Photograph- Group of young men on ship Monitor during the Civil War. John Durst of Lancaster was on the Monitor, but he is not identified on the photo. Photo labeled "Monitor boys, March 1862".
Photograph- Group of young men on ship Monitor during the Civil War. John Durst of Lancaster was on the Monitor, but he is not identified on the photo. Photo labeled "Monitor boys, March 1862".
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Group of young men on ship Monitor during the Civil War. John Durst of Lancaster was on the Monitor, but he is not identified on the photo. Photo labeled "Monitor boys, March 1862".
Photograph- Carte de visite photographs taken from an album of J. K. Mentzer. The album may have been made by members of the Methodist Church in New Holland c. 1871 as a thank-you to Mr. Mentzer for selling them the land for their new church building. Only one photo in this group is identified. Unidentified man in Civil War era military uniform.
Photograph- Carte de visite photographs taken from an album of J. K. Mentzer. The album may have been made by members of the Methodist Church in New Holland c. 1871 as a thank-you to Mr. Mentzer for selling them the land for their new church building. Only one photo in this group is identified. Unidentified man in Civil War era military uniform.
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Carte de visite photographs taken from an album of J. K. Mentzer. The album may have been made by members of the Methodist Church in New Holland c. 1871 as a thank-you to Mr. Mentzer for selling them the land for their new church building. Only one photo in this group is identified.
Unidentified man in Civil War era military uniform.
Photograph- Carte de visite photographs taken from an album of J. K. Mentzer. The album may have been made by members of the Methodist Church in New Holland c. 1871 as a thank-you to Mr. Mentzer for selling them the land for their new church building. Only one photo in this group is identified. Unidentified man in Civil War era cavalry/military uniform, possibly from 203rd PA Volunteers.
Photograph- Carte de visite photographs taken from an album of J. K. Mentzer. The album may have been made by members of the Methodist Church in New Holland c. 1871 as a thank-you to Mr. Mentzer for selling them the land for their new church building. Only one photo in this group is identified. Unidentified man in Civil War era cavalry/military uniform, possibly from 203rd PA Volunteers.
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Carte de visite photographs taken from an album of J. K. Mentzer. The album may have been made by members of the Methodist Church in New Holland c. 1871 as a thank-you to Mr. Mentzer for selling them the land for their new church building. Only one photo in this group is identified.
Unidentified man in Civil War era cavalry/military uniform, possibly from 203rd PA Volunteers.
Photograph of cased image of man in Civil War military uniform. Slip of paper with image stated "taken before I left for Washington ? June 6, 1861". Possibly a member of the Kendig family.
Photograph- Cabinet card. John G. Musser, Co. F, 15th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, died Aug. 30, 1864 in Andersonville Prison, Georgia. Wife, Mary, sons, William H. and Jacob S. Musser. Musser was captured at the Battle of Chickamauga in September 1863 while serving with Co. D, 77th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.
Photograph- Cabinet card. John G. Musser, Co. F, 15th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, died Aug. 30, 1864 in Andersonville Prison, Georgia. Wife, Mary, sons, William H. and Jacob S. Musser. Musser was captured at the Battle of Chickamauga in September 1863 while serving with Co. D, 77th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.
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Cabinet card. John G. Musser, Co. F, 15th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, died Aug. 30, 1864 in Andersonville Prison, Georgia. Wife, Mary, sons, William H. and Jacob S. Musser. Musser was captured at the Battle of Chickamauga in September 1863 while serving with Co. D, 77th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.
George Rodman Sutton enlisted in Civil War at age 17. Picture shows him at Gettysburg in 1865 Son of Margaret Lovett and Joel Sutton, Colerain Twp., Lancaster, PA Brother Dr. James L. Sutton served as surgeon until captured and died a hero in Libby Prison. This photo is framed in wood with the information given in part of the frame.
Carte de visite. Unidentified Civil War soldier. Written on back: "From others in this series I would say this Jameson photographed before and during the Civil War. George A. Hyers occupied same studio after Jameson, but before 1870. Hyers was followed by W. F. Stein in same location. I have 2 photos printed on back 'Photographed by Geo. A. Hyers, front St. above Locust, Columbia, Pa.' They show the same curtain and decorations as this one, but are the later half of 1860s decade."
A writ of habeas corpus is a procedure for obtaining a judicial determination of the legality of an individual's custody. This collection includes petitions for writs of habeas corpus and the writs themselves, showing the names of petitioners, persons to be brought to court, nature of dispute or alleged crime, dates of writs and accompanying documents, names of judges, and names of persons that the writs are filed against. Petitioners include indentured servants, Freedom Seekers, free persons of color, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees.