Norman Gasbarro | February 21, 2011
Jacob DeWald Muench (1805-1846) and Sarah “Sally” [Moyer] Muench (1814-1879) of the Lykens Valley area had five sons. An oft-repeated Muench family legend is that when the Civil War began, all five sons of Jacob Muench went to enlist in the Union Army. But one son, Charles Edward Muench was sent home to help his […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 20, 2011
As the result of a correspondence from a blog reader, John W. Knouff was added to the Civil War Research Project. Initially, only one John Knouff was include in the project list. That John Knouff died in the war at Dabney’s Mills, Virginia, in 1865, as reported in the previous post. The confusion of having […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 19, 2011
Tragically, two Pennsylvanians named Knouff did not survive the war. David Knouff, who died of a condition contracted during the war and John Knouf, who was killed at Dabney’s Mill in Virgina, both served in the 107th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, and both were from the area around Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, their records […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 18, 2011
According to records found at the Pennsylvania Archives, five persons with surname Knouff served in Pennsylvania regiments during the Civil War. Recent research has confirmed that all five lived in the general area covered by this Civil War Research Project. An inquiry regarding confusion between two of these Knouff‘s, prompted a re-examination of the available […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 15, 2011
Early in the nineteenth century, perhaps at the very beginning of the settlement of Gratz, a militia was formed to protect the area from intruders and from hostile Indians, of which there were some. At the beginning of settlement, Gratz was on the frontier and had a “well regulated militia.” The early settlers of the […]
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