James Stewart Robinson, Co. F, 7th Pennsylvania Reserves
Lieut. James Stewart ROBINSON was born March 10, 1835, in Salem township, Luzerne Co., Pa., and was educated in the common schools and Pine Grove Seminary in Centre county, Pa., and followed farming. On...
The Origin of the Biddle Rifles of Perry County
This origin of the company known as the Biddle Rifles of Perry County only covers from the time they were organized until the point where they arrived at Camp Curtin in Harrisburg.
Origins of the Wyoming Bank Infantry
“...we thought we never saw a more stalwart body of men.”
By August Marchetti
Note: This brief history only covers from the time the company was organized, until it reached Camp Wayne in June 1861.
In...
George Washington Fritz, Illegitimate Son of Pennsylvania’s War Governor Andrew G. Curtin
In an email correspondence we received a number of years ago from Sarah Haynes Cowan, a descendant of George W. Fritz, a member of the Lock Haven Rifle Guards (Co. D, 7th Reserves), we...
Wilson Long, 7th Pennsylvania Reserves
Wilson Long, carpenter and farmer, P.O. Irish Lane, was born in Ross township January 13, 1838, where he was also reared and educated. He is the son of Joseph and Margaret A. (Park) Long,...
Alexander Brady Sharpe, 7th Pennsylvania Reserves
COLONEL ALEXANDER BRADY SHARPE, who passed away at his home in Carlisle, Cumberland county, Dec. 25, 1891, was throughout his active years one of the most prominent lawyers of...
Alexander Dodson, Wyoming Bank Infantry, Co. F, 7th Reserves
Alexander Dodson, aged 93
Berwick's oldest resident and oldest Civil War Veteran in this section, passed away at his home on Susquehanna Avenue this morning at 11 O'clock after an illness for several months. Mr.Dodson...
The Origin of the Myerstown Rifles and Iron Artillerists of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
Note: This article describes the origin of these two companies from the time they were organized until they reached a camp of instruction, Camp Curtin. Further detail is revealed in a more...
Joseph Nelson Clark, 7th Reg’t., P.R.V.C.
Biography of Joseph Nelson Clark, 7th Pennsylvania Reserves.
