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Civil War Blog

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Civil War Veteran Burials at Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg (Part 1)

This post features the grave markers of five Civil War veterans of Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, all of whom have been previously profiled here on this blog.  In the previous posts, the grave marker photos were not included. Direct links are provided to the biographical posts (click on post title). Fred R. Gilbert, Merchant Tailor […]

The Oak Hill Cemetery List of Millersburg Civil War Veterans

A newly-discovered list of supposed Civil War veterans who are buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Millersburg is featured in this post.  This one-page list has 114 names, many of which are not included on the Millersburg Soldier Monument. There is no indication on the list itself as to the compiler. However, the single page […]

The Millersburg War Monument

An article that appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph of 20 September 1913 described the ongoing effort to place a monument to the Civil War soldiers and soldiers of other wars at some suitable place in the town. WAR MONUMENT FOR MILLERSBURG Marker For Soldier Dead Will Be Erected on Suitable Site in the Town By […]

Joseph R. Snyder – Militia Man from Millersburg

Joseph Snyder, died on 2 July 1906, and is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was married to the former Mary Ada Stewart, who died in 1923 and is buried at the same place, along with an infant daughter, Mary E. Snyder (1860-1860), who died before the war. With his wife, […]

Jesse Ditty’s Recollections of Lovejoy Station

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 […]