teaching school there this winter. Direct Company A, 79th Regiment Pa., 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, Chattanooga, Tennessee. No more at present, but remain your Respected Friend Kersey Bradley 8. "Butternut," a name applied to a Confederate soldier whose uniform had been dyed with an extract

. D. Spring, 1989 Pequea, PA �THE DIARIES OF WILLIAM T. CLARK (B. 1836 - D. 1911) OF CHESTNUT LEVEL, DRUMORE TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Dating from his enlistment in: CO. B, 79th PENNSYLVANIA VETERAN VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT SEPTEMBER 12th, 1861 To NOVEMBER 30th, 1865

/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Hostetter, Albert K. Title: The Patriot Daughters of Lancaster / by Albert K. Hostetter. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Patriot Daughters of Lancaster (Pa.) Lancaster (Pa.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Civilian relief. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care

such as the infamous "Columbia race riots" of 1834/35. Although the Underground Railroad and the "Christiana Riot" exemplify local resistance to slavery, it would be mistaken to think that the majority of Lancaster Countians were abolitionists or advocated the cause of the people of color. This is

mission to eternity. �After Lee's surrender, Miss Walker was escorted to her father's home near Gap, Pa., by Colonel Kelso Spear, chief of staff to General John B. Gordon, afterwards governor of Georgia and United States senator. Here, she was greeted by many of her old friends. Among these was James P

father and uncle, Colonel George Hambright, serving during the War of 1812 and after- ward. Henry was made a First Lieutenant during the Mexican War. Later, dur- ing the Civil War, he commanded the 79th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volun- teers as a colonel, and upon the mustering out of the 79th, he was

Regimental History of the 79th Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War: The Lancaster County Regiment By Harrison C. Williams Preface The Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment was recruited from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, with the exception of Company D, which was recruited from

commandant at West Point which he held at the outbreak of the Civil War. The militarists had begun to realize his ability, and he was made a brigadier general of volunteers in August, 1861, and received a brigade of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps. In the many famous battles which were fought in the

. United States. Army--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1921 Description: 52-55 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 25, no. 3 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.25

, and because of this, we have here Pennsylvania history with a decided Lancaster County flavor. This sketch is concerned with the children of those gallant Pennsylvania men who defended the Union in the years of our Civil War; and can there- fore properly be considered as Civil War history. Also, as it