https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-k/roster-company-k-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/2026-04-01T20:26:21+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2026/04/01/womens-history-a-47th-pennsylvania-widow-married-by-slave-custom/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/img_20260331_092911.jpgU.S. Pension Agency's Confirmation of Rachael (Richardson) Gethers' 1898 Death_NARA_pubdomU.S. Pension Agency's confirmation of Rachael (Richardson) Gethers' date of death (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/img_20260331_182353.jpgHorse Island and Parris Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, c. 2026_pubdomHorse Island in relation to Parris Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260331_161829.jpgHorse Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina_map_2026_pubdomMap showing Horse Island (at right), Beaufort County, South Carolina (2026 map, public domain; click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260331_091834.jpgAttestation of 1847 Pringle Plantation Marriage by Slave Custom of Rachael Richardson to Bristor Gethers,_Excerpt, U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension Affidavit, 1895_NARA_pubdomAttestation made February 12, 1895 by Rachael (Richardson) Gethers of her 1847 marriage "by slave custom" on the Pringle plantation in Georgetown County, South Carolina to Bristor Gethers (affidavit excerpt, U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension File of Bristor and Rachael Gethers, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).2026-04-01T09:37:47+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/known-resting-places/regimental-memorials-by-city-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/northampton-county-soldiers-and-sailors-monument/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260330_082832.jpgPocotaligo Panel, Northampton County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Easton, PA_pubdomThe Pocotaligo panel on the Northampton County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in the Great Square in Easton, Pennsylvania (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260330_083948.jpgDedication Ceremony, Northampton County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Easton, PA, 10 May 1900_pubdomDedication ceremony, Northampton County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Easton, Pennsylvania, 10 May 1900 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260330_085411.jpgThe Bugler, Northampton County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Easton, PA_pubdom"The Bugler," a sculpture created circa 1899-1900, faces toward the sunset, atop the Northampton County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Easton, Pennsylvania (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260330_143807.jpgNorthampton's Monument Is Unveiled at Easton"_The Philadelphia Inquirer, 11 May 1900_pubdom"Northampton's Monument Is Unveiled at Easton" (The Philadelphia Inquirer, 11 May 1900, public domain).2026-03-31T02:59:41+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/known-resting-places/regimental-memorials-by-city-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/company-c-47th-pennsylvania-veteran-volunteers-monument-sunbury-cemetery/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/47th-pa-obelisk-sunbury-wreath_pubdom.jpgWreath Detail, 47th PA Obelisk, Sunbury, Oct 2023_pubdomWreath Detail, Company C, 47th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers’ Obelisk , Sunbury Cemetery, Sunbury, Pennsylvania, October 2023 (public domain). Inscription: "Co. C. 47TH REG. PA. V.V."https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/47th-pa-vols.-co.-c-monument_crissie-musselman.jpg47th PA Vols. Co. C Monument_Crissie MusselmanBronze Plaque, Company C, 47th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers’ Monument, Sunbury Cemetery, Sunbury, Pennsylvania, ( October 2034 (used with permission, courtesy of Crissie Musselman).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/47th-pa-vols.-co.-c-monument_obelisk-and-plaque_crissie-musselman.jpg.jpeg47th PA Vols. Co. C Monument_obelisk and plaque_Crissie Musselman.jpgCompany C, 47th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers’ Obelisk and Bronze Plaque, Sunbury Cemetery, Sunbury, Pennsylvania, 9 October 2023 (used with permission, courtesy of Crissie Musselman). Note the military headstone of C Company Sergeant William Fry to the right.https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/47th-pa-vols.-co.-c-monument_obelisk_crissie-musselman.jpg47th PA Vols. Co. C Monument_obelisk_Crissie MusselmanCompany C, 47th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers’ Obelisk, Sunbury Cemetery, Sunbury, Pennsylvania, 9 October 2023 (used with permission, courtesy of Crissie Musselman)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/rev.-mosheim-rhoads-c.