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27th Pennsylvania Infantry – Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg

(Part 7 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 […]

Tower City – Porter Township Centennial – Civil War Veterans List

In 1968, Tower City and Porter Township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, celebrated its centennial.  The “History Book Committee” was chaired by Howard G. Stutzman whose strong qualifications for the job were given in a brief biography on one of the book’s opening pages:  attorney, historian, civil leader, churchman, public speaker, political leader, World War II […]