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Disability – 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I – Part 1

| October 7, 2011

As previously reported on this blog, the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, was a drafted militia unit whose Captain was Benjamin J. Evitts of the Lykens Valley.  An examination of the roll of this company reveals an interesting, unexplained phenomenon.  Of the 98 draftees who reported to Camp Curtin near Harrisburg in the early days […]

Gratz During the Civil War – Rudolph Dornheim Properties

| September 22, 2011

The house on Lots #93 and #95 at the most western end of Gratz was one of the newest houses in Gratz at the time of the Civil War. One of the first owners of the property was William Weidel, a potter.  He and his brother George Weidel (1784-1856) , also a potter, were early […]

Gratz During the Civil War – Kissinger House

| September 8, 2011

This is the eleventh in a series of posts on Gratz during the Civil War. The original house on Lot #85 on the north side of Market Street was built about 1832 at the time the land was conveyed to John Welker (1784-1854). The earliest found picture of the house is shown above and is […]

Gratz During the Civil War – Theodore Gratz House

| July 16, 2011

This is the fifth in a series of posts on Gratz during the Civil War. Lot #16 and the house on it was purchased by Daniel Good (1809-1870) in 1859, the owner of the Good Tannery at the west end of Gratz, who owned it and several other properties in this block during the Civil […]

Gratz During the Civil War – Post Office

| June 25, 2011

The Postmaster of Gratz during the Civil War years of 1861-1865 was Daniel Lehr and the post pffice was located on the northeast corner of Market Square (Market & Center Streets) in Lehr’s General Store.  The 1862 map shows the location and Lehr is listed in the “Business Directory” as the “Postmaster.”  During the Civil […]