Some questions have come to the Civil War Research Project about one of the names on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument. That individual is a George Samuels, about whom little is known. Who was George Samuels? What was his occupation? Where was he born and where did he live? Did he have a family? What was […]
Tourism at Civil War sites in Tennessee should be helped by the publication of two pamphlets, both available free at information centers at entrances to the state and via “pdf” downloads on the web. ————————— Civil War Trails provides information on more than 1000 Civil War sites, many of which are accessible for the first […]
One of the many challenges in researching the individuals who are associated with the Civil War Research Project is in separating the records of men with the same name as other men who also served in Pennsylvania regiments in the Civil War. The case study below presents some of the kinds of records that must […]
William Thomas was born on 3 April 1838 in Wales and came to America at an early age with his father, John Thomas, who was a coal miner. The family settled in Wiconisco, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania. Like his father, William became a coal miner and in 1860, he was working in the mines around Lykens. […]
Along many of the lesser-traveled roads and bi-ways of the Lykens Valley are a fair number of small cemeteries. These cemeteries once were family burial plots on family land or were grave yards aside churches that have long ceased to exist. They are not marked by signs, or are not easily accessible. Previously mentioned was […]
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