Philip Petty, 12th P.R.V.C. & 136th PA Volunteers
For His Adopted Country.
F. D. McGillicuddy, Mansfield, Pa, sends the following to the National Tribune: “Here is the record of a young Englishman, who...
April 2023 PRVCHS Cemetery Workshop
This workshop was hosted April 2, 2023 by Ken Gulick, in conjunction with Jay Young and the Monaghan Cemetery.
The Death of Ashby (Mostly From the Bucktails’ Perspective)
After recovering from his Dranesville wound, Col. Thomas L. Kane returned to the Bucktails in their winter quarters (1862) where he began working on...
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...
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...
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)...
When Legend Becomes Fact
In the John Wayne classic movie, "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," a reporter makes the comment "When the legend becomes fact, print the...
Meanwhile… The 54th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers
While their "cousins" in the 190th and 191st Regiments were involved in more noted events in the concluding chapter of the Petersburg siege, the...
Rumors: Mustering Out of the Pennsylvania Reserves
The date for muster out was finally settled for the Reserves. However, as the muster out date approached, rumors of their lack of reenlistment...
Problems Leading to Muster Out Formation: The 54th, 190th, 191st Pennsylvania Veteran...
The Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Infantry Corps, composed of 13 infantry regiments, formed in June 1861 for a three-year enlistment by Gov. Andrew Curtin. With...
