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Records of the revolutionary war: containing the military and financial correspondence of distinguished officers; names of the officers and privates of regiments, companies, and corps, with the dates of their commissions and enlistments; general orders of Washington, Lee, and Greene, at Germantown and Valley Forge; with a list of distinguished prisoners of war; the time of their capture, exchange, etc. To which is added the half-pay acts of the Continental Congress; the revolutionary pension laws; and a list of the officers of the Continental Army who acquired the right to half-pay, commutation, and lands

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Author
Saffell, William Thomas Roberts,
Date of Publication
1860.
Call Number
973.3 S128
Responsibility
By W. T. R. Saffell.
Author
Saffell, William Thomas Roberts,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
G. G. Evans,
Date of Publication
1860.
Physical Description
554 p. 20 cm.
Notes
First published 1858.
Subjects
Pensions, Military - United States
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers, lists, etc.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
Additional Author
Washington, George,
Lee, Charles,
Greene, Nathanael,
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Continental Congress.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.3 S128
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History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5; prepared in compliance with acts of the legislature

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Author
Bates, Samuel P.
Date of Publication
1869-71.
Call Number
974.8033 B329 Oversize
Responsibility
by Samuel P. Bates ...
Author
Bates, Samuel P.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
B. Singerly, State Printer,
Date of Publication
1869-71.
Physical Description
5 v. plates (part col.) maps (part fold.) 28 cm.
Subjects
Pennsylvania. - Militia.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
974.8033 B329 Oversize
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Annual report of the Adjutant-General of Pennsylvania ... for the year 1866

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Adjutant-General's Office.
Date of Publication
1867.
Call Number
355.37 H313 1866
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Adjutant-General's Office.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, PA
Publisher
Singerly & Myers,
Date of Publication
1867.
Physical Description
1221 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Includes index.
Subjects
Pennsylvania. - Militia.
Regimental histories.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
Pennsylvania.
United States.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
355.37 H313 1866
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Advance the colors! : Pennsylvania Civil War battle flags

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Author
Sauers, Richard Allen.
Date of Publication
c1987-c1991.
Call Number
974.8033 S259
Responsibility
Richard A. Sauers.
ISBN
0818200901 (v. 1) :
081820155X
Author
Sauers, Richard Allen.
Place of Publication
[Harrisburg]
Publisher
Capitol Preservation Committee,
Date of Publication
c1987-c1991.
Physical Description
2 v. (xvi, 611 p.) : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographies.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Flags.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Flags.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Capitol Preservation Committee.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8033 S259
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The GAR : its organization and the men of Post #37

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Author
Patton, Alfreda,
Date of Publication
c1989.
Call Number
369.15 P322
Responsibility
by Alfreda Patton.
Author
Patton, Alfreda,
Place of Publication
York, PA (P.O. Box 1824, York 17405)
Publisher
South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society,
Date of Publication
c1989.
Physical Description
i, 95 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Series
Special publications / South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society ; no. 39 (Jan./Apr. 1989)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Grand Army of the Republic. - General John Sedgwick Post No. 37 (York, Pa.) - Registers.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.
Veterans - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.
Additional Corporate Author
South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
369.15 P322
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A soldier's report : the battle on Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain

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Author
Bradley, Kersey.
Date of Publication
1989
artillery they had up there. 6 Then we were ordered back to our entrenchments again. We did not get to fire a shot. In our brigade each man had a hundred rounds of ammunition. There was no fighting right in front of us, it was all on the right and left of us. Some of Hooker's men said they thought when they
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Responsibility
by Kersey Bradley, 79th Regiment, P.V.I. annotated by Martin H. Bradley.
Author
Bradley, Kersey.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1989
Physical Description
[15]-17 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.92, no.1
Subjects
United States. - Army. - Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 79th (1861-1865)
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 92, number 1 (1989), p. 15-17Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.92
Documents

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The diaries of Willam T. Clark of Chestnut Level, Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : Dating from his enlistment in Co. B 79th Penna. Vet. Vols. September 12, 1861 to November 30, 1865

