On 22 April 1861, Jacob Minnig of Donaldson, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, enrolled in and was mustered into service in the 6th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company G, at Harrisburg as a Private. At the time, he said he was 28 years old (born about 1833) and was a laborer by occupation. His three-months service concluded in August […]
Samuel Miller, (1833-1904) served in the 26th Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency of 1863), Company D, as a Private and Sergeant, during the Civil War. According to the Pennsylvania Veterans’ File Card from the Pennsylvania Archives, he enrolled at Lykens on 15 June 1863, and four days later was mustered into service. At the time he was […]
The name W. H. Meck appears on a 1866 petition supporting the white supremacist views of Heister Clymer in his bid to become Governor of Pennsylvania. During the Civil War, William H. Meck served in the 192nd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H, as a Private, from 21 March 1865 to 24 August 1865, when he received […]
Joseph Moody died on 11 February 1907 in Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, where he was serving as postmaster. During the Civil War he was a Corporal in Company H of the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry. On 14 May 1864, he was wounded at the Wilderness, and was in the hospital at time he was mustered out, […]
On 14 May 1926, Josiah Welker died. He was a Civil War veteran. His burial place is the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Middle Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The obituary of Josiah Welker appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph of 15 May 1926: AGED VETERAN OF CIVIL WAR DIES Joshua Welker Victim of Blood Poisoning at Lewistown […]
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