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Civil War Blog

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3rd United States Colored Troops – Re-enactors

The Civil War Sesquicentennial was commemorated at Franklin Square in Philadelphia on Fourth of July weekend, 2011, with “encampments” of re-enactors representing several Pennsylvania-related military units.  One of the units represented was the 3rd Regiment Infantry of United States Colored Troops (U.S.C.T.).  It has been previously reported on this blog that several men from the […]

Gratz During the Civil War – Jeremiah Crabb, Blacksmith

This is the fourth in a series of posts on Gratz during the Civil War. Lot #19 and the house on it was purchased by Jeremiah Crabb (1826-?), a blacksmith, in 1854.  Previously, the property had been owned by Adonjah Mathias who sold it to Crabb.  Mathias, a wheelwright and turner, was the original purchaser […]