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The Yeager Family in the Civil War (Part 5)

In 1912, the Hon. James Martin Yeager wrote and published A Brief History of the Yeager, Buffington, Creighton, Jacobs, Lemon, Hoffman and Woodside Families and Their Collateral Kindred of Pennsylvania.  Yeager was formerly the President of Drew Seminary for Young Women of Carmel, New York as well as a former Member of the House of […]

October 2014 Posts

A listing of the October 2014 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief Lambert K. Hooper – 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry Monuments at Gettysburg – 35th Pennsylvania Infantry September 2014 Posts Civil War Veteran Burials at Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg (Part 1) Monuments at Gettysburg – […]

The Shamokin Soldiers’ Circle – Photographs 147 – 158

Today’s post on the Shamokin Cemetery’s Soldiers’ Circle features all the graves in the inner circle, first and second quadrants, beginning with photograph 147.  The photographs in this segment are numbered 147 through 158.  All of the stones in this section are sequenced in the order of the death of the veteran – and some […]

The Shamokin Soldiers’ Circle – Photographs 129 – 137

Today’s post on the Shamokin Cemetery’s Soldiers’ Circle features nine graves in the second circle, fourth quadrant, beginning with photograph 129.  The photographs in this segment are numbered 129 through 137.  All of the stones in this section are sequenced in the order of the death of the veteran.  For each of the veterans, the […]

The Shamokin Soldiers’ Circle – Photographs 120 – 128

Today’s post on the Shamokin Cemetery’s Soldiers’ Circle features nine graves in the second circle, third quadrant, beginning with photograph 120.  The photographs in this segment are numbered 120 through 128.  All of the stones in this section are sequenced in the order of the death of the veteran.  For each of the veterans, the […]