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Posted By Norman Gasbarro on June 30, 2011

(Part 43 of an ongoing series on the Battle of Gettysburg).  Around the base of the Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg are a series of plaques which, by regiment and company, note the names of every soldier who was present at the Battle of Gettysburg.  This post will present the plaque recognizing the men who served in the 110th Pennsylvania Infantry.  By clicking on the plaque it should enlarge so the names can be more clearly read.  Following the plaque is a list of the men who have thus far been identified as eligible for inclusion in this Civil War Research Project who, it is believed, served for a time in the 110th Pennsylvania Infantry .  Not all the names may appear on the Pennsylvania Memorial plaques.  If a name does not appear, it could be that the soldier did serve in the 110th Pennsylvania Infantry, but was not part of the regiment during its days at Gettysburg – or it could mean that the soldier was erroneous included in the 110th Pennsylvania Infantry list.  There could also be errors on the plaque.  Readers are invited to submit comments about any names appearing below, or on the plaque, especially if they believe the soldier was from the Lykens Valley area and should be included in this study.

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Men from the Lykens Valley area who probably served in the 110th Pennsylvania Infantry :

Note:  At the present time, no veterans from the Lykens Valley area have been identified in this regiment.  Since research is still being conducted to determine the Civil War regiments in which many of the Lykens Valley area veterans served, it is possible that some names will be added in the future.  Research is on-going and corrections and additions are always welcome.  Readers are invited to submit comments about any veteran found on this plaque, whether or not they have a connection to the Lykens Valley area.  Click here for map.

Information for this post was taken from the files of the Civil War Research Project.  A separate digital file is kept on each soldier who is included in the list of veterans.  Information is sought on any men from the Lykens Valley area who were soldiers or sailors during the Civil War.

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Posted By Norman Gasbarro on June 29, 2011

(Part 42 of an ongoing series on the Battle of Gettysburg).  Around the base of the Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg are a series of plaques which, by regiment and company, note the names of every soldier who was present at the Battle of Gettysburg.  This post will present the plaque recognizing the men who served in the 109th Pennsylvania Infantry.  By clicking on the plaque it should enlarge so the names can be more clearly read.  Following the plaque is a list of the men who have thus far been identified as eligible for inclusion in this Civil War Research Project who, it is believed, served for a time in the 109th Pennsylvania Infantry .  Not all the names may appear on the Pennsylvania Memorial plaques.  If a name does not appear, it could be that the soldier did serve in the 109th Pennsylvania Infantry, but was not part of the regiment during its days at Gettysburg – or it could mean that the soldier was erroneous included in the 109th Pennsylvania Infantry list.  There could also be errors on the plaque.  Readers are invited to submit comments about any names appearing below, or on the plaque, especially if they believe the soldier was from the Lykens Valley area and should be included in this study.

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Men from the Lykens Valley area who probably served in the 109th Pennsylvania Infantry :

Note:  At the present time, no veterans from the Lykens Valley area have been identified in this regiment.  Since research is still being conducted to determine the Civil War regiments in which many of the Lykens Valley area veterans served, it is possible that some names will be added in the future.  Research is on-going and corrections and additions are always welcome.  Readers are invited to submit comments about any veteran found on this plaque, whether or not they have a connection to the Lykens Valley area.  Click here for map.

Information for this post was taken from the files of the Civil War Research Project.  A separate digital file is kept on each soldier who is included in the list of veterans.  Information is sought on any men from the Lykens Valley area who were soldiers or sailors during the Civil War.

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Posted By Norman Gasbarro on June 28, 2011

(Part 41 of an ongoing series on the Battle of Gettysburg).  Around the base of the Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg are a series of plaques which, by regiment and company, note the names of every soldier who was present at the Battle of Gettysburg.  This post will present the plaque recognizing the men who served in the 107th Pennsylvania Infantry.  By clicking on the plaque it should enlarge so the names can be more clearly read.  Following the plaque is a list of the men who have thus far been identified as eligible for inclusion in this Civil War Research Project who, it is believed, served for a time in the 107th Pennsylvania Infantry .  Not all the names may appear on the Pennsylvania Memorial plaques.  If a name does not appear, it could be that the soldier did serve in the 107th Pennsylvania Infantry, but was not part of the regiment during its days at Gettysburg – or it could mean that the soldier was erroneous included in the 107th Pennsylvania Infantry list.  There could also be errors on the plaque.  Readers are invited to submit comments about any names appearing below, or on the plaque, especially if they believe the soldier was from the Lykens Valley area and should be included in this study.

Click on picture to enlarge.

Men from the Lykens Valley area who probably served in the 107th Pennsylvania Infantry :

Note:  At the present time, no veterans from the Lykens Valley area have been identified in this regiment.  Since research is still being conducted to determine the Civil War regiments in which many of the Lykens Valley area veterans served, it is possible that some names will be added in the future.  Research is on-going and corrections and additions are always welcome.  Readers are invited to submit comments about any veteran found on this plaque, whether or not they have a connection to the Lykens Valley area.  Click here for map.

Information for this post was taken from the files of the Civil War Research Project.  A separate digital file is kept on each soldier who is included in the list of veterans.  Information is sought on any men from the Lykens Valley area who were soldiers or sailors during the Civil War.