-1870s_pubdom.jpgRev. Mosheim Rhoads, c. 1870s_pubdomThe Rev. Mosheim Rhodes, former pastor of the German Lutheran Reformed Church of Sunbury, Pennsylvania (shown here, circa 1870s, public domain).2026-03-30T16:05:18+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/known-resting-places/regimental-memorials-by-city-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/thomas-coates-grave-obelisk-easton-cemetery-easton-northampton-county-pennsylvania/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/thomas-coates-monument-inscription-easton-cemetery_courtesy-of-reh.jpgThomas Coates Monument-Inscription, Easton Cemetery, Easton, PA_courtesy of R.E.H.Inscription on the obelisk marking the grave of Professor Thomas Coates, Easton Cemetery, Easton, Pennsylvania, 2004 (used with permission, courtesy of R.E.H.).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/thomas-coates-monument-easton-cemetery_courtesy-of-reh.jpgThomas Coates Monument, Easton Cemetery, Easton, PA2004_courtesy of R.E.H.Obelisk marking the grave of Professor Thomas Coates, Easton Cemetery, Easton, Pennsylvania, 2004 (used with permission, courtesy of R.E.H.).2026-03-30T16:03:50+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/known-resting-places/regimental-memorials-by-city-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/soldiers-monument-heidelberg-union-cemetery/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/soldiers-monument_back-v.-1_heidelberg-union-cemetery-10.21.2023_courtesy-of-julian-burley.jpegSoldiers' Monument_back, v. 1_Heidelberg Union Cemetery, 10.21.2023_courtesy of Julian BurleyEach of the monument's four sides pays tribute to veterans of the American Civil War and World Wars who were members of Heidelberg Township churches (used with permission, courtesy of Julian Burley, October 2023).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/civil-war-era-artillery-soldiers-monument_left-side-v.-1_heidelberg-union-cemetery-10.21.2023_courtesy-of-julian-burley.jpegCivil War-era Artillery, Soldiers' Monument_left side, v. 1_Heidelberg Union Cemetery, 10.21.2023_courtesy of Julian BurleyU.S. Congressman John H. Rothermel facilitated the U.S. War Department's donation of a mounted cannon near the monument (used with permission, courtesy of Julian Burley, October 2023).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/soldiers-monument_front-v.-3_heidelberg-union-cemetery-10.21.2023_courtesy-of-stacy-shiffert.jpeg.jpgSoldiers' Monument_front, v. 3_Heidelberg Union Cemetery, 10.21.2023_courtesy of Stacy Shiffert.jpegMoses Metzger and Nathan Handwerk spearheaded the drive to erect this Soldiers' Monument at the Heidelberg Union Cemetery (used with permission, courtesy of Stacy Shiffert).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/soldiers-monument_soldiers-left-side-v.-1_heidelberg-union-cemetery-10.21.2023_courtesy-of-julian-burley.jpegSoldiers' Monument_soldier's left side, v. 1_Heidelberg Union Cemetery, 10.21.2023_courtesy of Julian BurleySoldiers' Monument, Heidelberg Union Cemetery, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 21 October 2023 (used with permission, courtesy of Julian Burley).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/fred-b.-gernerd-harris-and-ewing-collection-u.s.-loc_pubdom.jpgU.S. Congressman Fred B. Gernerd, Harris and Ewing Collection, c. 1920s_U.S. LOC_pubdomU.S. Congressman and former Lehigh County District Attorney Fred B. Gernerd, c. 1921 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/john_hoover_rothermel_pubdom.jpgU.S. Congressman John Hoover Rothermel, c. 1890s (public domain)U.S. Congressman John Hoover Rothermel, c. 1890s (public domain).2026-03-30T16:02:35+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/known-resting-places/regimental-memorials-by-city-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/soldiers-monument-fairview-cemetery/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/soldiers-monument-closeup_fairview_catasauqua-57x142.jpgSoldiers' Monument, Fairview Cemetery, West Catasauqua, Pennsylvania (Closeup)Eagle and Flag-Draped Column, Soldiers' Monument, Fairview Cemetery, West Catasauqua, Pennsylvania (public domain)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/soldiers-monument_fairview_catasauqua.jpgSoldiers' Monument_Fairview_Catasauqua2026-03-30T16:00:25+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2026/03/25/march-madness-american-civil-war-style/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260325_131949.jpgGravestone, 47th PA Vet Ephraim Clouser, Bloomfield Cemetery, New Bloomfield, Perry County, PA_pubdomPlaced by loved ones at the Bloomfield Cemetery in Perry County, Pennsylvania, this gravestone expresses the hope that the heart of 47th Pennsylvania veteran Ephraim Clouser is no longer distressed (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260323_133934.jpgA Southern "Slaughter House"_Charles S. Greene, Sparks from the Campfire, 1889_pubdom"A Southern 