(Part 59 of an ongoing series on the Battle of Gettysburg). Around the base of the Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg are a series of plaques which, by regiment and company, note the names of every soldier who was present at the Battle of Gettysburg. This post will present the plaque recognizing the men who served […]
A listing of the January 2020 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Joseph H. Reed of Tower City – Miner and Carpenter November 2019 Posts December 2019 Posts More Tributes to William C. Mills – Naval Battle Survivor Henry Rissinger of Jackson Township – Retired Farmer Jacob Minnig of Donaldson & Porter […]
In researching Civil War veteran John L. Miller, who served in the 173rd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company F, as a Corporal, a Pension Index Card was located at Fold3 (shown above), that indicated that he died at Wiconisco, 31 December 1918. The Military Index Card, also from Fold3, confirms the service of John L. Miller in […]
Henry R. Grimm (1835-1911), Civil War veteran, is buried in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. His death was reported in the Lykens Standard, 14 July 1911: DEATHS AND FUNERALS After an illness of two years of arteritis, during all of which time he was confined to a large reclining chair, Henry Grimm […]
On 19 August 1911, the obituary of Levi S. Adams appeared in the West Schuylkill Press and Pine Grove Herald: Levi Adams, an old and highly respected citizen of Spring Street, died suddenly of heart trouble at 4 o’clock on Sunday morning, aged 72 years. Mr. Adams was a veteran of the Civil War and […]
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