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Civil War Blog

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Lieutenants of the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I

| February 25, 2012

Today, the blog post features two officers of the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, who served the full term of nine months and received honorable discharges on 5 August 1863.  The research results presented here are based on preliminary data gathering on each of the members of the company and searches for Pension Index Cards […]

Gratz During the Civil War – William H. Yohe, Carpenter

| January 21, 2012

The two original lots here, #2 and #4, may have been the first lots sold by Simon Gratz when a transaction was made in 1811.  The first owner was John Orndorff who was believed to be the first doctor to live in Gratz.  Ordorff had a difficult time in that he lost the property, had […]

Gratz During the Civil War – Charles Gerhard Property

| October 22, 2011

From about 1834 to 1865, this property, known as Lot #25, was owned by William Bickel.  Prior to the purchase by Bickel, it was owned by Peter Filbert, who was the father of Civil War veteran, Lt.. Col. Peter A. Filbert (1833-1924).  At the time of Bickel’s purchase, there was a house and blacksmith shop […]

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 […]