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Pvt. Williams – 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company C

| May 17, 2012

Four men with the surname Williams served in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company C, as privates during the Civil War.  Three were boatmen from  Pottsville or Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.  They worked on the Schuylkill Canal.  The fourth was a coal miner, and he was from Minersville, Schuylkill County.  At this time, it is […]

Levan J. Warner – Killed at Wilderness, 6 May 1864

| May 16, 2012

The post today is a continuation of a study of the men who served in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry. In 1860, Levan J. Warner was living on a farm owned by his father Daniel Warner in North Manheim Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.  Levan was then only 12 years old.  Levan’s mother Mary [Emerick] Warner had […]

Franklin Wise – 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company C

| May 15, 2012

The post today is a continuation of a study of the men who served in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry.   Franklin Wise was a Private in Company C, who enlisted on 9 September 1861, at Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.  At the time, he was a resident of Schuylkill Haven and was employed as a boatman. […]

2012 Additions to Civil War Veterans List – W to Z

| April 30, 2012

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 Friday, 20 April 2012 and continuing intermittently for seven posts until concluding today, a brief sketch of each of the newly […]

2012 Additions to Civil War Veterans List – T to V

| April 29, 2012

Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project as updated 19 April 2012.  In a series of post beginning Friday, 20 April 2012 and continuing intermittently for seven posts until concluding tomorrow, a brief sketch of each of the newly […]