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Honorable Discharges – 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I – Part 6

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 […]

Disability – 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I – Part 2

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 […]

Peace Cemetery, Berrysburg

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 […]