A listing of the November 2011 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Lincoln Sightings During Gratz Fair Week Civil War Harrisburg Gratz During the Civil War – Leopold Loeb House Jacobs Lutheran Church All Wars Memorial, Pine Grove Township October 2011 Posts Union League of Philadelphia Halifax Bank Robbery – Abraham Fortenbaugh […]
William Fisher Packer was the 14th governor of Pennsylvania. He was a Democrat and served a full three-year term from 19 January 1858 through 15 January 1861, leaving office in the midst of the national crisis. He was succeeded by Andrew Curtin, a Republican, who served two terms which encompassed the Civil War. Packer’s historical […]
The murder victim of the Halifax bank robbery of 14 March 1901 was Charles W. Ryan. Ryan was one of the three bank officials who were present in the bank at the time that Wesley Keiper and Henry Rowe entered the bank attempting to rob it. In the gunfire that ensued, Charles W. Ryan was […]
Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project. Updated 12 April 2011. ++++ Updated 19 April 2012. A Nicholas Adams (1843-1927)—- William Adams (18xx-xxxx) —- Joseph J. Alleman (1847-xxxx) —-William Alleman (1844-1894) —- John Allman (1838-xxxx) —- David Alspach (1839-1864) […]
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