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Civil War Blog

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The Grave of Joseph Louden in Dayton National Cemetery

Joseph Louden, who was the subject of a previous post here entitled, Death of Joseph Louden in Soldiers’ Home in Dayton, Ohio, is buried in the Dayton National Cemetery, Montgomery County, Dayton, Ohio.  In the previous post, it was mentioned that no picture was available of his grave marker.  A reader of this blog, MSgt. […]

Anthony Fisher – The Barber of Tremont

Anthony Fisher (1846-1910), the “Barber of Tremont,” was the son of John Fisher and Bibliana Keyser.  He was born in Baden, Germany, and came to America with his parents in 1855 when he was 9 years old. The family settled in Tremont where John Fisher was a watchmaker.  When the Civil War began, Anthony Fisher […]

Isaac Garber – 215th Pennsylvania Infantry & Regular Army

Isaac Garber LYKENS, 2 March 1933 — Isaac Garber, 83, Civil War veteran of this place and well known in this section, died at his home in South Second Street, Thursday morning at 12:15 following four years’ illness of complications. Mr. Garber was born in Lancaster and was a resident of Lykens for the past […]

2012 Additions to Civil War Veterans List – W to Z

Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was updated 19 April 2012.  In a series of post beginning Friday, 20 April 2012 and continuing intermittently for seven posts until concluding today, a brief sketch of each of the newly […]

2012 Additions to Civil War Veterans List – T to V

Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project as updated 19 April 2012.  In a series of post beginning Friday, 20 April 2012 and continuing intermittently for seven posts until concluding tomorrow, a brief sketch of each of the newly […]