During the Civil War, Charles E. McFarland, served in the 46th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, as a Private. He was a teacher from Halifax Township, and is buried at Halifax United Methodist Church Cemetery, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. According to his Pennsylvania Veterans’ File Card from the Pennsylvania Archives, Charles E. McFarland enrolled in the […]
Samuel Perry Auchmuty, also known as Simon P. Auchmuty, died on 10 November 1884 and is buried at the Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in the family plot., and his wife, Jane Elizabeth [Link] Auchmuty (1837-1905), was later buried next to him. The Auchmuty’s had at least four known children. During the Civil […]
A listing of the June 2018 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Ku Klux Klan Briefs from the West Schuylkill Herald The Travels of Daniel Paul, 1903 Obituary of Nicholas Adams – 50th Pennsylvania Infantry The Travels of Daniel Paul, 1904 The Ku Klux Klan in Pennsylvania – More Sources of Information […]
The Lykens Standard reported on the final illness and death of Jacob Alvord in its last two editions of March 1907. Alvord, a Civil War veteran and former postmaster of Lykens Borough, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, died on 21 March 1907. Seriously Sick As we go to press (Thursday noon) Jacob Alvord of Market Street, is […]
Were there two men named John Wingert in the 26th Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency of 1863), Company K, or only one? The card shown above from the Pennsylvania Archives names a John W. Wingert, age 26 (born about 1837), who enrolled in the militia regiment at Millersburg on 18 June 1863, was mustered in at Harrisburg […]
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