topic:"Civil War" found 199 records - Research Collections

Program

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Collection: General Thomas Welsh Family Papers

Title: Pennsylvania Day program at Antietam, Maryland, Antietam Battlefield Commission of Pennsylvania

Object ID: MG0828_SeriesG_F03

Date Range: 1904/09/17

Collection: General Thomas Welsh Family Papers

Title: Pennsylvania Day program at Antietam, Maryland, Antietam Battlefield Commission of Pennsylvania

Description: Program for Pennsylvania Day at Antietam, Maryland dated Saturday, September 17, 1904. The Antietam Battlefield Commission of Pennsylvania had a dedication ceremony in honor of the monuments erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to mark the position of thirteen Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle during the Civil War. The program details which monuments would be dedicated, the timeline of events for the event, and who would be involved in the ceremony. The national anthem, "America," is written on the back of the program.

Date Range: 1904/09/17

Creation Date: 17 Sept. 1904

Creator: Antietam Battlefield Commission of Pennsylvania

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

Storage Container: Box 0003

People: Beyer, Ed.; Bolton, William J.; Bosbyshell, Oliver C.; Boyle, John Richards; Catlin, E.; Evans, Joseph S.; Hawley, Joseph W.; Holman, Samuel A.; Oliver, Robert Shaw; Pennypacker, Samuel W.

Subjects: Antietam (Md.); Dedication services; Monuments; Programs (Publications); United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army. Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 12th (1861-1865); United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 100th (1861-1865); United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 124th (1862-1863); United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 125th (1862-1863); United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 130th (1862-1863); United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 132nd (1862-1863); United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 45th (1861-1865); United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 48th (1861-1865); United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 50th (1861-1865); United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 51st (1861-1865)

Search Terms: Antietam, Maryland; Civil War; Civil War monuments; Dedication ceremonies; Durell's Battery of Artillery; Monuments; Music; Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 12th (1861-1865); Pennsylvania Day; Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 100th (1861-1865); Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 124th (1862-1863); Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 125th (1862-1863); Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 130th (1862-1863); Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 132nd (1862-1863); Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 45th (1861-1865); Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 48th (1861-1865); Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 50th (1861-1865); Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 51st (1861-1865); Programs

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan

Object Name: Program

Language: English

Condition: Excellent

Condition Date: 2022-07-20

Parent Object ID: MG0828

Object ID: MG0828_SeriesG_F03

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2021.030

Classification: MG0828

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by Richard C. Wiggin prior to donation. Added to database 07/20/2022.

Painting

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Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: John L. Hackman.

Object ID: 2003.404

Date Range: 1913

1 image

Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: John L. Hackman.

Description: On back:; This picture was taken in 1913. I paid 7 dollars 34 cents for it. I was 15 years & 3 months old when I enlisted in the year 1864 at which time it was first taken at Carlisle, Penna. John L. Hackman.; Oscar Hackman gave it to me Sarah E. Warner, Nov. 6, 1957. Oscar is 89 years old now [and in] April 1958 he will be 90 years. One son and one daughter of John and Sarah Hackman had. Oscar is John's son, Lizzie Stiner, sister of Oscar, [is] 85 years old 1957.; I was named after John's wife Sarah Elizabeth Neissinger Hackman. My grandma was Sarah's sister, Fiona Neissinger Hollinger. Oscar is the last of [the] family of Hackmans. I am on the Hollinger-Neissinger side of family. Great Aunt Sarah (?), Oscar's mother __ __ is also the discharge of 1865 of John L. Hackman here ___ time 1957.; Sarah Elizabeth Hollinger Warner; Born March 28, 1920.

Date Range: 1913

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 5

Storage Cabinet: Unit 44

Storage Shelf: Shelf 3

Storage Drawer: Bin 2

People: Hackman, John L.

Subcategory: Art

Subject: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Subject of Painting: Boy in Civil War Uniform (John L. Hackman)

Search Terms: Civil War; Portraits

Object Name: Painting

Oither Names: Portrait

Height (in): 20

Width (in): 16

Dimension Details: Frame size: Height 28; Width 24; Depth 2.5

Condition Notes: Painting: Enhanced photograph (watercolor and charcoal) laid on unstretched canvas, few minor abrasions and losses throughout.; Painting conservation needs: Remove from housing and canvas backing, test and deacidify, minor inpainting, reframe to conservation standards.; Frame: 4" painted gold, minor chips on corners and lower rail.; Frame conservation needs: UVF glass, surface clean, consolidate, minor touchup.

Object ID: 2003.404

Other Number: Painting 155

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Pennsylvania at Chickamauga and Chattanooga

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Chickamauga-Chattanooga battlefields commission.

Date of Publication: 1900]

Call Number: 973.735 P415

1 website

Responsibility: Ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battles ... 1897.

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Chickamauga-Chattanooga battlefields commission.

Place of Publication: [Harrisburg, Pa

Publisher: W. S. Ray, state printer,

Date of Publication: 1900]

Physical Description: 499 p. : front., plates, ports. ; 25cm.

Notes: George W. Skinner, secretary of the Executive committee of the Commission, editor and compiler.

Subjects: Chickamauga (Ga.), Battle of, 1863.; Chattanooga (Tenn.), Battle of, 1863.; Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania.; Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park (Ga. and Tenn.)