'Slaughter House'" depicted the suffering of Union soldiers at the Confederacy's Salisbury Prison Camp (Charles S. Greene, Sparks from the Campfire, 1889, public domain).2026-03-27T04:01:02+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/medical/rosters-of-wounded-deceased-and-sick-soldiers-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteer-infantry/roster-of-wounded-deceased-and-sick-soldiers-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteer-infantry-surnames-a-to-b-partial-list/2026-03-24T21:23:01+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/history-of-company-a-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteers/roster-company-a-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/2026-03-24T21:18:11+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/history-of-company-a-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteers/roster-company-a-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-adolph-finster-a-47th-pennsylvania-enigma/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260324_080311.jpgPvt. Adolph Finster's Date and Cause of Death, Co. A, 47th PA Vols, in U.S. Army Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, May 1863_NARA_pubdomThe date and cause of death of Private Adolph Finster, Company A, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, May 1863, U.S. Army and U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260324_061338.jpg1863 Death of Pvt. Adolph Finster, Co. A, 47th PA Vols._Regimental Muster-Out Roll, 25 Dec 1865_excerpt_NARA_pubdomThe 1861 enrollment and 1863 death of Private Adolph Finster, Company A, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers as documented by the 47th Pennsylvania's regimental muster-out roll, 25 December 1865 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).2026-03-24T21:15:59+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2019/12/31/a-young-regiments-first-christmas-and-new-years-day-away-from-home/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/crop_military-camp-with-union-soldiers-horses-and-tents-probably-at-camp-griffin-langley-virginia-1861_usloc_pubdom.jpgUnknown Regiment, Camp Griffin, Virginia, 1861 (public domain, U.S. LOC)Unknown regiment, Camp Griffin, Virginia, Fall 1861 (public domain, U.S. Library of Congress).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/47th-pa-vols_1st-state-color_unwatermarked.jpg47th PA Vols_1st State Color_UnwatermarkedFirst State Color, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (issued 20 September 1861, retired 11 May 1865).2026-03-23T23:19:05+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-i/roster-company-i-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/corporal-charles-h-dankel-a-soldier-pursuing-his-own-rhoad/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260318_114716.jpgAnna C. (Diefenderfer) Dankel, the mother of 47th PA Vet Charles H. Dankel, circa early 1890s_pubdomAnna C. (Diefenderfer) Dankel, shown here circa the early 1890s, was the mother of 47th Pennsylvania veteran Charles H. Dankel (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260318_113645.jpgPeter Dankel (1798-1864), father of 47th PA Vet Charles H. Dankel, c. early 1860s_pubdomPeter Dankel (1798-1864), shown here circa the early 1860s, was the father of Charles H. Dankel, who was wounded in action while serving with the 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry during the American Civil War (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260318_111718.jpgMary Ann (Dankel) Hiskey (1820-1899)_pubdomMary Ann (Dankel) Hiskey, who was an older sister of 47th Pennsylvania veteran Charles H. Dankel, migrated west from Pennsylvania to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1862 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260318_093241.jpgLehigh County Prison, Allentown, PA, 1900_pubdomLehigh County Prison, Allentown, Pennsylvania, circa 1900-1905 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260318_092241.jpgLehigh County Courthouse, Allentown, PA, 1905_pubdomLehigh County Courthouse, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1905 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260317_104502.jpgGravestone of 47th Pennsylvania Veteran Charles H. Dankel, Fairview Cemetery, Allentown, PA_pubdomGravestone of 47th Pennsylvania Veteran Charles H. Dankel, Fairview Cemetery, Allentown, Pennsylvania (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260316_151841.jpgMap excerpt of Lower Macungie Twp., Lehigh Co., PA, showing town of Millersville, now Macungie, G. A. Aschbach, 1862_pubdomExcerpt, map of Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, showing the town of Millersville, now known as Macungie (G. A. Aschbach, 1862, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260316_103322.jpgReading, PA, 1861_John Warner Barber and Henry Howe_pubdomReading, Pennsylvania, 1861 (John Warner Barber and Henry Howe, Our Whole Country or the Past and Present of the United Statespublic domain).2026-03-18T23:30:31+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-i/roster-company-i-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/2026-03-18T23:19:29+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-b/roster-company-b-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/two-rhoads-diverged-brothers-allen-p-and-george-w-rhoads/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260314_170518.jpgTilghman V. Rhoads' Name on the Masthead of Der Lecha Caunty Patriot, Allentown, PA,19 Dec 1865_pubdomThe name of Allen P. Rhoads' brother, Tilghman V. Rhoads, was prominently displayed at the top of the front pages of the German language newspaper that he published in Allentown, Pennsylvania (Der Lecha Caunty Patriot, 19 Dec 1865, public domain). https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260314_164021.jpgGravestone of James W. Rhoads (1838-1888), Linden St. Cemetery, Allentown, PA_pubdomGravestone of James W. Rhoads (1838-1888), Linden Street Cemetery, Allentown, Pennsylvania (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260314_163144.jpgHeadstone of 47th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Allen P. Rhoads, Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA_pubdomHeadstone of 47th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Allen P. Rhoads, Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, Pennsylvania (public domain). https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260312_145357.jpgObituary of Maria (Rhoads) Guth, Der Lecha Caunty Patriot, Allentown, PA, 5 Jan 1864_pubdomObituary of Maria (Rhoads) Guth, Der Lecha Caunty Patriot, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 5 January 1864 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260311_224506.jpgObit Excerpt, 47th PA Vet George W. Rhoads, Der Lecha Caunty Patriot, 18 June 1867_pubdomExcerpt of the lengthy obituary for 47th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer George W. Rhoads, Der Lecha Caunty Patriot, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 18 June 1867 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260311_220634.jpgHenry J. Rhoads' Death Notice, Der Lecha Caunty Patriot, Allentown, PA, 17 Sep 1862_pubdomHenry J. Rhoads' Death Notice, Der Lecha Caunty Patriot, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 17 Sep 1862 (public domain). https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260311_210747.jpgObituary of Hannah (Kramer) Rhoads, Der Lecha Caunty Patriot, Allentown, PA, 16 Oct 1844_pubdomObituary of Hannah (Kramer) Rhoads, Der Lecha Caunty Patriot, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 16 October 1844 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260311_201853.jpgJosiah Rhoads' Death Notice, Der Lecha Caunty Patriot, 20 July 1853_pubdomJosiah Rhoads' death notice, Der Lecha Caunty Patriot, 20 July 1853 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260307_121957.jpgCharles H. Malcolm (1902-1918), Grace Episcopal Church Choir, Allentown, PA, c. 1917_pubdomCharles H. Malcolm (1902-1918), Grace Episcopal Church Choir, Allentown, Pennsylvania, circa 1917 (public domain).2026-03-18T23:16:34+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/regimental-reunions-and-g-a-r-events/transcriptions-news-coverage-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-veteran-volunteers-annual-reunions/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_20260225_181919.jpgDuck Farm Hotel, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA, c. 1900The Duck Farm Hotel in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, shown here circa 1900, was the site of several annual reunions of the 47th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers (public domain; click to enlarge).2026-03-15T16:16:12+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/related-units/allen-infantry-allen-guards/2026-03-15T16:09:36+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-b/roster-company-b-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/2026-03-15T16:05:06+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-b/roster-company-b-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-knerr-brothers-of-longswamp-township/what-happened-to-the-siblings-of-levinus-lafayette-knerr-and-james-henry-knerr/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260306_115312.jpgFriedensville Tavern, Friedensville, Lehigh County, PA, late 1800s_pubdomThe Friedensville Tavern, Friedensville, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, circa late 1800s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260306_111901.jpgZinc Oxide Furnaces on the Lehigh River's South Side, Lower Saucon Twp., Lehigh County, PA_Currier Lithograph, c. 1857-1860_pubdomZinc oxide furnaces, south side of the Lehigh River, Lower Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, circa 1860 (Currier Lithograph, circa 