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Camp Curtin Historical Perspective

| February 18, 2012

In the post yesterday, four memorials to Camp Curtin, the great Civil War army training camp in Harrisburg, were presented.  Unfortunately nothing remains of the camp and it is left to research and the imagination to determine what actually happened there.  It was also noted that only one photo was taken there and that photo […]

Who Was John Brubaker?

| January 6, 2012

One of the many challenges in researching the individuals who are associated with the Civil War Research Project is in separating the records of men with the same name as other men who also served in Pennsylvania regiments in the Civil War.  The case study below presents some of the kinds of records that must […]

Henry K. Myers, Medical Doctor at Lykens

| January 3, 2012

Henry Keiser Myers (1841-1900) was born in Perry County, Pennsylvania, the son of John Myers,, a farmer, and Elizabeth [Keiser] Myers.  He was the grandson of Revolutionary War soldier Philip Myers.  Henry’s early life was spent on his father’s farm, and as the Civil War approached, Henry was employed as a school teacher. On 21 […]

Halifax Bank Robbery – The Robbers

| November 10, 2011

WESTON MERRITT KEIPER Weston Merritt Keiper, born in 1879, was the oldest son of William Henry Keiper and Susanna [Row] Keiper of Lykens.  Weston’s father, William Henry Keiper, was a coal miner, who was described as a “large man” who had a “fondnesss for drink.”  He would frequent the saloons on Friday evenings when he […]

Halifax Bank Robbery – Charles W. Ryan

| November 9, 2011

The murder victim of the Halifax bank robbery of 14 March 1901 was Charles W. Ryan.  Ryan was one of the three bank officials who were present in the bank at the time that Wesley Keiper and Henry Rowe entered the bank attempting to rob it.  In the gunfire that ensued, Charles W. Ryan was […]