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Civil War Blog

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Susquehanna River Bridge Between Herndon & Port Trevorton

| May 19, 2011

A recently written book by Steve E. Troutman sheds light on a relatively unknown bridge across the Susquehanna River between Herndon and Port Trevorton – a bridge that existed during the Civil War period and may have been involved in a incident involving Confederate scouts in the crucial days of June 1863 just before the […]

National Civil War Museum – Walk of Valor – The “Peter Erb” Mystery

| March 9, 2011

(Part 3 of ongoing series). The National Civil War Museum is located high on a hilltop overlooking Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  The museum aims to provide a balanced view and to inspire lifelong learning through preservation and research about the Civil War.   It has become a national destination for “families, students, civil war enthusiasts and […]

Halifax Area Civil War Veterans

| March 7, 2011

In 1969, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, celebrated 175 years of history by publishing a book, Indian Arrows to Atoms or the Story of Halifax and the Valleys.  In the preface to the book, Halifax Historian Lee B. Noblet wrote the following: Out of the past came a voice from a wilderness saying “If tall and […]

Halifax Area and the Civil War

| March 6, 2011

The Halifax area of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, consists of the area within the angle (“C’) of the triangular area of study for this Civil War Research Project (see portion of map below). Essentially, everything south of Millersburg (upper left on the insert map) and Elizabethville (upper right on the insert map) could be considered part […]

Knouff Family in the Civil War – John W. Knouff

| February 20, 2011

As the result of a correspondence from a blog reader, John W. Knouff was added to the Civil War Research Project.  Initially, only one John Knouff was include in the project list.  That John Knouff died in the war at Dabney’s Mills, Virginia, in 1865, as reported in the previous post.  The confusion of having […]