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Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Civil War Collection

Object ID: MG0018

Date Range: 1859-1990

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Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Civil War Collection

Description: The Civil War Collection consists of material acquired over many years from different sources. Coverage is of Lancaster County soldiers and of daily life in the county during the Civil War. The collection contains records of various military units, family correspondence, "Home Front" papers, Civil War era diaries, the Captain John R. Bricker/Dept. of Commissary papers, celebration and reunion materials, images, newspaper clippings, and general orders.

System of Arrangement: The collection is organized by category into ten series.; The oversized documents of Series A, C, F, and H are oversized and filed flat in Box 4.; Series A Military Units: Series A contains documents of military units, including muster rolls, enlistment papers, discharge certificates, assignment and promotion records, and papers of individual soldiers and officers.; Pennsylvania Volunteers; Pennsylvania Militia; Certificate of State Regiments; U.S. Regiments; Series B Civil War Families; Benjamin Reed Family; Soldier's Letters; Series C The Lancaster Home Front; The Bounty Funds; Pension Claims; Articles; Letters; Series D Lancaster Notables; Series E Civil War Era Diaries; Series F The Captain John R. Bricker/Dept. of PA Commissary Papers; Series G Celebrations & Reunions; Series H Appendix; Articles, Photographic Prints, Blank Forms; Series I Printed General Orders; Series J Books

Date Range: 1859-1990

Year Range From: 1859

Year Range To: 1990

Date of Accumulation: 1859-1990

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Clark, James; Fass, John; Flick, Henry; Harris, Samuel; Hess, Martin D., Mrs.; Watson, George W.

Subjects: Letters; Soldiers; Soldiers, Black; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.

Search Terms: Autobiographies; Civil War; Discharge papers; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Memoirs; Muster rolls; Persons of color; Soldiers; Soldiers, Black; United States Army

Extent: 15 boxes, 212 folders, 11 books, 9 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0018

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Abraham H. Good Family Papers (MG0542); Henry Seiger's Civil War Letters (MG0570); Lewis Jones Family Papers (MG0541); Robert Clark Morrison Family Papers (MG0543); Springer Family Letters (MG0540); William M. McClure Family Papers (MG0544); William McCaskey Civil War Letters (MG0355)

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: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-18

Classification: MG0018

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Much of the collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 23 March 2022.

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The German regiment of Maryland and Pennsylvania in the Continental Army, 1776-1781

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Author: Retzer, Henry J.

Edition: Rev. ed.

Date of Publication: 1991.

Call Number: 973.34 R441

ISBN: 1585492027

Author: Retzer, Henry J.

Edition: Rev. ed.

Place of Publication: Westminster, Md

Publisher: Willow Bend Books,

Date of Publication: 1991.

Physical Description: ix, 183 p. ; 21 cm.

Notes: "WB0529"--P. [4] of cover.; Includes index.

Subjects: United States. - Continental Army. - Maryland German Regiment - Registers.; United States. - Continental Army. - Pennsylvania German Regiment - Registers.; Soldiers - Maryland - Registers.; Soldiers - Pennsylvania - Registers.; German Americans - Maryland - Genealogy.; German Americans - Pennsylvania - Genealogy.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, German.; Maryland - Genealogy.; Pennsylvania - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.34 R441

The life of Billy Yank : the common soldier of the Union

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Author: Wiley, Bell Irvin,

Date of Publication: 1997, c1952.

Call Number: 973.715 W673

Responsibility: Bell Irvin Wiley.

ISBN: 0807104760 (pbk.)

Author: Wiley, Bell Irvin,

Place of Publication: Baton Rouge

Publisher: Louisiana State University Press,

Date of Publication: 1997, c1952.

Physical Description: 454 p., [20] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.

Series: Civil War classic

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 438-446) and index.

Subjects: United States. - Army - Military life.; Soldiers - United States.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.715 W673

A Pennsylvanian in blue : the Civil War diary of Thomas Beck Walton

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Author: Walton, Thomas Beck,

Date of Publication: 1995

Responsibility: edited by Robert A. Taylor

ISBN: 0942597826 (softcover : alk. paper)

Author: Walton, Thomas Beck,

Place of Publication: Shippensburg, PA

Publisher: Burd Street Press,

Date of Publication: 1995

Physical Description: xiv, 65 p. : ill ; 23 cm

Series: Civil War heritage series ;

Notes: Includes bibliographical references

Subjects: Walton, Thomas Beck, - 1840-1913 - Diaries; United States. - Army. - Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 195th (1864-1865); Soldiers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives; Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography

Additional Author: Taylor, Robert A.,

The boys' war : Confederate and Union soldiers talk about the Civil War

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Author: Murphy, Jim,

Date of Publication: 1991.

