Today’s post on the Shamokin Cemetery’s Soldiers’ Circle features seven graves in the second circle, fourth quadrant, beginning with photograph 138. The photographs in this segment are numbered 138 through 144. All of the stones in this section are sequenced in the order of the death of the veteran. For each of the veterans, the […]
A third incident of arson in Harrisburg occurred in the early morning of 1 July 1865, the two previous incidents having occurred a few days prior and about two weeks prior. This third incident resulted in the organization of citizens’ patrols. The article that appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on 3 July 1865 also made […]
A listing of the January 2014 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: What’s Ahead for the Civil War Blog in 2014 More About John A. Sipe, Tailor of Herndon Lykens G.A.R. Post Originally Named for Martyred President Garfield Death of Major H. J. Sheafer, Ex-Sheriff of Dauphin County December 2013 Posts Fire […]
The name of Benjamin Huff appears on the Millersburg Soldier Monument, but very little is known about him other than some general information about his military record. According to information on the Pennsylvania Veterans’ Index Card, available from the Pennsylvania Archives, Benjamin Huff was 20 years old when he enrolled in the 7th Pennsylvania Reserves […]
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. […]
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