Lorenzo Michael, who was born on 22 September 1826 and died on 5 March 1894, is buried at the Zion Stone Valley United Methodist Church Cemetery, Matamoras, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. His name appears in a listing of Civil War veterans from Halifax, previously presented here. On his Findagrave Memorial, the following is stated: The son […]
Per the Pennsylvania Veterans’ File Card, shown above from the Pennsylvania Archives, on 16 June 1863 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, a 19-year-old Henry Graver enrolled in the militia regiment 27th Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency of 1863), Company I, as a Private, and three days later he was mustered into service at Harrisburg. Other resources indicate that […]
A listing of the February 2019 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: William Evans – Died of Disease at Washington, D.C., 1864 Poisoned By Lead, Veteran Runs Naked in Boarding House, 1896 George Farber – Fired Last Shot of Civil War Patrick Fagan – Deserter from 96th Pennsylvania Infantry Death of Henry […]
Henry S. “Harry” Dutter, Civil War veteran died in February 1904 in Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, and is buried at the Mount Annville Cemetery, Annville, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. As he was well known throughout the region, the notice of his death appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on 18 February 1904: Railway Veteran Dies at […]
On 30 May 1901, the West Schuylkill Herald of Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, published a list entitled “Our Deceased Heroes,” in which soldier burials in area cemeteries were listed. All of the veterans named in the list were Civil War Veterans. Our Deceased Heroes Below will be found a list of the deceased soldiers […]
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