Norman Gasbarro | September 3, 2018
Someone reported to the census in 1890 that a Civil War veteran named Emanuel Budler was living in Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. However, neither the dates of service nor the regiment, company or rank were given. The above cut from the census page can be enlarged by clicking on it. Given the various spellings of […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 2, 2018
Peter Redinger was a Civil War soldier who served in the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company B, as a Private. He is buried at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. He was born 1 April 1839 and died 6 February 1887. Some information about him and his family is provided on his Findagrave Memorial. His […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 1, 2018
John H. Bowers is named on the Millersburg Soldier Monument as “J. H. Bowers.” During the Civil War he served in the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry. The Veterans’ File Card from the Pennsylvania Archives shows that at age 34, John H. Bowers enrolled in the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry on 28 February 1865, at Harrisburg, and was mustered […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 30, 2018
On 30 May 1901, the West Schuylkill Herald of Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, published a list entitled “Our Deceased Heroes,” in which soldier burials in area cemeteries were listed. All of the veterans named in the list were Civil War Veterans. Our Deceased Heroes Below will be found a list of the deceased soldiers […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 28, 2018
John Bixler was born about 1838, probably in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the son of David Bixler (1817-1863) and his wife Anna [Wolfgang] Bixler (1821-1900). He died in 1866 and is buried at St. Andrew United Methodist Church Cemetery, Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. At about the age of 23, he enrolled on 19 August […]
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