Ephraim F. Knipe was born in Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, about 1839. He was a painter at the time of the Civil War, and according to military records, he served in three different regiments, one of which was an 1863 emergency militia. He was married to the former Elizabeth Zimmerman. In 1890, at the time […]
The National Tribune, 8 June 1899, posted a letter to the editor from Jesse Ditty, a Civil War veteran who is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The National Tribune, published at Washington, D.C., was the official newspaper of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.). The Fight at Morris Ravine EDITOR […]
Previously on this blog, it was reported that when Conrad Zimmerman died on 22 October 1930, he was the last surviving member of the disbanded Halifax G.A.R. Post. It was also reported that although Conrad Zimmerman was not married, for the last 30 years of his life, he lived with an African American woman, Roxie […]
On 30 May 1901, the West Schuylkill Herald of Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, published a list entitled “Our Deceased Heroes,” in which soldier burials in area cemeteries were listed. All of the veterans named in the list were Civil War Veterans. Our Deceased Heroes Below will be found a list of the deceased soldiers […]
During the Civil War, George T. Leebrick, served in the 46th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, Private. He was a bookkeeper from Halifax and was a charter member of the G.A.R. Post at Fisherville. He is buried at the Halifax United Methodist Church Cemetery. Leebrick also served in the 15th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, although […]
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