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Posted By Norman Gasbarro on June 27, 2011

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The table above shows the genealogical relationships of those Klinger veterans who were descendants of Alexander Klinger (1726-1802).  The Civil War soldiers are noted in light blue.  The brother of Alexander Klinger (1726-1802) was Johann Philip Klinger (1723-1811) and his Civil War descendants were noted in two previous posts.  See:  The Descendants of Johann Peter Klinger and Catharina Steinbruch and Descendants of Johann Philip Klinger, Immigrant.

Alexander Klinger (1726-1802), the subject of this post, was an immigrant who arrived in Berks County, Pennsylvania, about 1749 from Germany.  His descendants are harder to locate because they tended to move about much more than the descendants of his brother Johann Philip.  However, the four Civil War soldiers so far identified have some connection to the Lykens Valley area and a very good reason to be included in the Civil War Research Project.

Edward Klinger (1833-1902).  Records indicate service in the 113th Illinois Infantry, Company E, Private.  In 1890, he was living in Weishample, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.  He was married to Elizabeth ?; he was also married to Priscilla Dietrich.

Elias Klinger (1835-1917).  Records indicate service in the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company A, Private.  He was married to Rebecca Hepler; he was also married to Emma J. Kimbel.  He is buried in St. Michael’s Cemetery, Klingerstown, Schuylkill County.

Lawrence Klinger (1838-1906?).  Records indicate service in the 76th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H, Private.  He was married to Elvina Louisa Dodson.  In 1890, he was living in Williams Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

Samuel Klinger (1819-1891).  Records indicate service in the 173rd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company K.  He was married four times:  Rebecca Cooper; Magdalena ?; Belinda Savidge; and Catherine Kissinger.  He is buried in Methodist Cemetery in Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

This concludes the three-part post on the known Klinger descendants of the two brothers, Johann Philip Klinger (1723-1811) and Alexander Klinger (1723-1811).  There are many more Civil War soldier descendants of these brothers through the female lines of descent, but those are not the subject of these posts at this time.  They will be examined at a later date.  Other persons with the Klinger surname who have been identified as Civil War soldiers and have not been connected to the two brothers will also be noted at a later date.

A good resource on members of the Klinger family and the Civil War is the Klingerstown Bicentennial Album, 1807-2007, shown below.  Proceeds from the sale of this book benefit the Klingerstown Fire Company.

Information from this post was obtained from family trees found on Ancestry.com.  Persons identified as Civil War veterans are included in the Civil War Research Project.  Contributions of information on any soldier are welcome.

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Posted By Norman Gasbarro on June 26, 2011

Johann Philip Klinger (1723-1811)

Johann Philip Klinger (1723-1811) is buried in Zion (Klinger’s) Church Cemetery, Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  Johann Philip was an immigrant and Revolutionary War soldier, and one of his sons, Johann Peter Klinger (1773-1858) married Catharine Steinbruch (1774-1845), the granddaughter of Johann Peter Hoffman (1709-1797), and was the subject of a post this past Tuesday.  His “Klinger” descendants who served in the Civil War were listed and identified by the numbering system used by Max Klinger in his book, The Descendants of Johann Peter Klinger and Catharina Steinbruch.  Mentioned in that post was that Johann Peter Klinger (1773-1858)  also had two brothers and an uncle who settled in the Lykens Valley area and for each of them, Klinger descendants who were Civil War soldiers will now be named.  This post will focus specifically on Johann Peter’s brothers Johann Alexander Klinger (1767-1839) and Squire Johann George Klinger (1761-1840).

The table below shows the genealogical relationships of those Klinger veterans who were descendants of the two brothers of Johann Peter Klinger (1773-1858).  The Civil War soldiers are noted in light blue.  The brother of Johann Philip Klinger (1723-1811), Alexander Klinger (1726-1802) was also an immigrant and is shown in light green.  He will be the subject of the post tomorrow.

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William R. Klinger (1843-1912).  Records indicate service in the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company F, Private.  Married to Elizabeth Updegrove and Justina Zerbe.

Alexander Klinger (1832-1912).  Name appears on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument indicating service as a Private, but no record of a Pennsylvania regiment has been located; perhaps he served in a regiment in a different state or as a U.S. Soldier.  Married to Sarah Bixler.

Reuben Klinger (1845-1912).  Records indicate service in Stewart’s Infantry Regiment or Independent Battery, Company H, Private.  Married to Angeline Shiley.

George S. Klinger (1844-1906).  Records indicate service in the 173rd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company F, Private.  No record found that he ever married.

One helpful resource for the line of one of the brothers, that of Squire Johann George Klinger (1761-1840), is the Klinger Monument which is found in the Zion (Klinger’s) Cemetery in Erdman.  The monument is shown below and although it does not contain the names of any known Civil War soldiers, it does show one of the male Klinger lines of descent from Johann Philip Klinger (1723-1811).

Klinger Monument. Click on picture to enlarge.

Another resource on members of the Klinger family and the Civil War is the Klingerstown Bicentennial Album, 1807-2007, shown below.  Proceeds from the sale of this book benefit the Klingerstown Fire Company.

Some of the information for this post was obtained from the files of the Civil War Research Project which maintains digital resources on over 2000 Civil War veterans who have been identified as part of the Civil War Research Project. Additional information is always welcome as a contribution to the project.

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