Additions to Veterans’ List – H
Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was last updated 19 April 2012. In a series of posts continuing...
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Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was last updated 19 April 2012. In a series of posts continuing...
View ArticleAdditions to Veterans’ List – S
Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was last updated 19 April 2012. In a series of posts continuing...
View ArticleAdditions to Veterans’ List – W, Y and Z
Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was last updated 19 April 2012. In a series of posts continuing...
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Civil War Officer Commission – Daniel Chester – Discovery and Restoration of...
In a shoebox filled with old receipts, letters and other ephemera a rather beat-up Civil War commission for the rank of First Lieutenant was found – for none other than Daniel Chester, believed to be...
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Obituary of James Cox – How One Thing Leads to Another
An obituary of James Cox (1833-1909), was contributed to the USGenWeb Archives. It provides some interesting facts and stories not previously noted here about this Corporal who served in the 3rd...
View ArticleWhat’s Ahead for the Civil War Blog in 2014
The Civil War Research Project and the blog are now embarking on the last full calendar year of the Civil War Sesquicentennial. The biggest change evident in the past year is the departure from a...
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The Shamokin Soldiers’ Circle – Photographs 51 – 59
Today’s post on the Shamokin Cemetery’s Soldiers’ Circle features nine graves in the outer circle, third quadrant, beginning with photograph 51. The photographs in this segment are numbered 51...
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Compiling a List of Civil War Veterans- Williams Township
One of the hardest things to do in Civil War research is the compiling of a complete list of Civil War veterans who have some association with a specific geographic community or region. The smaller...
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Some Basic Facts about the Civil War and Williamstown
How many men from Williamstown and Williams Township were Civil War veterans? One of the difficulties in answering this question can be illustrated by three historical maps of Williamstown and Williams...
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Who Was Philip Holler Who Died in Williamstown in 1904?
The Harrisburg Patriot of 1 June 1904 reported the death of Phil Haller, at Williamstown. WILLIAMSTOWN From the Patriot Correspondent WILLIAMSTOWN, 31 May 1904 — Phil Haller, a Civil War veteran, died...
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Who Was George W. Clark, Musician?
One of several names on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument that was not previously identified as to a specific Civil War regiment and company is George W. Clark. The monument tablet only notes that he was a...
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Benjamin Rush Foster – Ties to Williamstown, Lykens, & Washington Township
The obituary of Benjamin R. Foster appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph, 8 February 1911. While his Civil War service was mentioned, it was not noted in the obituary that he had ties to at least...
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Who Was John Greiner of Williamstown & Mifflin Township?
John Greiner, who was about 36 years old (born about 1829) when he enrolled in the 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company G, as a Private at Harrisburg on 7 March 1865 and was mustered into service at...
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Christmas and the Spirit of Giving
In this Christmas season, don’t forget to reward your local historical society with a tax-deductible gift. That gift can either be monetary, goods, or services. To determine whether a historical...
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The Stites Family in the Civil War
William Doubert Stites (1840-1915) is the “W. D. Stites” whose name appears on the Millersburg Soldier Monument. On 31 August 1861, William D. Stites was mustered into service at Harrisburg in the...
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Lewis F. Hummel – German-born Cavalryman Died in Mount Carmel
The death of Lewis F. Hummel in Shamokin on 30 November 1906 helped to bring to light some interesting information about some ties to several communities in the Lykens Valley area as well as his Civil...
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Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election of 1866 – The Defeat of a White Supremacist
The Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election of 1866 pitted a Union General and war hero, John W. Geary, against a avowed racist and white supremacist, Heister Clymer. Geary headed the Republican or Union...
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Women and the Civil War (Part 1)
“Women and the Civil War” is an exhibit of photographs and stories of women who had family connections with soldiers of that war. It was first displayed at the Gratz Fair in September 2013, where it...
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Women and the Civil War (Part 2)
Women and the Civil War” is an exhibit of photographs and stories of women who had family connections with soldiers of that war. It was first displayed at the Gratz Fair in September 2013, where it...
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