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Edward Thomas – 50th Pennsylvania Infantry

| December 2, 2014

On 1 April 1872, Edward Thomas of Gratz, was killed at the colliery at Short Mountain, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, by a “fall of rock.”  His body was recovered and he was buried at Gratz Union Cemetery (then called Simeon’s Cemetery).  He was exactly 32 years old at the time of his death.  A G.A.R. star-flag […]

October 2014 Posts

| November 5, 2014

A listing of the October 2014 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief Lambert K. Hooper – 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry Monuments at Gettysburg – 35th Pennsylvania Infantry September 2014 Posts Civil War Veteran Burials at Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg (Part 1) Monuments at Gettysburg – […]

September 2014 Posts

| October 4, 2014

A listing of the September 2014 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: A Guide to Georgia’s Civil War Heritage Monuments at Gettysburg – 28th Pennsylvania Infantry August 2014 Posts Samuel P. Klinger – Farmer of Northumberland County Monuments at Gettysburg – 29th Pennsylvania Infantry Views of the Old Catholic Cemetery at Williamstown […]

Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief

| October 1, 2014

From Penguin Press comes word that a new book about Jefferson Davis will be released on 7 October 2014. The book, by Prof. James M. McPherson, Embattled Rebel:  Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief, is a worthy companion to his earlier book, Tried by War:  Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief.  Although McPherson tries to […]

August 2014 Posts

| September 5, 2014

A listing of the August 2014 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Monuments at Gettysburg – 23rd Pennsylvania Infantry July 2014 Posts Lewis Doutrich – 207th Pennsylvania Infantry Monuments at Gettysburg – 26th Pennsylvania Infantry Obituary of Thomas W. Hoffman – Medal of Honor Recipient Benneville Hoyer – Amputee Charged with Selling […]