Dr. Charles Buffington Fager was born on 31 March 1841 in Harrisburg and died there on 24 January 1908. During the Civil War, it was said that he served as a medical cadet (in 1862) and as a contract assistant surgeon (in 1864). However, no actual military service has been located for him. The stories […]
In 1912, the Hon. James Martin Yeager wrote and published A Brief History of the Yeager, Buffington, Creighton, Jacobs, Lemon, Hoffman and Woodside Families and Their Collateral Kindred of Pennsylvania. Yeager was formerly the President of Drew Seminary for Young Women of Carmel, New York as well as a former Member of the House of […]
A listing of the November 2013 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: October 2013 Posts Jacob L. Weaver – Private in 9th Pennsyvlania Cavalry John Henry Keen of Williamstown – Civil War Veteran of Infantry and Cavalry Death and Funeral of Dr. Isaiah S. Schminky Jonas Hoffman – Veteran of Civil War […]
Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was last updated 19 April 2012. In a series of posts continuing intermittently until concluding in mid-June, a brief sketch of each of the new names added since then will be presented. […]
Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was last updated 19 April 2012. In a series of posts continuing intermittently until concluding in mid-June, a brief sketch of each of the new names added since then will be presented. […]
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