Today’s blog post provides information on Volume 1 of a series of books published beginning in 1995 by Closson Press, titled Schuylkill County Pennsylvania Archives. In all, three volumes were published through 1996. The series was based on genealogical research done by: Phillip A. Rice, a specialist in church and cemetery records; Jean A. Dellock, […]
Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was last updated 19 April 2012. In a series of posts continuing intermittently until concluding in mid-June, a brief sketch of each of the new names added since then will be presented. […]
The Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg, previously featured in many posts here on this blog, now has a searchable name index. That index is provided by Steve Maczuga on his web site, Pennsylvanians in the Civil War. Searching is easy. Just go to the web site, enter the last name of the soldier in the box, […]
The 44th Annual G.A.R. National Encampment was held in Atlantic City in September 1910. It was one of the largest attended G.A.R. encampments held in the 20th century. For many of the veterans, it would probably be their last encampment. Getting to Atlantic City was relatively easy for veterans from Pennsylvania – two railroads provided […]
In this, the first of two posts on the Pennsylvania regiments present during the Petersburg-Richmond Campaign, the “order of battle”, or the listing of how the Union Army was organized for battle, will begin. The listing will conclude tomorrow. Many men from the Lykens Valley area participated in the campaign around Richmond which was one […]
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