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Who Was Samuel Shoop? (Part 2 of 3)

In the post yesterday, the story was told of how it was discovered that there was more than one Samuel Shoop who could be identified with the Lykens Valley area and the Civil War Research Project of the Gratz Historical Society – and the question was asked as to which of these Samuel Shoop‘s served […]

April 2011 Posts

A listing of the April 2011 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Pvt. Sinnary Bohner – 27th Michigan Sharpshooters National Civil War Museum – 10th Anniversary 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry – Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry – Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg March 2011 Posts Schwalm Library & Research Room Opens for […]

Pennsylvania Regiments at the Seven Days Battles – Corps & Generals

The Seven Days Battles, occurring from 25 June 1862 to 1 Jul 1862, resulted in a retreat of Union forces away from the Confederate capital of Richmond and down the Virginia peninsula.  The Union Army was headed by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan and the Confederate Army by Gen. Robert E. Lee.  Battles took place […]

Armies and Leaders

(Part 11 of 12).  Contents of Volume X of The Photographic History of the Civil War:  Armies and Leaders. The year 1911 was the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War.  In a memorial to the war, a ten volume set of books was published entitled The Photographic History of the Civil War. […]

Pennsylvania Regiments at Gettysburg – Corps & Generals

(Part 2 of an on-going series of posts on the Battle of Gettysburg). In order to identify which of the 2000 Civil War veterans from the Lykens Valley area fought at the Battle of Gettysburg, we must first identify the Pennsylvania regiments that fought at Gettysburg. According to histories of the battle, the Union lineup […]