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Civil War Blog

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Dauphin County Church Records Available at Schwalm Library in Gratz

| May 11, 2013

The Gratz Historical Society has a collection of compiled and original copies of records from most of the churches in the Lykens Valley area.  One of the most useful sets of book is the nine-volume edition of Dauphin County Church Records. These volumes contain a variety of records for the indicated churches, including birth and […]

Jonathan Brenner – Coal Miner of Tremont – Died at Fort Schuyler, New York

| May 9, 2013

Jonathan Brenner, who was mustered into service as a Private in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company C, on 9 September 1861, died from wounds received at the Battle of Antietam,  17 September 1862.  He was a coal miner from Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, who was 28 years old at the time of his enrollment. As […]

Contact Information for Local Historical Societies in the Lykens Valley Area

| May 8, 2013

  ——————————- HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MILLERSBURG AND UPPER PAXTON TOWNSHIP 324 Center Street, P.O. Box 171, Millersburg, Pennsylvania  17061 Phone:  (717) 692-4084 E-Mail Contact:  mbhist@epix.net Contact Person:  Leslie Smith Museum has Civil War display.  Open on Saturdays and Sundays, and at other times by chance or appointment.  Call or e-mail for further information. —————————– MAHANOY […]

John Botdorf of Herndon – Killed at Po River, Virginia

| May 7, 2013

The Widow Mary Botdorf, living in Jackson Township (Herndon Post Office), Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, reported to the 1890 Census that her husband John Botdorf had served in the 136th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company C, as a Private, from 7 August 1862 through his discharge on 29 May 1863 (nine months and 22 days), that he was […]

Daniel Binkley – Wounded at Spotsylvania, Died While a Prisoner

| May 6, 2013

On 9 April 1866, from his home in Llewellen, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Henry Brodt, who had served as Captain of Company A of the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, provided a sworn statement in support of the pension application of the widow Harriet Binkley so that she could receive government support for herself and her young daughter: […]