LONGEVITY – From the Harrisburg Patriot, 11 February 1903: Pennsylvania Veteran Dead at 104 Philadelphia, 10 February 1903 — Lewis Butler, colored, aged 104 years, died at his home in this city today of general debility. He was born in York, Pennsylvania, and was a veteran of the Civil War, serving as a Sergeant in […]
A listing of the February 2015 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Dan Haller – Former Slave Dies at Harrisburg Almshouse Rev. George Shorter – 127th United States Colored Troops January 2015 Posts Cassius Mars – Founder of Stevens Post in Harrisburg More on Eli Gray – Barber of Harrisburg – and […]
Major John W. Simpson was an African American Civil War veteran from Philadelphia who settled in Harrisburg after the war. He died on 6 April 1899 and is buried in Lincoln Cemetery in Harrisburg. The Harrisburg Patriot commemorated his life with a lengthy obituary: MAJOR J. W. SIMPSON Prominent Colored Citizen of This City Passes […]
Rev. James A. Stokes was previously profiled here on this blog on 17 September 2014 in a post entitled, Rev. James A. Stokes – African American with the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry? Additional information has been located about him, including a picture, in the Harrisburg Telegraph of 10 February 1916. On the occasion of his 75th […]
On 8 April 1914, the Harrisburg Patriot reported that Cassius Mars had died: WAR VETERAN DIES Cassius Mars, aged 71 years, a Civil War veteran, died Monday at his home, 1201 North Fourth Street, after a few days’ illness, of pneumonia. He was a charter member of David R. Stevens Post No. 520, Grand Army […]
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