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BY-LAWS

BY-LAWS OF THE GRATZ HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC. ARTICLE I – NAME The name of this organization as set forth in the Article of Incorporation is THE GRATZ HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC.  It is a domestic non-profit corporation whose Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Department of State for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on October 12, […]

The Pension Fraud Case of Andrew M. Betz

A few years ago, a message was received from an Ancestry.com subscriber, A. Sinton, regarding an Anthony Betz, who was born in 1836: I have been trying to determine if the Anthony Betz, born 1836, in my tree is the Civil War soldier who enlisted in the 177th [177th Pennsylvania Infantry].  I see you have […]

October 2012 Posts

A listing of the October 2012 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Riegel Family Veterans of Pennsylvania Civil War Regiments (Part 1 of 7) Riegel Family Veterans of Pennsylvania Civil War Regiments (Part 2 of 7) Riegel Family Veterans of Pennsylvania Civil War Regiments (Part 3 of 7) Abraham Lincoln Statue in […]

Southern Mansions – The Orton Plantation

In the Lower Cape Fear area of North Carolina is a mansion and plantation with a direct connection to the Civil War and to the Lykens Valley area.  The painting shown above was completed in the 1970s by Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, artist Leah [Radel] Weaver. Leah Weaver began painting shortly after she married Ned […]