1857-1860, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260306_085514.jpgCanal and Rickertsville Road, Weissport, Carbon County, PA, c. 1905_pubdomCanal and Rickertsville Road, Weissport, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, circa 1905 (public domain).2026-03-10T15:27:15+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/known-resting-places/regimental-memorials-by-city-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/lehigh-county-soldiers-and-sailors-monument/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260309_130119.jpgLehigh County Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Allentown, PA, 1905_pubdomLehigh County Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1905 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/1899_allentown_militia_at_soldiers_and_sailors_monument_dedication_allentown_pa.jpgAllentown Militia, Soldiers and Sailors Monument Dedication, Allentown, PA, 1899 (public domain)Allentown Militia, Soldiers and Sailors Monument Dedication, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1899 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/soldiers-and-sailors-monument_allentown_1-flag-1-country1.jpgLehigh County Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Allentown, PA (One Flag, One Country)Unity segment of the Lehigh County Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Allentown, Pennsylvania (public domain).2026-03-09T22:02:56+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-b/roster-company-b-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/captain-emmanuel-p-rhoads-e-p-rhoads/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/turnbull-wagon-works_2-defiance-ohio-c-1910_pubdomain-2.jpgTurnbull Wagon Works, Defiance, Ohio, c. 1910 (public domain)Turnbull Wagon Works, Defiance, Ohio, c. 1910 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/capt-e-p-rhoads-co-b-47th-pennsylvania-2.jpgCapt. E.P. Rhoads, Co. B, 47th Pennsylvania (c. 1863, public domain)Captain E. P. Rhoads, Co. B, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (c. 1863, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/capt-e-p-rhoads_crop-co-b-47th-pennsylvania.jpgCapt. E.P. Rhoads, Co. B, 47th Pennsylvania (public domain)Capt. E.P. Rhoads, Co. B, 47th Pennsylvania (public domain).2026-03-09T18:33:27+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-david-c-rose-a-pioneer-and-leading-farmer-of-st-joseph-county-indiana/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/washington-block-michigan-st.-south-bend-indiana-c.-1870.jpgWashington Block, Michigan St., South Bend, Indiana, c. 1870Washington block on Michigan Street, South Bend, Indiana, circa 1870 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/david-c.-rose-and-wife_pubdom.jpgDavid C. Rose and wife, 1821_pubdomDavid C. Rose and his wife, Mary (Frame0 Rose celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in May 1921 (14. “Pioneers of St. Joseph County Married for Hal a Century.” South Bend, Indiana: The South Bend Tribune, 21 May 1921, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/david-c.-rose_pubdom.jpgDavid C. Rose, c. 1921_pubdomDavid C. Rose, 1921 (public domain).2026-03-09T18:14:55+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-b/roster-company-b-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-hiskey-brothers-of-company-b/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/crop_heilman-boiler-works_advertisement-c.-1900_usloc_pubdom.jpgHeilman Boiler Works_Advertisement, c. 1900_USLOC_pubdomHeilman Boiler Works advertisement, circa 1900 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/crop-macungie-furnace-macungie-pa-c.-1890_pubdom.jpegMacungie Furnace, Macungie, PA, c. 1890_pubdomWilliam D. Hiskey, the father of Oliver and Franklin Hiskey, gained fame during the nineteenth century as a master builder and remodeler of iron works, including the Macungie Furnace in Macungie, Pennsylvania (Macungie Furnace, circa late 1800s, public domain).2026-03-09T18:13:29+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/sergeant-john-garber-miller-from-prisoner-of-war-to-post-war-teamster/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/crop_coalport-pa-c.-1910_pubdom.jpgCoalport, PA, c. 1910_pubdomMain Street in Coalport, Pennsylvania, looking north, circa 1910 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/garber-sgt.-john-garber-co.