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Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Upper Paxton Township – Part 1

| December 22, 2011

Church of the Brethren Cemetery is located just north of Route 209 in Upper Paxton Township.  In traveling west from Rife, the Free Grace Church appears on the left and within a short distance, on the other side of the road, there is a sign for Keefer’s Road.  Turn right at Keefer’s Road and the […]

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 […]

Reorganization of Sons of Veterans Camp in Lykens

| December 18, 2011

The following article was found in the Lykens Standard of 28 February 1902: ATTENTION, SONS OF VETERANS! LYKENS.– The sons of the veterans of the war of 1861-65 are hereby requested to meet in the Post room of G.A.R. hall tomorrow (Saturday) evening at 7:30 o’clock, standard time, for the purpose of making preliminary arrangements […]

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 […]