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Jesse Ditty’s Recollections of Lovejoy Station

The National Tribune, 8 June 1899, posted a letter to the editor from Jesse Ditty, a Civil War veteran who is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  The National Tribune, published at Washington, D.C., was the official newspaper of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.). The Fight at Morris Ravine EDITOR […]

George Washington Enders – Militia Man of Enders

The information below is edited/adapted from Captain Enders’ Legion, pages 56-58. George Washington Enders was born 20 March 1837 in Jackson Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  He was the son of George Enders and Susan Fetterhoff who were parents of sixteen children.  George W. Enders married Sarah Witman, daughter of John Witman and grand-daughter of Bartholomew […]

Henry Enders – 198th Pennsylvania Infantry

The story below is edited/adapted from Captain Enders’ Legion, pages 59-61. Henry Enders was born 26 Jan 1828 in Jackson Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of John Enders and Sarah Ettinger.  Henry married Susan Sweigard, who was born on 15 January 1834 in Powell’s Valley, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  Her parents were Peter Sweigard and […]

Samuel M. Cogley – Jefferson Township Man Dies in Indiana

During the Civil War, Samuel Cogley served  with the 207th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company G, as a Private.  A brief biographical sketch of him was included in Captain Enders Legion some of which is presented here (edited) below: Samuel Miller Cogley , son of John Cogley and Katherine [Trostle] Cogley, was born 12 October 1835 in […]

Gratz Cohen – Confederate Killed at Battle of Bentonville

Gratz Cohen was born in Georgia, 3 November 1844, the son of Solomon Cohen (1802-1875) and Miriam Gratz [Moses] Cohen (1808-1891).  The mother Miriam, was a daughter of Solomon Moses and Rachel [Gratz] Moses.  Gratz Cohen‘s maternal grandmother, Rachel [Gratz] Moses (1783-1823) was a younger sister of Simon Gratz (1773-1839), who is considered the founder […]