Additional Author: Skinner, George Washington,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.735 P415

Websites

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Under the Maltese cross, Antietam to Appomattox, the loyal uprising in western Pennsylvania, 1861-1865; campaigns 155th Pennsylvania regiment

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Infantry. 155th Regt., 1862-1865.

Date of Publication: 1910.

Call Number: 974.8033 A629

Responsibility: narrated by the rank and file.

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Infantry. 155th Regt., 1862-1865.

Place of Publication: Pittsburg, Pa

Publisher: The 155th Regimental Association,

Date of Publication: 1910.

Physical Description: 1 p. Î²., xiii, [3], 817 p. col. front., illus. (incl. ports.) plates (partly col., 1 fold.) fold. map. 27 cm.

Notes: Illustrated t.-p. in colors.

Subjects: United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania Infantry - 155th.; Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8033 A629

Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865

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Author: Taylor, Frank H.

Date of Publication: 1913.

Call Number: 974.8033 T241

Responsibility: [by] Frank H. Taylor. Illustrated from contemporary prints and photographs and from drawings by the author.

Author: Taylor, Frank H.

Place of Publication: [Philadelphia]

Publisher: The City,

Date of Publication: 1913.

Physical Description: 360 p. front., illus., plates, port., fold. map. 23 cm.

Notes: Plates printed on both sides.; Published by authority of city government, under the direction of the Supervisory committee on historical book: Robert B. Beath, John P. Nicholson, James W. Latta.

Subjects: Pennsylvania. - Militia.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania.

Additional Corporate Author: Philadelphia. Supervisory Committee on Historical Book.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8033 T241

Biography

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Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Index card with biographical information about Benjamin McComsey

Object ID: MG0018_SerA_F077_It05

Date Range: 1972

1 image

Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Index card with biographical information about Benjamin McComsey

Description: Index card with biographical information that accompanied the letters, a tintype of Benjamin McComsey, and a needlepoint bookmark.; "This is the chief treasure of the McComsey family. Young son Benjamin volunteered to serve in the Civil War, and these letters tell the story of the remainder of his life.; Benjamin was the son of William McComsey, who was City Treasurer of Lanc. in the late 1800s. A descendant of Mathias McComsey, who was born in Manor Township in 1787. Benjamin's mother was Mary Dorwart, daughter of Henry, a tailor in Lancaster.; Benjamin died Nov. 7, 1862 in Berlin, Md. in the 18th year of his life. He is buried in the McComsey plot at Lancaster Cemetery."

Admin/Biographical History: Benjamin was the son of William and Mary Ann (Dorwart) McComsey. In 1860 he was a farmer living with his family in Providence Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.; Ben's service during the Civil War was brief. He enlisted in Lancaster on 7 August 1862 and was mustered into the U.S. Army on August 11 as a private with Company D, 122nd Pennsylvania Infantry. He died from typhoid fever in a military hospital at Berlin, Worcester County, Maryland on 7 November 1862.; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40007870/benjamin-asbury-mccomsey

Date Range: 1972

Creation Date: [1972]

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

Storage Container: Box 0002

People: Dorwart, Henry; McComsey, Benjamin Asbury; McComsey, Mary Ann Dorwart; McComsey, Mathias; McComsey, William

Subjects: Soldiers; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army

Search Terms: 122nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (1862-1863); Civil War; Death; Soldiers; Typhoid fever; United States Army

Extent: 1 item, 1 page to scan

Object Name: Biography

Language: English

Object ID: MG0018_SerA_F077_It05

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It01); Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It02); Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It03); Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It04); Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It06); Letter from Henry Benner (MG0018_SerA_F077_It07); Letter from Henry Benner (MG0018_SerA_F077_It08); Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It09); Tintype of Benjamin McComsey (2009.014); McComsey Family Album (A-15-01-01 to A-15-01-40); Carte de visite of Chester Hubley (1-02-01-79)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Civil War Collection (MG0018), Series #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 1972.026

Other Numbers: MG-18

Other Number: MG-18, Series A, Folder 77, Item 5

Classification: MG0018

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 27 December 2023.

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History of the One hundred and fifty-third regiment Pennsylvania volunteers infantry which was recruited in Northampton County, Pa., 1862-1863

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4907

Author: Kiefer, William R.

Date of Publication: 1909.

Call Number: 974.8033 K47

Responsibility: Written by Rev. W. R. Kiefer. Assisted by Newton H. Mack.

Author: Kiefer, William R.

Place of Publication: Easton

Publisher: Chemical Pub. Co.,

Date of Publication: 1909.

Physical Description: 352 p. illus., plates, ports., fold. map. 24 cm.

Subjects: Pennsylvania Infantry. - 153d Regt., 1862-1863.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania Infantry - 153d.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.

Additional Author: Mack, Newton Heston,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8033 K47

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Program

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Painting

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Archive

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Pennsylvania at Chickamauga and Chattanooga

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1967

Websites

Under the Maltese cross, Antietam to Appomattox, the loyal uprising in western Pennsylvania, 1861-1865; campaigns 155th Pennsylvania regiment

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4481

Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4496

Archive

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Biography

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Archive

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History of the One hundred and fifty-third regiment Pennsylvania volunteers infantry which was recruited in Northampton County, Pa., 1862-1863

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4907