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The Shamokin Soldiers’ Circle – Photographs 80 – 92

Today’s post on the Shamokin Cemetery’s Soldiers’ Circle features thirteen graves in the second circle, first quadrant, beginning with photograph 80.  The photographs in this segment are numbered 80 through 92.  All of the stones in this section are sequenced in the order of the death of the veteran.  For each of the veterans, the […]

The Shamokin Soldiers’ Circle – Photographs 42 – 50

Today’s post on the Shamokin Cemetery’s Soldiers’ Circle features nine graves in the outer circle, third quadrant, beginning with photograph 42.  The photographs in this segment are numbered 42 through 50.  All of the stones in this section are sequenced in the order of the death of the veteran.  For each of the veterans, the […]

Samuel Byerly – Sunbury Merchant and War Veteran

The obituary of Samuel Byerly appeared in a local newspaper in late February 1923.  It was followed by a brief story indicating that two of the last surviving veterans of Company E of the 131st Pennsylvania Infantry died within a week of each other – Samuel Byerly and Saul Shipman: SAMUEL BYERLY, VETERAN SUNBURY MERCHANT […]

Additions to Veterans’ List – S

Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was last updated 19 April 2012.  In a series of posts continuing intermittently until concluding in mid-June, a brief sketch of each of the new names added since then will be presented.  […]

Additions to Veterans’ List – R

Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was last updated 19 April 2012.  In a series of posts continuing intermittently until concluding in mid-June, a brief sketch of each of the new names added since then will be presented.  […]