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Hanukkah and the Gratz Family

| December 21, 2011

The blog, Rebecca Gratz and 19th Century America, by Susan Sklaroff, has been previously mentioned on this blog and on this day that begins Hanukkah 2011, readers are directed to three past posts on Susan Sklaroff’s blog which deal with subject of Hanukkah. From her blog header, Susan Sklaroff states: Rebecca Gratz (1781-1869), a Philadelphia […]

Honorable Discharges – 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I – Part 10

| December 20, 2011

Today, the blog post  again continues to feature members of the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, who served the full term of nine months and received honorable discharges on 5 August 1863.  The research results presented here are based on preliminary data gathering on each of the members of the company and searches for Pension […]

Honorable Discharges – 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I – Part 9

| December 19, 2011

Today, the blog post  again continues to feature members of the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, who served the full term of nine months and received honorable discharges on 5 August 1863.  The research results presented here are based on preliminary data gathering on each of the members of the company and searches for Pension […]

Another Unknown Photo of Gettysburg – Visiting the Battlefield

| December 17, 2011

Another visiting group photo from the Gettysburg battlefield is presented today in an attempt to identify the persons in the photo.  The two monuments in the rear of the photo should give some clue as to the location on the battlefield where the photo was taken.  Unfortunately, when the original print of this photo was […]

Andrew Gregg Curtin, Civil War Governor of Pennsylvania

| December 15, 2011

Andrew Gregg Curtin served as Governor of Pennsylvania for six years (two terms of three years) from 15 January 1861 to 15 January 1867.  As Pennsylvania’s Civil War governor he took the lead among northern governors in supporting President Abraham Lincoln by raising troops, organizing them into combat units, setting up training camps (the first […]