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Zion (Hoover’s) Church and Cemetery, Rife – Part 2

Zion’s Lutheran and German Reformed Church and Cemetery, also known as Hoover‘s Church, is located just north of Route 209 in Rife, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  Rife is a small village located to the west of Elizabethville.  Today, the church is known as Zion Lutheran Church and its pastor is Rev. Beth George.  […]

Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Retreat with Honor

(Part 4 of 4).  In 1883,Clarence Clough Buel, the Assistant Editor of The Century Magazine, proposed a series of articles which would present differing points of view on the Civil War.  Buel’s plan included the eventual publication of the articles in book form.  In 1887 and 1888, the four volume work was first published. A […]

Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Tide Shifts

(Part 3 of 4).  In 1883,Clarence Clough Buel, the Assistant Editor of The Century Magazine, proposed a series of articles which would present differing points of view on the Civil War.  Buel’s plan included the eventual publication of the articles in book form.  In 1887 and 1888, the four volume work was first published. A […]

April 2011 Posts

A listing of the April 2011 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Pvt. Sinnary Bohner – 27th Michigan Sharpshooters National Civil War Museum – 10th Anniversary 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry – Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry – Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg March 2011 Posts Schwalm Library & Research Room Opens for […]

Photographic History – Index to Pennsylvania Regiments

(Part 12 of 12).  A condensed version of the index found in Volume X of The Photographic History of the Civil War:  Armies and Leaders, with reference to specific Pennsylvania regiments included in the ten volumes of The Photographic History. The year 1911 was the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War.  In […]