Today, the blog post again continues to feature members 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 […]
In the post yesterday, the strange occurrence of the discharge of all thirteen Columbia County draftees in Company I of the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry on Surgeon’s Certificates of Disability was revealed. Today the other twelve draftees who were discharged for the same reason will be noted. Eleven were from Dauphin County and one was from […]
A Swiss immigrant, Jean Pierre Williard, purchased this property known as Lot #15 in 1818. He had originally come to America to fight for the British in the Revolution but changed sides and fought for the Colonials. After the war he settled in Lykens Township. The lot remained in the Williard (or Willier) family, but […]
The house on Lots #93 and #95 at the most western end of Gratz was one of the newest houses in Gratz at the time of the Civil War. One of the first owners of the property was William Weidel, a potter. He and his brother George Weidel (1784-1856) , also a potter, were early […]
Peace Cemetery is located within the Borough of Berrysburg on Third Street and North Main Street. The Peace Church of the United Church of Christ is located about one blocks from the cemetery. This is an old cemetery and contains the graves of many Civil War soldiers. A representative group of four Civil War graves […]
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