York County PA Reserve Soldiers Buried Outside of Pennsylvania
For over 20 years I have had the honor and pleasure of searching local cemeteries in York County for Civil War veterans. It has become somewhat of a passion of mine, and to this...
The Story of Lt. Hardman P. Petrikin as told by Capt. William M. Robbins,...
Born in 1832, Hardman Philip PetrikinThe surname, of Scotch origin, appears to alternate between the spellings of “Petriken” and “Petrikin”; for this article I will refer to the latter spelling, but the former is...
The Life and Death of James Harvey Larrimer, Major, 5th Pennsylvania Reserves
James Harvey Larrimer, or “Harvey” as he was more commonly referred to, was the oldest of several children born to Robert and Margaret (Lucas) Larimore; his birth occurring sometime in 1828, possibly in the...
The Pennsylvania Reserves and the Fort Sumter Connection
As an avid historian of the Pennsylvania Reserves, I frequently come across interesting connections of various soldiers of the Reserves to other notable figures or events that were historically significant at the time. ...
Robert Litzinger, Co. A, 11th Pennsylvania Reserves
I recently finished Three Years in the "Bloody Eleventh": The Campaigns of a Pennsylvania Reserves Regiment". It was a very nice read for anyone who hasn’t read it yet; it was hard to...
James McCahon, Co. D, 10th Pennsylvania Reserves
James McCahon was a member of the Jefferson College Class of 1863 when he enrolled as a private in Company D, 10th Pennsylvania Reserves on April 27, 1861. He was 20 years old at...
Robert T. Lain, Co. I, 1st Pennsylvania Rifles
Pvt. Robert Thompson Lain, son of Doctor Joseph Lain, was born at Mount Hope, Orange county, NY, Nov. 3, 1837, died in Bradford, Pennsylvania on December 13, 1909. He was educated in the public...
Philip F. Wall, Co. K, 4th Pennsylvania Reserves
Philip F. Wall (or Wahl) was one of the few non-native born members of Company K. He, along with his twin brother Christopher, was born in the Hesse region of central Germany in January...
Elijah J. Smith, Co. K, 4th Pennsylvania Reserves
Elijah Jonathan Smith – who answered by his middle name - was born in the year 1835, probably in Schuylkill Township, Chester County, and was the second of five children born to Elijah and...
John W. Snyder, Co. K, 4th Pennsylvania Reserves
John Wesley Snyder, or Wesley, as he called himself, was the second of six children by Joseph and Elizabeth (Jacobs) Snyder, and was born in Charlestown Township on May 17, 1839. As a boy...
