Norman Gasbarro | September 2, 2018
Peter Redinger was a Civil War soldier who served in the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company B, as a Private. He is buried at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. He was born 1 April 1839 and died 6 February 1887. Some information about him and his family is provided on his Findagrave Memorial. His […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 1, 2018
John H. Bowers is named on the Millersburg Soldier Monument as “J. H. Bowers.” During the Civil War he served in the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry. The Veterans’ File Card from the Pennsylvania Archives shows that at age 34, John H. Bowers enrolled in the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry on 28 February 1865, at Harrisburg, and was mustered […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 28, 2018
John Bixler was born about 1838, probably in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the son of David Bixler (1817-1863) and his wife Anna [Wolfgang] Bixler (1821-1900). He died in 1866 and is buried at St. Andrew United Methodist Church Cemetery, Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. At about the age of 23, he enrolled on 19 August […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 27, 2018
William Bixler, sometimes found in the records as William S. Bixler or William H. Bixler, was born in 1839, in Jackson Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of John Bixler (1811-1863) and Sarah Catherine [Straw] Bixler (1812-1896). At his grave, which is located at Fairview Cemetery, Enders, Dauphin County, there is a G.A.R. star-flag holder. […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 26, 2018
Romulus Riggs “Romeo” Bacon was born on 31 December 1836, in Philadelphia, the son of Dr. James Ware Bacon (1809-1863) of Franklin County, Kentucky, and Alice Anne [Riggs] Bacon (1814-1843) of Philadelphia. Both parents are buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia. At the time of the Civil War Romeo enrolled in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, […]
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