A listing of the January 2011 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: New Year’s Day, 1861 Pennsylvania Dutch & the Civil War – Medicine National Civil War Museum – Walk of Valor Steve Maczuga’s Pennsylvania Civil War Project Alfred Mordecai’s Decision Hegins All Wars Memorial Pennsylvania African-American War Monument November 2010 Posts Pennsylvania […]
Nearly all of the men who served in the Civil War from the Lykens Valley area served in military units as soldiers. But a few did serve as sailors or marines. Finding information on the sailors and marines is much more difficult than finding information on soldiers who served in Pennsylvania Civil War regiments, because they […]
A listing of the December 2010 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Col. Benjamin C. Christ – 50th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Pvt. Peter W. Miller – Mental Health & the Civil War Millersburg Civil War Soldier Monument Millersburg All Wars Veterans Monument Boyer Cemetery in Washington Township Pennsylvania Drafted Militia & the […]
(Part 2 of an on-going series of posts on the Battle of Gettysburg). In order to identify which of the 2000 Civil War veterans from the Lykens Valley area fought at the Battle of Gettysburg, we must first identify the Pennsylvania regiments that fought at Gettysburg. According to histories of the battle, the Union lineup […]
Along the Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, just across from the Franklin Institute on 20th Street, is the monument erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to honor her “Colored Soldiers.” The monument plaque reads: To commemorate the heroism and sacrifice of all colored soldiers who served in the various wars engaged in by the United States […]
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