A recently discovered portrait of Civil War veteran Charles Henry Laudenslager (1847-1921), shown above, has prompted a revisiting of the information available on him to the Civil War Research Project. Previously noted here on this blog, in a post focusing on burials at Calvary United Methodist cemetery in Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was the following: […]
The name “Henry M. Hoffman” appears on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument as a Charter Member of the Heilner Post who served as a Corporal in the Civil War. Efforts thus far to identify this individual as to his family and service records have not produced any positive results. There are many persons named Henry Hoffman […]
Henry Helt was born about 1844 in Pennsylvania, the son of David Helt (1817-1883) and Elizabeth [Miller] Helt (1823-1901). In 1850, he was living with his family in Rush Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, where his father was a farmer. By 1860, Henry was engaged in farm work in Jackson Township, Dauphin County. On 6 December […]
A listing of the March 2019 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Joseph Gee of Donaldson – Died “Unwept, Unhonored, & Unsung,” 1902 January 2019 Posts Obituary of Levi S. Adams of Tremont, 1911 February 2019 Posts Mrs. Comuskey of Williamstown Who Was Henry S. Graver? – Named on Lykens G.A.R. Monument […]
On 25 July 1881, the Harrisburg Daily Independent published an article entitled “Trying to Beat Uncle Sam,” in which it described the failed effort of James M. Hart, of Lykens, to provide fraudulent evidence to obtain a Civil War pension. TRYING TO BEAT UNCLE SAM The Man Arrested by Detective Hoopes Held for Court Detective […]
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