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Henry S. Huidekoper – Medal of Honor Recipient and Advocate for Veterans

    On the day of the armistice ending World War I, 11 November 1918, there appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer the announcement of the death of Gen. Henry Shippen Huidekoper: Death of General Huidekoper General Huidekoper was perhaps the senior surviving officer of those who fought on either side at Gettysburg 55 years ago. […]

Military Map of Philadelphia, 1861-1865

A Military Map of Philadelphia, 1861-1865, is available from the Library of Congress web site, and shows the locations of all Civil War hospitals within the city and the locations of forts and the regiments that supported them.  The map is shown above in low resolution.  The actual map can be downloaded directly from the […]

Admiral William G. Buehler of Harrisburg

William George Buehler retired as a Rear Admiral from the United States Navy after a long career which spanned the Civil War period.  Although he had no direct connection to Gratz or the Lykens Valley area, his brother Henry B. Buehler, served for a short time as a physician in Gratz before the Civil War […]

2012 Additions to Civil War Veterans List – T to V

Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project as updated 19 April 2012.  In a series of post beginning Friday, 20 April 2012 and continuing intermittently for seven posts until concluding tomorrow, a brief sketch of each of the newly […]

November 2011 Posts

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 […]