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Civil War Blog

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Sen. Luther R. Keefer

| August 3, 2012

During the Civil War, Luther R. Keefer served as Deputy U.S. Marshal for the 14th Sub-District of Pennsylvania, which included Harrisburg and Gratz in Dauphin County.  He was also a veteran of the Civil War having served in the militia that was called into state service for the Emergency of 1863. KEEFER, 28 July 1908, […]

Charles D. Arters – Postmaster and Educator

| August 2, 2012

The following is taken from the Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Schuylkill County, by Samuel T. Wiley, published in 1893 by Rush, West and Company, Philadelphia: Professor Charles D. Arters, ex-postmaster of Tremont and superintendent of the schools of Tremont Township [Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania], is a son of Robert Arters and Harriet [Cox] Arters, and […]

Joseph Albright – 131st Pennsylvania Infantry & 2nd Pennsylvania Artillery

| July 29, 2012

Joseph Albright was born 6 Jul 1836 in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and migrated with his family to Northumberland County.  His ancestry was German, tracing back to the immigrant Christian Albright who came to Berks County in the early eighteenth century.  The family moved about in the area east of the Schuylkill River, some venturing […]

Tower City, Porter and Rush Township Civil War Veterans – Part 7

| July 26, 2012

The Tower City Borough, Porter Township and Rush Township Veterans Memorial is located at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Cemetery which is located along Route 209 in Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.  It was the subject of a prior post on this blog on 30 December 2010. Within the glass cases on the monument are name […]

Tower City, Porter and Rush Township Civil War Veterans – Part 1

| July 10, 2012

The Tower City Borough, Porter Township and Rush Township Veterans Memorial is located at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Cemetery which is located along Route 209 in Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.  It was the subject of a prior post on this blog on 30 December 2010. Within the glass cases on the monument are name […]