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Some Pine Grove Area Veterans – Surnames Beginning with “N”

George Nagle, born about 1824, enrolled in the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company B, as a Private at Pottsville, on 23 September 1861.  He died at Washington, D.C., on 9 January 1864 of typho-malarial fever.  His widow, Lucinda [Martz] Nagle applied for pension benefits based on his service, which she received.  Fold3 has posted 27 pages […]

Robert B. Kepner of Halifax – Clerk to the Postmaster General of U.S.

Robert B. Kepner was born in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, about 1825, the son of Benjamin Kepner (1800-1846) and Margaret [Bowes] Kepner (1803-1836).  He died in Washington, D.C., on 17 February 1879.  He is buried at the Halifax United Methodist Church Cemetery in Halifax, Dauphin County.  Above is shown the index card from the data base, […]

Civil War Roots of Korean War POW Buried at Indiantown Gap

On 9 November 2015, Korean War veteran Corporal Martin A. King who died nearly 65 years ago at a prisoner of war camp in Korea, was laid to rest at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, with full military honors. Corporal Martin King of the U.S. Army was captured at Unsan by the […]

June 2015 Posts

A listing of the June 2015 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Monuments at Gettysburg – 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry The Yeager Family in the Civil War (Part 6) Obituaries of Civil War Era Women, 1909 Mary Kilraine of Williamstown – Civil War Laundress Monuments at Gettysburg – 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company B […]

May 2015 Posts

A listing of the May 2015 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: The Pension Fraud Case of Andrew M. Betz The Yeager Family in the Civil War (Part 1) April 2015 Posts Monuments at Gettysburg – 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry Three Unusual Deaths of Civil War Soldiers in 1903 Monuments at Gettysburg – […]