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Tower City, Porter and Rush Township Civil War Veterans – Part 7

The Tower City Borough, Porter Township and Rush Township Veterans Memorial is located at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Cemetery which is located along Route 209 in Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.  It was the subject of a prior post on this blog on 30 December 2010. Within the glass cases on the monument are name […]

2012 Additions to Civil War Veterans List – D to F

Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was updated 19 April 2012.  In a series of post beginning yesterday and continuing intermittently for eight posts until concluding at the end of this month, a brief sketch of each of […]

They Paid Subs – 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I

The blog post today presents four individuals who were drafted into the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, and who reported to Camp Curtin as required on 2 November 1862.  Each found and paid a substitute to serve for him and thus were discharged from the regiment on the date indicated. Pennsylvania Veterans’ Index Cards are […]

Calvary United Methodist Church and Cemetery, Wiconisco (Part 5 of 6)

Civil War veteran burials in the Calvary United Methodist Church Cemetery, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, are continued today. —————————— John Kaufman (1840-1904).  Also spelled Kauffman.  Served in the 173rd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company F, as a Sergeant.   Muster in 30 October 1862 and mustered out with his company on 16 August 1863.  Married to Mary Heisler.  […]

Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Retreat with Honor

(Part 4 of 4).  In 1883,Clarence Clough Buel, the Assistant Editor of The Century Magazine, proposed a series of articles which would present differing points of view on the Civil War.  Buel’s plan included the eventual publication of the articles in book form.  In 1887 and 1888, the four volume work was first published. A […]