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Joseph H. Miller – Boatman of Millersburg, Local G.A.R. Charter Member

Joseph H.Miller died on 23 Apr 1910 and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. On the day of his death, the Harrisburg Telegraph published his obituary: Aged Veteran Dies at Millersburg Home Special to the Telegraph Millersburg, 23 April 1910 — Joseph Miller, a veteran of the Civil War, died at […]

Henry B. Meffert – Grandson of Elizabethville Founder Died in Missouri

In researching the descendants of John Bender (1780-1827), who laid out the town of Elizabethville in 1817, Henry Benjamin Meffert was discovered as a Civil War soldier who served in the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company F, as a Private and a Corporal.  Portraits of Henry B. Meffert and his wife Lydia Dell Tunks are shown […]

Monuments at Gettysburg – 145th Pennsylvania Infantry

The 145th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument at Gettysburg is located south of the town of Gettysburg on Brooke Avenue in the Rose Woods.  It was dedicated in 1889 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 […]

December 2014 Posts

A listing of the December 2014 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Monuments at Gettysburg – 71st Pennsylvania Infantry Edward Thomas – 50th Pennsylvania Infantry Jacob Kissinger – A Photograph and Additional Documents November 2014 Posts Monuments at Gettysburg – 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Scull Found in 1912 – An African American Who […]

Civil War Veteran Burials at Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg (Part 1)

This post features the grave markers of five Civil War veterans of Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, all of whom have been previously profiled here on this blog.  In the previous posts, the grave marker photos were not included. Direct links are provided to the biographical posts (click on post title). Fred R. Gilbert, Merchant Tailor […]