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Who Was Samuel Shoop? (Part 3 of 3).

| July 12, 2011

This is the final part of the three part series entitled “Who Was Samuel Shoop?”  In this post, the remaining Samuel Shoop‘s will be noted.  Much of the information is from the Pennsylvania Veterans’ Card File which is from the Pennsylvania Archives.  It is not know if this last post includes all the possible Samuel […]

Who Was Samuel Shoop? (Part 2 of 3)

| July 11, 2011

In the post yesterday, the story was told of how it was discovered that there was more than one Samuel Shoop who could be identified with the Lykens Valley area and the Civil War Research Project of the Gratz Historical Society – and the question was asked as to which of these Samuel Shoop‘s served […]

Who Was Samuel Shoop? (Part 1 of 3)

| July 10, 2011

The initial information obtained by the Civil War REsearch Project on a Civil War veteran named Samuel Shoop pertained to an individual who served in the 200th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company F, as a Corporal.  He was wounded at Fort Stedman, Petersbug, Virginia, 25 March 1865, and as result of the wound had his right leg […]

Pennsylvania Civil War 150 Road Show

| July 5, 2011

The Road Show of Pennsylvania Civil War 150 stopped in Philadelphia for the Fourth of July Weekend this year and was the highlight of the festivities held at Franklin Square.  The Road Show is a traveling, interactive exhibition of photographs, maps, artifacts and documents that tell the stories of Pennsylvanians who were caught up in […]

Descendants of Alexander Klinger, Immigrant

| June 27, 2011

The table above shows the genealogical relationships of those Klinger veterans who were descendants of Alexander Klinger (1726-1802).  The Civil War soldiers are noted in light blue.  The brother of Alexander Klinger (1726-1802) was Johann Philip Klinger (1723-1811) and his Civil War descendants were noted in two previous posts.  See:  The Descendants of Johann Peter […]