Call Number: 973.715 M978

Alternate Title: Confederate and Union soldiers talk about the Civil War

Responsibility: by Jim Murphy.

ISBN: 0590456040 (pbk.)

Author: Murphy, Jim,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Scholastic,

Date of Publication: 1991.

Physical Description: 110 p. : ill., ports. ; 26 cm.

Notes: Reprint. Published by arrangement with Houghton Mifflin.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-106) and index.

Summary: Includes diary entries, personal letters, and archival photographs to describe the experiences of boys, sixteen years old or younger, who fought in the Civil War.

Subjects: United States. - Army - Recruiting, enlistment, etc. - Juvenile literature.; Confederate States of America. - Army - Recruiting, enlistment, etc. - Juvenile literature.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives - Juvenile literature.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Children - Juvenile literature.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.715 M978

No balm in Gilead : Lancaster's African-American population and the Civil War Era

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Author: Hopkins, Leroy.

Date of Publication: 1993.

8G n to serve as a Soldier in the Army of the United States of :Interim, for the period of THREE YEARS, unless sooner discharged by proper authority: Do also agree to accept such bounty, pay, rations, and clothing as are, or may be, lished by law for volunteers. And I, Abraham Warnerdo solemnly swear

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Responsibility: by Leroy T. Hopkins, Jr. Ph.D.

Author: Hopkins, Leroy.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1993.

Physical Description: [20]-40 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.95, no.1

Subjects: Confederate States of America. - Army - History.; United States. - Army - History; African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster; Lancaster (Pa.) - Race relations.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 95, number 1 (1993), p. 20-40Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.95

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Gathering laurels in Mexico : the diary of an American soldier in the Mexican American War

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Author: Sargent, Chauncey Forward,

Date of Publication: c1990.

Call Number: 973.628 S245

Responsibility: Chauncey Forward Sargent ; edited by Ann Brown Janes.

ISBN: 1882063058

Author: Sargent, Chauncey Forward,

Place of Publication: Lincoln, Mass

Publisher: Cottage Press,

Date of Publication: c1990.

Physical Description: xvi, 152 p. : ill. ; 21 x 27 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 146) and index.

Subjects: Sargent, Chauncey Forward, - 1828-1904 - Diaries.; United States. - Army. - Pennsylvania Infantry, 2nd - Biography.; Mexican War, 1846-1848; Soldiers - Pennsylvania - Ligonier; Manuscripts, American; Ligonier (Pa.) - Biography.

Additional Author: Janes, Ann Brown.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.628 S245

The Germans in the American Civil War : with a biographical directory

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Author: Kaufmann, Wilhelm,

Date of Publication: 1999.

Call Number: 973.74 K21

Responsibility: Wilhelm Kaufmann ; translated by Steven Rowan ; and edited by Don Heinrich Tolzmann with Werner D. Mueller and Robert E. Ward.

ISBN: 0965092674 (acid free paper); 0965092682 (pbk. : acid free paper)

Author: Kaufmann, Wilhelm,

Uniform Title: Deutschen im amerikanischen BÃ¼rgerkriege.

Place of Publication: Carlisle, PA

Publisher: John Kallmann,

Date of Publication: 1999.

Physical Description: viii, 392 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-348) and index.

Subjects: German American soldiers; German American soldiers - Biography - Directories.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Participation, German.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.74 K21

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Collection: World War I Papers of Thomas, James, and Victor Kegel

Title: World War I Papers of Thomas, James, and Victor Kegel

Object ID: MG0798

Date Range: 1917-2014

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Collection: World War I Papers of Thomas, James, and Victor Kegel

Title: World War I Papers of Thomas, James, and Victor Kegel

Description: The World War I Papers of Thomas, James, and Victor Kegel collection contains materials written and collected by three brothers who fought during World War I in the 109th Machine Gun Battalion. The collection contains letters written by the brothers to their families while in the service, and some other letters from their loved ones. There are also newspaper articles, literature on the battalion they fought in, post cards, military paperwork, and photographs.

