In the post today, the final list of men who served honorably in the 210th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H, will be given. To date, preliminary research has been done on each and none have been specifically connected to the Lykens Valley area and the Civil War Research Project. Files have now been created for each […]
In the post today, the previously identified men who served honorably in the 210th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H, will be noted. These men all have some connection to the Lykens Valley area and the Civil War Research Project. All the men are included in the present version of the Veterans List. Many of these veterans […]
An unusual number of desertions – thirty-three in all – occurred in Company H of the 210th Pennsylvania Infantry. Most of these desertions took place in Harrisburg or in Camp Curtin before the company left for the front, with a only small number occurring during the regiment’s service in the field. According to the history […]
Jacob Good (1839-1865) was born in Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and served in the 46th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, as a Private, from 2 September 1861 through his discharge on 12 October 1864. According to the Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County Pennsylvania, page 957, he was the son of Henry Good and Lydia [Enders] […]
Part 6 of 7. In a prior post, one branch of the Riegel family’s origins in America was presented – that of Mattheis Riegell (born about 1615) of Bad Muenster, Palatinate, Germany, who married Maria Werner. They had a son, Jost Riegell (1615-1687) who married Maria Honen (or Hoenen). Their son, Cornelius Riegel (1674-175) was […]
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