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Civil War genealogy

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Author
Schweitzer, George Keene,
Date of Publication
c1984
Call Number
929.1 S413c
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by George K. Schweitzer.
ISBN
0913857009 (pbk.) :
Author
Schweitzer, George Keene,
Place of Publication
Knoxville, TN
Publisher
G.K. Schweitzer,
Date of Publication
c1984
Physical Description
76 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Subjects
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers - Bibliography.
United States - Genealogy - Bibliography.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Bibliography.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Archival resources.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Library resources.
United States - Genealogy - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.1 S413c
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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
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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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Prisoners who died at Andersonville Prison : Atwater list

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Author
Atwater, Dorence,
Date of Publication
1981]
Call Number
973.771 P959
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Atwater, Dorence,
Place of Publication
[Andersonville, Ga
Publisher
National Society of Andersonville,
Date of Publication
1981]
Physical Description
viii, 74 leaves ; 28 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Rev. ed. of: A list of the Union soldiers buried at Andersonville. 1890.
Subjects
Andersonville Prison.
Registers of births, etc. - United States.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers of dead.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Prisoners and prisons - Registers.
United States - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Atwater, Dorence,
Additional Corporate Author
National Society of Andersonville.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.771 P959
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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
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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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Days of darkness : the Gettysburg civilians

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Author
Williams, William G.
Date of Publication
1986.
Call Number
973.7349 H633
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by William G. Williams.
ISBN
0932751059 :
Author
Williams, William G.
Place of Publication
Shippensburg, Pa
Publisher
Beidel Print. House,
Date of Publication
1986.
Physical Description
xiii, 254 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
LCHS copy inscribed by author.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 251-252.
Contents
Chapters : First Light --- All Talk --- They're Here --- They're Gone --- Storm Clouds --- The First Day --- The Second Day --- The Third Day --- The Fourth of July --- Sunday "Sabbath of Suffering " --- Monday " Up From The Ashes " --- Tuesday " Food Bandages and Prayer " --- Wednesday "More Surprises " --- Thursday " On The Move" --- Friday "A week of Peace " --- July 11 - 12 " The Living and The Dying " --- July 13 - 19 " Some Go Home " --- July 20 - 31 " An End To Nursing " --- August and September " Lingering Effects " --- November 19 " Four Score and Seven " --- Epilogue --- List of Hospital Sites
Summary
"Many books have documented the military repercussions of the Battle of Gettysburg - but never before has an author delved so deeply into what has been a nearly untapped historical resource: the accounts of the town's 2,400 civilians, who became combatants and casualties, spies and stretcher-bearers - eyewitnesses all to this momentous event." [from GoodReads]
Subjects
Gettysburg (Pa.), Battle of, 1863
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Fiction.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Fiction.
Historical fiction.
War stories.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7349 H633
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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
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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. β., 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
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Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865

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Author
Taylor, Frank H.
Date of Publication
1913.
Call Number
974.8033 T241
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[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
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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
, they lost 216 men killed, wounded and missing. It is one ofthe higher loss percentages of all the units in the Civil War. Their service there was part of a fine stand by their brigade, led by Col. John C. Starkweather, ofWisconsin. While recovering from that battle, the brigade was assigned to guard
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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
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History of the Seventeenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, or One hundred and sixty-second in the line of Pennsylvania volunteer regiments, war to suppress the rebellion, 1861-1865

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania cavalry. 17th regt.,
Date of Publication
1911.
Call Number
974.8003 P415
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Responsibility
compiled from records of the rebellion, official reports, recollections, reminiscences, incidents, diaries and company rosters ; with an appendix by H. P. Moyer.
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania cavalry. 17th regt.,
Place of Publication
Lebanon, Pa
Publisher
Sowers printing company,
Date of Publication
1911.
Physical Description
472 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Summary
Compiled from records of the rebellion, official reports, recollections, reminiscences, incidents, diaries and company rosters, with an appendix, by H. P. Moyer.
Subjects
United States. - Army. - Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 17th (1862-1865).
Pennsylvania Cavalry. - 17th Regt., 1862-1865.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania Cavalry - 17th.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
Additional Author
Moyer, H. P.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8003 P415
Websites
https://digital.libraries.psu.edu/digital/collection/digitalbks2/id/73922
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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
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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
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