According to information on his grave marker in the Odd Fellows’ Cemetery in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Samuel Mumma was born on 12 October 1822 and died on 12 September 1870. The marker does not indicate that he was a Civil War veteran, but his Findagrave Memorial notes that he served in the 26th Pennsylvania […]
William D. Murphy, or William Murphy II as he is found in some records, was born in August 1844 in Ireland. According to information in the 1900 census, he came to America in 1862, during the Civil War. He married Hannah Grant some time prior to emigrating and they began a family in Ireland, which […]
A listing of the February 2017 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Edward B. Martz – 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry Henry A. Martz – Lifelong Railroad Man, Served in 127th Pennsylvania Infantry January 2017 Posts Harry M. Kieffer’s Recollections – Deciding to Go to War Harry M. Kieffer’s Recollections – Camp Curtin Harry […]
Samuel Miller‘s name appears on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument as a man who served in the Civil War at the rank of Sergeant, but was not a member of the Heilner Post at that place. Samuel Miller was born in 1833 in Pennsylvania. During the Civil War, he served in the 26th Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency […]
Previously on this blog, a portion of the diary of Henry Keiser of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was presented under the title, The Henry Keiser Diary – Furlough, Marriage, Return to the Front. At the time of that writing, no picture was available of Henry Keiser in his Civil War uniform, and the only picture […]
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