The 147th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument at Gettysburg is located southeast of the town of Gettysburg on Geary Avenue. It was dedicated in 1885 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The picture of the monument (above) is from Stephen Recker’s Virtual Gettysburg Web Site which has more information about the monument and the 147th Pennsylvania Infantry. A full […]
The 93rd Pennsylvania Infantry Monument at Gettysburg is located north of the Wheatfield at the entrance to the John Weichert farm. It was dedicated in 1888 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The drawing of the monument pictured above is from a Philadelphia Inquirer article of 11 September 1889. A picture of the monument can be […]
The obituary of William C. Armor (1842-1911) has been located in the Harrisburg Patriot of 14 August 1911. The portrait above was included with the obituary and was attributed to the photographer “Roshon.” Previously on this blog, a post entitled William C. Armor – Historian and Bookseller was presented. This post adds the text of […]
Two brothers, Jonas Harrison Kauffman (1840-1930) and Luther Samuel Kauffman (1846-1938), both associated with Minersville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, saw service in the Civil War and following the war had successful professional careers, the older brother as a physician and the younger brother as an attorney. Jonas H. Kauffman has also been named in two sources […]
A listing of the September 2014 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: A Guide to Georgia’s Civil War Heritage Monuments at Gettysburg – 28th Pennsylvania Infantry August 2014 Posts Samuel P. Klinger – Farmer of Northumberland County Monuments at Gettysburg – 29th Pennsylvania Infantry Views of the Old Catholic Cemetery at Williamstown […]
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