Barnhardt Plotzer Sr.‘s name appears on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument as a veteran from the Civil War who was not a member of the Heiler Post. Finding him in the records was not easy because of the various ways his name is spelled in those records. For example, the first name has been found as […]
The name Gustavus Martin appears on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument as a veteran of the Civil War who joined the Heilner Post after its organization. A search of the military records notes that Gustavus Martin first enrolled in the 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company F, as a Private on 3 March 1865, and was mustered into […]
The photograph shows Dr. William C. Lebo working on a cadaver while a student at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, some time after the Civil War. In the 1870 census of Gratz Borough, Dauphin County, he indicated he was a medical student and was living in the household of his brother-in-law, Henry R. Lehr, who […]
The following story appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot, 15 April 1915: WOUND REOPENS AFTER 52 YEARS, CAUSING DEATH Reedsville Man Dies From Sabre Cut Received During the Civil War WAS PLANTING GARDEN Leaned Over Too Far, Lost His Balance and Caused the Wound To Tear Apart Special Dispatch to the Patriot Lewistown, 14 April 1915 […]
Several persons from Lykens, Dauphin County, and Wiconisco, Dauphin County, have been identified as Civil War soldiers, but very little or nothing is known about them. The known information is presented in the hopes that a reader of this blog knows more about them and is able to provide that information to the Civil War […]
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