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Civil War Blog

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January 2013 Posts

A listing of the January 2013 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Looking Ahead in the New Year, 2013 Mahlon Shaaber – Tallest Soldier of the Civil War White House of the Confederacy, Richmond, Virginia John Arnts – Father of Gratz Creamery Owner December 2012 Posts The Gettysburg Address Blog Review: The […]

Veterans

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) […]

Millersburg Civil War Soldier Monument

Standing proudly, polished and clean, in West Park of Market Square in Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, is the Civil War Soldier Monument.  West Park is dedicated to the veterans from the Millersburg and Upper Paxton Township area, but the Civil War monument is the only one that recognizes the veterans of a single war – […]

Brothers Who Were Colonels – Francis Asbury Awl and John Wesley Awl

The announcement of the death of Miss Frances Awl at the age of 79 in the Harrisburg Patriot, 19 September 1921, provided information to connect two men of the surname “Awl” to each other as brothers.  Colonel F. Asbury Awl and Colonel J. Wesley Awl were both Civil War veterans from Dauphin County.  The obituary […]