Joel Veatch was living in Williams Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in 1890 and at that time he reported to the census that he was a Civil War veteran and that he incurred a disability as result of his service – his right arm was shot off at the elbow. The Pennsylvania Veterans’ File Card, shown […]
John Christian Steckley, who was born 17 November 1845, was briefly profiled here on 11 June 2013: John Christian Steckley (1845-1912) ——– 107th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, Private (Mustered In 18 February 1862, Harrisburg – Mustered Out 8 March 1865). Enrolled: Hummelstown, Dauphin County. Captured as prisoner (POW) at Weldon Railroad and held prisoner from […]
A listing of the July 2017 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: McCoy Sargert – Killed at Antietam, 1862 Isaac E. Snyder – Dies From Fall From Ladder, 1890 Henry W. Snyder – County Treasurer & Lykens Merchant William Savage – Victim of Mining Accident, 1879 Obituary of George F. Rhawn, 1896 […]
The following illustrations were taken from Under the Maltese Cross – Antietam to Appomattox: The Loyal Uprising in Western Pennsylvania, 1861-1865, compiled by Charles F. McKenna, and published in Pittsburgh in 1910. Click on the title for a free download of this book, which is a history of the 155th Pennsylvania Infantry. All of the […]
The following illustrations were taken from Under the Maltese Cross – Antietam to Appomattox: The Loyal Uprising in Western Pennsylvania, 1861-1865, compiled by Charles F. McKenna, and published in Pittsburgh in 1910. Click on the title for a free download of this book, which is a history of the 155th Pennsylvania Infantry. All of the […]
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