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November 2013 Posts

| December 5, 2013

A listing of the November 2013 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: October 2013 Posts Jacob L. Weaver – Private in 9th Pennsyvlania Cavalry John Henry Keen of Williamstown – Civil War Veteran of Infantry and Cavalry Death and Funeral of Dr. Isaiah S. Schminky Jonas Hoffman – Veteran of Civil War […]

October 2013 Posts

| November 3, 2013

A listing of the October 2013 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Lincoln Ancestral Home – Photo Essay September 2013 Posts Israel Seiders – Pennsylvania Railroad Employee Charles E. Riegel – Coachmaker and Clerk to Dauphin County Commissioners Edmund L. Umholtz – Dauphin County Mercantile Appraiser Dies of Small Pox in Gratz […]

Victorian Home: Bedrooms (Part 7)

| October 28, 2013

By the time of the Civil War the fashion in furniture had moved toward matched sets of furniture called “suites” which were sets of furniture for a room all designed together, having the same type of wood, carving, stain, shape, etc. This trend was  evident in bedrooms, where the bed, night table, chests and dressers […]

Alfred D. F. Steese – Civil War Railroad Engineer

| October 26, 2013

The obituary of Alfred David Frederick Steese appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot on 10 March 1903.  While it stated that he was active in local politics, it failed to note his role during the Civil War – that of boatman and railroad engineer, working for the United States Government.  Also, he was twice captured and […]

September 2013 Posts

| October 4, 2013

A listing of the September 2013 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: John Ritz, Alias Daniel Driebelbies August 2013 Posts Joseph M. Johnson – Millersburg Contractor and Civil War Veteran Samuel Byerly – Sunbury Merchant and War Veteran Funeral of Isaac Hepler of Gratz Simon C. Gratz – Son of First Mayor […]