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Charles W. Bast – 96th Pennsylvania Infantry

| July 31, 2018

Charles W. Bast died on 18 October 1886 and is buried at Seybert’s Cemetery, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The Lykens Register report of the death of Charles W. Bast, was reprinted in the Harrisburg Telegraph, 22 October 1886: Mr. Charles W. Bast died on Monday at Williamstown.  His death resulted from a wound in the […]

Samuel H. Hamilton – White Supremacist, 1866

| July 30, 2018

Samuel H. Hamilton enrolled in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company E, on 7 September 1861 at Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  He was mustered into service at Harrisburg on 17 October 1861 and served until his re-enlistment on 1 January 1864 at Mossy Creek, Tennessee, where he was promoted to the rank of Saddler on 23 […]

Horatio O. Baum – Charter Member of Millersburg G.A.R. Post

| July 29, 2018

Horatio Orlando “Harry” Baum was a charter member of the Kilpatrick Post, G.A.R., at Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  His name is found on the charter which is on display at the Historical Society of Millersburg and Upper Paxton Township. Horatio O. Baum was born 23 September 1897 in Hamburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania, the son of […]

George T. Leebrick – White Supremacist, 1866

| July 27, 2018

  During the Civil War, George T. Leebrick, served in the 46th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, Private.  He was a bookkeeper from Halifax and was a charter member of the G.A.R. Post at Fisherville.  He is buried at the Halifax United Methodist Church Cemetery. Leebrick also served in the 15th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, although […]

Benjamin P. Behm – Father-In-Law of Halifax Gazette Editor

| July 26, 2018

Benjamin P. Behm, who was born in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, in July 1846, the son of Dr. Samuel Behm and his wife Mary, served in three Civil War regiments as shown on his Pension Index Card (above) from Ancestry.com. He served in the 11th Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency of 1863), Company A, as a Private.  He […]