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Edmund L. Umholtz – Dauphin County Mercantile Appraiser Dies of Small Pox in Gratz

| October 10, 2013

Two articles that appeared in the Millersburg Herald on 6 January 1882 and on 20 January 1882 explained and clarified the death of Edmund L. Umholtz of Gratz, who was the Mercantile Appraiser of Dauphin County and who died of small pox in Gratz in 1882.  He was a Civil War veteran but that fact […]

Charles E. Riegel – Coachmaker and Clerk to Dauphin County Commissioners

| October 8, 2013

Previously on this blog, a brief sketch of Civil War veteran Charles E. Riegel was presented.  See:  Riegel Family Veterans of Pennsylvania Civil War Regiments (Part 1 of 7).  Capt. Riegel is buried Messiah Lutheran Church Cemetery in Fisherville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. An obituary for Captain Riegel has now been located in the Millersburg Herald […]

A Tribute to Riley Bressler

| September 28, 2013

At the time of his death in December 1899,  the Lykens Register paid a tribute to Riley Bressler, a Civil War veteran: BIOGRAPHY OF RILEY BRESSLER A man of so excellent a type and possessed of rare business methods which made him so successful in life is the late Riley Bressler of Tower City needs […]

Historical Basis for the Geographical Area of the Civil War Research Project

| September 19, 2013

  The geographical area encompassing the Civil War Research Project was not arbitrarily chosen.  There is a long-standing historical, economic and cultural identity in the parts of three counties that form the large triangle of valleys in the east-central area of Pennsylvania through which the Susquehanna River flows.  The lower part of Northumberland County, the […]

Simon C. Gratz – Son of First Mayor of Gratz, Pennsylvania

| September 13, 2013

Additional information has been discovered about Simon C. Gratz, the son of Theodore Gratz and Ellen [Carson] Gratz of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  Simon C. Gratz was the brother of John C. Gratz of the 10th Pennsylvania Infantry and the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry, who died of disease during the Civil War.  They were the grandsons […]