-d-47th-pa-vols_muster-roll-entry-1861-1865-1.jpggarber, sgt. john garber, co. d, 47th pa vols_muster roll entry, 1861-1865Muster roll entry for Corporal John G. Miller, Company D, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, documenting his prisoner of war (POW) status (Civil War Muster Roll Collection, Pennsylvania State Archives, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ironville-bridge_eli-bowen-pictorial-sketch-book-of-pennsylvania-1853.jpgIronville Bridge_Eli Bowen, Pictorial Sketch-Book of Pennsylvania, 1853_pubdomBridge near Ironville, Pennsylvania, circa 1820s (Eli Bowen, The Pictorial Sketch-Book of Pennsylvania, 1853, public domain).2026-03-09T18:12:11+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-b/roster-company-b-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-knerr-brothers-of-longswamp-township/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260304_124109.jpgBerks County Courthouse, Reading, PA, c. late 1800s-early 1900s_pubdomThe old Berks County Courthouse, Reading, Pennsylvania, circa late 1800s-early 1900s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260304_124605.jpgPenn Square, Reading, Berks County, PA, c.1870s_pubdomPenn Square in the city of Reading in Berks County, Pennsylvania, circa 1870s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260303_162631.jpgUnidentified Group, Reading Pagoda Construction Site, Reading, PA, 1906_pubdomUnidentified group observing the construction of the Pagoda in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1906 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_20260226_173400.jpgTilghman H. Ginkinger's Gravemarker, Greenwoid Cemetery, Allentown, PA_pubdomThis simple stone marks the grave of Tilghman H. Ginkinger, a stepson of 47th Pennsylvania veteran Lafayette Knerr (Greenwood Cemetery, Allentown, Pennsylvania, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_20260226_172733.jpgJohn Thomas Ginkinger (1853-1897), headstone, Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA, used with permission, courtesy of Jerry HaasHeadstone of Lafayette Knerr's oldest stepson, John Thomas Ginkinger (1853-1897), Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, Pennsylvania (used with permission, courtesy of Jerry Haas).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_20260226_141025.jpgPhoebe Home Residents, Allentown, PA, c. 1940s-1950s_pubdomUnidentified residents of the Phoebe Home on Turner Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania, circa 1940s-1950s (public domain; click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_20260226_133608.jpgMarket St., Akron, OH, view from bridge looking east, 1880s_pubdomMarket Street in Akron, Ohio, viewed from the bridge, looking east, 1880s (public domain; click to enlarge).2026-03-09T18:10:53+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-b/roster-company-b-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-haltiman-brothers-boatmen-and-brothers-in-arms/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/crop_canal-boat-waiting-for-water-to-rise-near-lock-2-east-wharton-nj-c.-1904_pubdom-2.jpgCanal Boat Waiting for Water to Rise Near Lock 2 East, Wharton, NJ, C. 1904_pubdomTwo girls watch as a canal boat operator waits for the water to rise at a Morris Canal lock in Wharton, New Jersey, circa 1900 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/crop_canal-boat-waiting-for-water-to-rise-near-lock-2-east-wharton-nj-c.-1904_pubdom-1.jpgCrop_Canal Boat Waiting for Water to Rise Near Lock 2 East, Wharton, NJ, C. 1904_pubdomhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/crop_canal-boat-waiting-for-water-to-rise-near-lock-2-east-wharton-nj-c.-1904_pubdom.jpgCrop_Canal Boat Waiting for Water to Rise Near Lock 2 East, Wharton, NJ, C. 1904_pubdomhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/canal-boat-waiting-for-water-to-rise-near-lock-2-east-wharton-nj-c.-1904_pubdom.jpgCanal Boat Waiting for Water to Rise Near Lock 2 East, Wharton, NJ, C. 1904_pubdomTwo girls watch as a canal boat operator waits for the water to rise at a Morris Canal lock in Wharton, New Jersey, circa 1900 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/crop_columbia-locomotive-gorge-bridge-disaster-high-bridge-branch-central-railroad-new-jersey-18-apr-1885.jpgColumbia Locomotive, Gorge Bridge Disaster, High Bridge Branch, Central Railroad New Jersey, 18 Apr 1885The Columbia Locomotive after the Gorge Bridge Disaster at the High Bridge Branch of the Central Railroad of New Jersey in which Henry Haltiman, Jr. was killed on 18 April 1885 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/crop_lock-2-east-lock-tenders-house-looking-west-wharton-nj-c.-1900s_pubdom.jpgLock 2 East, Lock Tender's House, looking west, Wharton, NJ c. 1900s_pubdomLock Tender's House at lock two east of the Morris Canal, looking west, Wharton New Jersey, circa late 1800s-early 1900s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/haltiman-william-h._gravestone_beaufort-sc_natalie-padgett.jpg2nd Lt. William Haltiman, Gravestone_Beaufort, SC_Natalie PadgettHeadstone of Second Lieutenant William Haltiman, Company I, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Beaufort National Cemetery, Beaufort, South Carolina (Natalie Padgett, circa 2014, used with permission).