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The Gratztown Militia and the Home Guards

| February 15, 2011

Early in the nineteenth century, perhaps at the very beginning of the settlement of Gratz, a militia was formed to protect the area from intruders and from hostile Indians, of which there were some.  At the beginning of settlement, Gratz was on the frontier and had a “well regulated militia.”  The early settlers of the […]

Photographic History – Index to Pennsylvania Regiments

| February 14, 2011

(Part 12 of 12).  A condensed version of the index found in Volume X of The Photographic History of the Civil War:  Armies and Leaders, with reference to specific Pennsylvania regiments included in the ten volumes of The Photographic History. The year 1911 was the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War.  In […]

Armies and Leaders

| February 11, 2011

(Part 11 of 12).  Contents of Volume X of The Photographic History of the Civil War:  Armies and Leaders. The year 1911 was the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War.  In a memorial to the war, a ten volume set of books was published entitled The Photographic History of the Civil War. […]

Soldier Life and the Secret Service

| February 9, 2011

(Part 9 of 12).  Contents of Volume VIII of The Photographic History of the Civil War:  Soldier Life and the Secret Service. The year 1911 was the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War.  In a memorial to the war, a ten volume set of books was published entitled The Photographic History of […]

Prisons and Hospitals

| February 8, 2011

(Part 8 of 12).  Contents of Volume VII of The Photographic History of the Civil War:  Prisons and Hospitals. The year 1911 was the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War.  In a memorial to the war, a ten volume set of books was published entitled The Photographic History of the Civil War. […]