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The Shamokin Soldiers’ Circle – Photographs 6 -14

| March 8, 2014

Today’s post on the Shamokin Cemetery’s Soldiers’ Circle features nine graves in the outer circle, first quadrant, beginning at the path.  The photographs are numbered 6 through 14.  Unfortunately, most of the grave sites have stones that are unreadable due to severe weathering.  It is believed that this is the first group of burials in […]

February 2014 Posts

| March 4, 2014

A listing of the February 2014 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Another Biographical Sketch of Dr. Andrew J. Pontius January 2014 Posts The Henry Keiser Diary – Furlough, Marriage, Return to the Front Eleven Civil War Dead of Millersburg The Oak Hill Cemetery List of Millersburg Civil War Veterans Crimes Committed […]

January 2014 Posts

| February 5, 2014

A listing of the January 2014 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: What’s Ahead for the Civil War Blog in 2014 More About John A. Sipe, Tailor of Herndon Lykens G.A.R. Post Originally Named for Martyred President Garfield Death of Major H. J. Sheafer, Ex-Sheriff of Dauphin County December 2013 Posts Fire […]

The Steever Brothers of Millersburg (Part 3 of 4)

| January 11, 2014

In today’s post, Wesley Steever (1835-1895) will be profiled. On the Millersburg Soldier Monument there are three Steever brothers who are honored as Civil War soldiers.  Initially it was difficult to identify them as brothers and construct a genealogy.  However, a biographical sketch was located of a younger brother, Aaron M. Steever, a pharmacist born […]

The Steever Brothers of Millersburg (Part 1 of 4)

| January 9, 2014

On the Millersburg Soldier Monument there are three Steever brothers who are honored as Civil War soldiers.  Initially it was difficult to identify them as brothers and construct a genealogy.  However, a biographical sketch was located of a younger brother, Aaron M. Steever, a pharmacist born in Millersburg, which clarified the relationship.  In today’s post, […]