Admin/Biographical History: Thomas Kegel (1895-1958), James Kegel (1891-1927), Victor Kegel (1898-1923) were three brothers who served together in the 109th Machine Gun Battalion during World War I. Their parents were Charles and Mary Rogers Kegel, and they had eleven children. Their family home was on 59 Locust Street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They were all drafted in 1917, and were trained in Camp Hancock in Augusta, Georgia. After their extensive training, they were sent to fight in the trenches in France. On separate occasions, each brother was wounded during the war, but they all survived and came home to Lancaster after the war in 1919.; James L. Kegel was born on August 10, 1891. He was a poultry dresser and dealer and was married to Arabella E. Raymond Kegel (1884-1966) on August 27, 1911. They had three children: Charles, James, and Mary Annabelle. James passed away at the age of 35 on February 9, 1927, due to pneumonia.; Thomas Kegel was born on January 18, 1895. He married Veronica R. "Fannie" Karch Kegel. Together, they had four children: Thomas, Helen, Dorn Anne, and John. He was a watchmaker, in addition to other various occupations. By a doctor's recommendation in 1939, Thomas and his family moved to Miami, Florida, due to his injuries and struggles with PTSD. He passed away on February 18, 1958.; Victor A. Kegel was born on March 29, 1898. He was a poultry dresser after coming back to Lancaster from the war in 1919. He was married to Ellen F. Kegel. He passed away on December 26, 1923, due to inflammation of the brain. He was 25 years old.

Date Range: 1917-2014

Creation Date: 1917-2014

Year Range From: 1917

Year Range To: 2014

Date of Accumulation: 1917-2014

Creator: Kegel, Thomas, 1895-1958

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Delmarra, Red; Eickert, Earl; Fillinger, Joe; Grim, George; Heidig, Hen; Hersh, Ted; Kegel, James; Kegel, Thomas; Kegel, Victor; Kimmel, Fred; Metzger, George; Metzger, Harvy; Rodgers, Harry; Seachrist, Harry

Other Creators: Kegel, James, 1891-1927; Kegel, Victor, 1898-1923

Subjects: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Letters; Machine Gun Training Center (Camp Hancock, Ga.); Photographs; Trench warfare; United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces; World War, 1914-1918

Search Terms: Camp Hancock, Georgia; Correspondence; Finding aids; Letters; Machine Gun Training Center; Manuscript groups; Newspaper clippings; Photographs; Trench warfare; United States Army, American Expeditionary Forces; World War I; WWI

Extent: 1 box, 61 folders, 91 items, 281 pages to scan, .5 cubic feet

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2019-03-05

Condition Notes: The dosuments in folders 24, 33, and 47 are fragile and require staff supervision.

Object ID: MG0798

Related Item Notes: World War I Collection, 1916-1972, MG-45; World War I Papers for Frank Schober, MG-797; Charles E. Schuler Papers, MG-780; William Barlow Papers, MG-781; William Raymond Elbert Papers, MG-784; Military Records for Charles A. Meisenberger, MG-782; Diary Collection, 1836-1978, MG-247; William J. Buch Papers, 1917-1958, MG-658

Notes: Donation was made possible with the assistance of Charles and Mary Brill.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level. The documents in Folders 24, 33, and 47 are fragile and require staff supervision. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-798

Other Number: MG-798

Classification: MG0798

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by EM, January/February 2019.

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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/66a494be-0124-4ba5-acb2-180580781700

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The German regiment of Maryland and Pennsylvania in the Continental Army, 1776-1781

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12806

The life of Billy Yank : the common soldier of the Union

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14015

A Pennsylvanian in blue : the Civil War diary of Thomas Beck Walton

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/32544711

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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/463570c1-e9cc-45d6-8d0b-856281071295

The boys' war : Confederate and Union soldiers talk about the Civil War

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14305

No balm in Gilead : Lancaster's African-American population and the Civil War Era

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo93

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Gathering laurels in Mexico : the diary of an American soldier in the Mexican American War

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9068

The Germans in the American Civil War : with a biographical directory

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14554

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