions including photographs of Civil War veterans. The photographs at center-left […]
A newly-discovered list of supposed Civil War veterans who are buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Millersburg is featured in this post. This one-page list has 114 names, many of which are not included on the Millersburg Soldier Monument. There is no indication on the list itself as to the compiler. However, the single page […]
The following history appeared in the Souvenir Book: Millersburg Centennial Celebration, which was published in September, 1907, by the Committee on Printing and Advertising, J. F. Adams, Chairman, and members C. A. Miller, E. E. Railing, C. W. Noll, and F. M. Faust. G.A.R. Kilpatrick Post, No. 212, G.A.R.., was organized on the 9th of […]
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