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Civil War Blog

A project of PA Historian

At Sea: Sailors, Marines, Merchant Seamen, Blockaders, Revenue Service

Nearly all of the men who served in the Civil War from the Lykens Valley area served in military units as soldiers.  But a few did serve as sailors or marines.  Finding information on the sailors and marines is much more difficult than finding information on soldiers who served in Pennsylvania Civil War regiments, because they […]

Millersburg Civil War Soldier Monument

Standing proudly, polished and clean, in West Park of Market Square in Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, is the Civil War Soldier Monument.  West Park is dedicated to the veterans from the Millersburg and Upper Paxton Township area, but the Civil War monument is the only one that recognizes the veterans of a single war – […]