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Author
Clark, William T.,
Date of Publication
1988.
Call Number
973.781 C596
service in some ofthe first (90 day) regiments. Their Colonel, Henry A Hambright, was a railroad man who had seen army service in Mexico during the War with Mexico. The regiment earned the respect ofthe army by its service at Perryville in October of 1862. Entering the battle there with about 365 rifles
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Responsibility
Transcribed by William G. Davis and Janet B. Davis.
Author
Clark, William T.,
Place of Publication
Computer printout
Date of Publication
1988.
Physical Description
10 vols. ; 28 cm.
Notes
"Transcribed from six volumes of daily entries while in the field with the U. S. Army of the West during the CIvil War, and three volumes of miscellaneous entries."
Library has v. 1-7; copy 2 (v.1-6 )has information about William Clark and the 79th Pennsylvania and computer disc inserted.
Contents
vol 1. 9/12/61 - 5/21/62 Enlistment; Departure; Louisville, Ky.; Tennessee; Raid into Alabama -- v. 2. 5/22/62 - 2/9/63 Tennessee; Kentucky; Battle of Chaplin Hills (Perryville, Ky.; Kentucky hospitals; Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro), Tenn. -- v. 3. 2/10/63 - 10/4/63 Tennessee; Raid into Alabama; Furlough home to recruit during Battle of Gettysburg; Battle of Chickamauga, Tenn. -- v. 4. 10/5/63-6/10/64 Georgia; Tennessee; Battles of Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Ringgold, Tunnel Hill; Regimental furlough home; Battles of Resaca, Buzzard's Roost, Etoway, Georgia -- v. 5. 6/11/64 - 2/11/65 Battles of Kennesaw Mountain, Allatoona, Marietta; The campaign for Altanta; Sherman's March to the Sea;The campaign for Savannah -- v. 6. 2/12/65 - 11/30/65 North through the Carolinas; The capture of Columbia; Battle of Bentonsville, N. C.; Surrender of Gen. Johnston; March to Washinton via Richmond;Victory parade; Return to Chestnut Level -- v. 7. Company B muster list; Original roll of Company B; Reenlistment as Veteran Volunteers (2/8/64); Miscellaneous expenses from January 1864 -- v. 8. Lists of rations issued as Regimental Commissary Sergeant, 1865 -- v. 9. Addenda and maps; Brief histories of W. T. Clark, 79th Regt. P.V.V.; The Clark family; Information on a few persons of note mentioned in the diaries -- v. 10. Rewrite of volume one.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Infantry. - 87th Regiment, 1861-1864.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania Infantry - 79th.
Diaries.
Additional Author
Davis, William G.
Davis, Janet B.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.781 C596
Documents

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Life in southern prisons; from the diary of Corporal Charles Smedley, of Company G, 90th regiment Penn'a volunteers, commencing a few days before the "battle of the Wilderness", in which he was taken prisoner, in the evening of the fifth month fifth, 1864: also, a short description of the march to and battle of Gettysburg, together with a biographical sketch of the author

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Author
Smedley, Charles,
Date of Publication
1865.
Call Number
973.781 S637
Author
Smedley, Charles,
Place of Publication
[Lancaster? Pa.]
Publisher
Ladies' and gentlemen's Fulton aid society,
Date of Publication
1865.
Physical Description
60 p. front. (port.) 19 cm.
Notes
LCHS copy - photocopy. Original in MG-18, Box 9 - Folder 8.
Subjects
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Prisoners and prisons.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
Additional Corporate Author
Pearsol & Geist.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.781 S637
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The chronicles of Middletown, containing a compilation of facts, biographical sketches, reminiscences, anecdotes, &c., connected with the history of one of the oldest towns in Pennsylvania

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Author
Hutchinson, C. H.
Date of Publication
1989.
Call Number
974.818 H975
Responsibility
by C. H. Hutchinson.
Author
Hutchinson, C. H.
Place of Publication
[Middletown, Pa.]
Publisher
Middletown Area Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1989.
Physical Description
vii, 266 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Notes
Chapters 45-54 give war records of Middletown volunteers, 1861-1865. Chapters 55-56 give rolls of militia companies in 1862-1863.
Reprint of the 1906 ed. published by Hutchinson.
Includes index.
Subjects
Burd family.
Cameron famiy.
Smith family.
Fisher family.
Frey family.
Kendig famiy.
Landis family.
McClure family.
Snyder family.
Middletown (Pa.) - History.
Middletown (Pa.) - Biography.
Dauphin County (Pa.) - History.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.
Additional Corporate Author
Middletown Area Historical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.818 H975
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A battlefield atlas of the Civil War

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Author
Symonds, Craig L.
Date of Publication
c1983.
Call Number
973.7 S988
Responsibility
by Craig L. Symonds ; cartography by William J. Clipson.
ISBN
0933852401 :
Author
Symonds, Craig L.
Place of Publication
Annapolis, Md
Publisher
Nautical & Aviation Pub. Co. of America,
Date of Publication
c1983.
Physical Description
1 atlas (xv, 106 p.) : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 105-106.
Subjects
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Campaigns.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Battlefields - Maps.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Battlefields - Guidebooks.
Additional Author
Clipson, William J.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7 S988
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