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Daniel Conway – Drowned in Soldiers’ Home Lake in Ohio

Daniel Conway, Civil War veteran from Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, was pronounced dead on 10 August 1903, after his body was found in a lake at the Veterans’ Home in Dayton, Ohio.  A brief story was found in the Dayton Daily News, 11 August 1903: BODY OF A SOLDIER FOUND IN THE LAKE. Daniel Conway Disappeared […]

Wartime Sketches by Charles F. McKenna

The following illustrations were taken from Under the Maltese Cross – Antietam to Appomattox:  The Loyal Uprising in Western Pennsylvania, 1861-1865, compiled by Charles F. McKenna, and published in Pittsburgh in 1910.  Click on the title for a free download of this book, which is a history of the 155th Pennsylvania Infantry. All of the […]

Wartime Sketches by Edwin Forbes

The following illustrations were taken from Under the Maltese Cross – Antietam to Appomattox:  The Loyal Uprising in Western Pennsylvania, 1861-1865, compiled by Charles F. McKenna, and published in Pittsburgh in 1910.  Click on the title for a free download of this book, which is a history of the 155th Pennsylvania Infantry. All of the […]

James Kilrain – Irish Immigrant. Coal Miner, and Civil War Veteran

James Kilrain was born about 1839 in Ireland.  At the time of the Civil War, he was living in Minersville, Schuylkill County and working as a coal miner.  He first volunteered for the 16th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company K, as a Private, serving in this 90-day regiment from 8 April 1861 through 10 July 1861.  Later […]

April 2015 Posts

A listing of the April 2015 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Why Was There a Cross-Burning in Elizabethville? Monuments at Gettysburg – 121st Pennsylvania Infantry Monuments at Gettysburg – 139th Pennsylvania Infantry March 2015 Posts Monuments at Gettysburg – 140th Pennsylvania Infantry Capt. William E. Miller – Medal of Honor at […]