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Some Pine Grove Area Veterans – Surnames Beginning with “N”

George Nagle, born about 1824, enrolled in the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company B, as a Private at Pottsville, on 23 September 1861.  He died at Washington, D.C., on 9 January 1864 of typho-malarial fever.  His widow, Lucinda [Martz] Nagle applied for pension benefits based on his service, which she received.  Fold3 has posted 27 pages […]

Daniel D. Romberger – Emergency Militiaman from Orwin

Daniel D. Rumberger was originally located in the 1890 Veterans’ Census for Porter Township, Schuylkill County (shown below).  Initially, there was some difficulty in identifying his birth and death dates and his connection to the Romberger family.  However, using some of the information from Bob Averell’s Romberger research, he was positively identified as Daniel D. […]

New Information About James Metz

Recently, a family member provided some new information about James Metz who was previously profiled here on 29 Apr 2014. as one of the veterans who is buried at the Soldiers’ Circle, Shamokin Cemetery, Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. James A. Metz is also found in the records as Metze and Mertz.  He was born on […]

Who Was James Gammel of Tremont Who Died in 1864?

James Gammel was first located as a Civil War soldier in the 1890 Veterans’ Census for Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.  However, the information was given by his widow Ann Gammel, who stated that he served in the 39th Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency of 1863), Company H, as a Private, from 29 June 1863 to 2 August […]

Hiram Focht of Tremont – Blind as a Result of War Injuries

In a brief mention in the Lebanon Daily News (Lebanon, Pennsylvania), 14 April 1913, it was stated that, “as a result of wounds in his head received in the battlefield in the Civil War, Hiram Focht, of Reading, has lost his eyesight.”  Hiram Focht is also found in the records as John Hiram Focht, Hiram […]