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Henry Kemble – Farmer of Northumberland County

Henry “Harry” Kemble, the son of Adam Kembel and Lydia [Zartman] Kemble, was a farmer in Jackson Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.  During the Civil War, he served two enlistments, the first of which was from 16 August 1862 in the 136th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company C, as a Private, until he received a discharge on a […]

Obituary of Peter A. Campbell of Millersburg

The death of Peter A. Campbell was noted in the Harrisburg Patriot on 8 July 1919: OLD PONY MAIL RIDER DIES AT MILLERSBURG Millersburg, 7 July 1919 — Peter A. Campbell, the oldest native-born resident of this place, and one of the Government’s pony mail riders between here and Sunbury years ago, died at his […]

November 2014 Posts

A listing of the November 2014 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Isaac Sitlinger – Farmer, Miller & Miner of Lykens Township The Groff Brothers? – Valentine, Hiram & William October 2014 Posts Monuments at Gettysburg – 53rd Pennsylvania Infantry Was John Neubold a Civil War Veteran? Samuel N. Wells – Halifax […]

Emanuel H. Umholtz – The Bell Tolls for Him

On 16 September 1904, Emanuel H. Umholtz died in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  His funeral was held a few days later at Simeon Church and he was buried in the church yard, now called Gratz Union Cemetery.  About two weeks earlier a new 649 pound bell, purchased from Buckeye Bell Foundry in Cincinnati, Ohio, had […]

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 – […]