In this, the second of two posts on the Pennsylvania regiments present during the Petersburg-Richmond Campaign, the “order of battle”, or the listing of how the Union Army was organized for battle, concludes. Many men from the Lykens Valley area participated in the campaign around Richmond which was one of the longest, largest and most […]
Part 5 of 7. In a prior post, one branch of the Riegel family’s origins in America was presented – that of Mattheis Riegell (born about 1615) of Bad Muenster, Palatinate, Germany, who married Maria Werner. They had a son, Jost Riegell (1615-1687) who married Maria Honen (or Hoenen). Their son, Cornelius Riegel (1674-175) was […]
A listing of the July 2012 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Steve Maczuga’s Pennsylvania Civil War Project – An Update Popular Women’s Names from the Civil War (Part 2 of 3) Tragedies in the Life of William H. Hawk Independence Day – July 4, 1862 June 2012 Posts Statistical Record of […]
Pennsylvania regiments that served in the Civil War used a numbering system that is sometimes confusing to those not familiar with the practices in place at the time the war began and the practices that evolved as the war continued. The first regiments that met the call of President Abraham Lincoln were formed for only […]
(Part 6 of 12). Contents of Volume V of The Photographic History of the Civil War: Forts and Artillery. 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. […]
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