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. […]
Christopher Gist, an immigrant from England around 1682, settled in the Baltimore area of Maryland in 1691. His marriage to Edith Cromwell had connected him to one of the prominent lines of English descent, that of Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector. The son of this marriage, Richard Gist (1684-1741), was the father of western explorer […]
Charles L. Blockson is a Philadelphia-based researcher, writer, and collector of African American memorabilia. He is a co-founder of the African American Museum in Philadelphia and his personal collection of artifacts became the foundation for the establishment of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection at Temple University. He is considered a specialist on the Underground […]
During this year, a series of posts was unveiled entitled Gratz During the Civil War. The opening post in the series is featured below followed by links to the remaining posts that found their way into the blog in 2011. The series will continue into 2012 until all the Civil War building still in existence […]
A listing of the July 2011 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Baseball and Gratz June 2011 Posts Gratz During the Civil War – Jeremiah Crabb, Blacksmith Fourth of July in Harrisburg, 1865 Pennsylvania Civil War 150 Road Show Octavius V. Catto 114th Pennsylvania Infantry – Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg 118th Pennsylvania […]
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