Edward Gratz Jr. died on 22 October 1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, A notice of his death appeared in Textile World: Edward Gratz Edward Gratz, cotton goods broker, with offices at 242 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, died Saturday, 22 October, after an illness of two weeks of pneumonia. Mr. Graz [sic] was 80 years old. He was […]
On 14 September 1861, William Gratz (1836-1863), of western Pennsylvania, enrolled in the 74th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, as a Private, at Camp Wilkins, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County and the same day and place was mustered into service. His age was given as 25, but no other distinguishing information was given about him. The remarks at […]
Additional information has been discovered about Simon C. Gratz, the son of Theodore Gratz and Ellen [Carson] Gratz of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Simon C. Gratz was the brother of John C. Gratz of the 10th Pennsylvania Infantry and the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry, who died of disease during the Civil War. They were the grandsons […]
A listing of the May 2013 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Abraham Lincoln on Stamps – From the Sesquicentennial to the Bicentennial of His Birth April 2013 Posts Civil War Descendants of Nathaniel Gist Cinco de Mayo, the Confederacy, and Gen. Jo Shelby Jonas Swab – Civil War Letters to His […]
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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