The post today is a continuation of a study of the men who served in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry. George Zimmerman, a carpenter from Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, joined the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, as a Private on 27 February, 1864, according to some military records. Some military records also indicate that George Zimmerman died […]
Four men with the surname Williams served in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company C, as privates during the Civil War. Three were boatmen from Pottsville or Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. They worked on the Schuylkill Canal. The fourth was a coal miner, and he was from Minersville, Schuylkill County. At this time, it is […]
The post today is a continuation of a study of the men who served in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry. Franklin Wise was a Private in Company C, who enlisted on 9 September 1861, at Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. At the time, he was a resident of Schuylkill Haven and was employed as a boatman. […]
(Part 20 of an ongoing series on the Battle of Gettysburg). Around the base of the Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg are a series of plaques which, by regiment and company, note the names of every soldier who was present at the Battle of Gettysburg. This post will present the plaque recognizing the men who served […]
Nicholas Adams (1843-1927) was born in Sacramento, Hubley Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Some sources give his birth date as 20 April 1843 while other sources give it in March. He was the son of Nicholas Adams and Salome [Hoffa] Adams of Sacramento, who had twenty-one children, among them the sisters Hannah Adams and Ellen Adams, […]
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