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/crop_down-among-coal-mines-weighing-cargoes-weigh-lock-lehigh-canal-paul-frenzeny-harpers-weekly-feb-1873.jpgDown Among Coal Mines Weighing Cargoes-Weigh Lock-Lehigh Canal, Paul Frenzeny, Harper's Weekly, Feb 1873“Down Among the Coal Mines—Weighing the Cargoes in the Weigh-Lock on the Lehigh Canal (Wood engraving, Paul Frenzeny, Harper's Weekly, February 1873). https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/crop_canal-lock-east-mauch-chunk-in-the-distance-c.-1860s-1870s_robert-n.-dennis-collection_nyol_pubdom-1.pngCanal lock, East Mauch Chunk in the distance, c. 1860s-1870s_Robert N. Dennis collection_NYPL_pubdomView from Lehigh County, Pennsylvania canal lock, East Mauch Chunk seen in the distance, circa 1860s-1870s (courtesy of the Robert N. Dennis collection, New York Public Library).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/crop_canal-lock-east-mauch-chunk-in-the-distance-c.-1860s-1870s_robert-n.-dennis-collection_nyol_pubdom.pngCanal lock, East Mauch Chunk in the distance, c. 1860s-1870s_Robert N. Dennis collection_NYPL_pubdomCanal lock, East Mauch Chunk shown in the distance, c. 1860s-1870s_Robert N. Dennis collection_NYPL_pubdom2026-03-09T18:07:00+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/known-resting-places/regimental-memorials-by-city-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/emaus-honor-roll/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/emaus-honor-roll_civil-war-portion1.jpgEmaus Honor Roll_Civil War PortionEmaus Honor Roll (Civil War veterans' list), Emmaus, Lehigh, Pennsylvaniahttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/emaus-honor-roll_civil-war-portion.jpgEmaus Honor Roll (47th Pennsylvania and Other Civil War Names), Emmaus, PennsylvaniaEmaus Honor Roll (Civil War veterans' list), Emmaus, Pennsylvania2026-03-06T23:56:09+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-b/roster-company-b-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-knerr-brothers-of-longswamp-township/what-happened-to-the-wife-children-and-stepchildren-of-levinus-lafayette-knerr/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260305_142334.jpgGravestone of Matilda (Hilyard) Knerr, widow of 47th PA Veteran Lafayette Knerr, Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA_photo used with permission, courtesy of Jerry HaasGravestone of Matilda (Hilyard) Knerr, widow of 47th Pennsylvania veteran Lafayette Knerr, Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, Pennsylvania (photo used with permission, courtesy of Jerry Haas).2026-03-05T23:09:30+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-b/roster-company-b-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-knerr-brothers-of-longswamp-township/what-happened-to-the-wife-and-children-of-james-henry-knerr/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_20260303_163456.jpgCrystal Cave Hotel, Richmond Twp., Berks County, PA, c. early 1900s_pubdomCrystal Cave Hotel, Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, circa early 1900s (public domain).2026-03-05T22:07:21+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/2026-03-05T21:32:48+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-hackman-brothers-trading-blue-jackets-for-blue-collars/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/crop_train-shed-broad-street-station-philadelphia-reading-railroad-1893_usloc_pubdom.jpgTrain Shed, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia Reading Railroad, 1893_USLOC_pubdomTrain Shed, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, 1893 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/11th-and-market-street-station-philadelphia-reading-railroad-c.-1861-taylors-philadelphia-in-the-civil-war-1913_pubdom.jpg11th and Market Street Station, Philadelphia Reading Railroad, c. 1861, Taylor's Philadelphia in the Civil War, 1913_pubdom11th and Market Street Station, Philadelphia Reading Railroad, circa 1861 (Frank H. Taylor, Philadelphia in the Civil War, 1913, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/47th-pa-vols_1st-state-color_unwatermarked.jpg47th PA Vols_1st State Color_pubdomFirst State Color, 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (presented to the regiment by Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtin, 20 September 1861; retired 11 May 1865, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/hackman-charles-a.-c.-1863_courtesy-of-david-sloan.jpegCharles A. Hackman, c. 1864_courtesy of David SloanLieutenant Charles A. Hackman, Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa 1864 (courtesy of David Sloan).2026-03-05T21:30:05+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/2026-03-05T21:27:21+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/about/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/47th-pa-reunion-ioof-hall-allentown-1923.jpg47th PA Reunion, IOOF Hall, Allentown, 1923Surviving members of the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry at their 1923 reunion, Odd Fellows Hall, Allentown, Pennsylvania (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/sleepingontheirarms_winslowhomer_harpersweekly-21may1864.jpgSleepingOnTheirArms_WinslowHomer_Harper'sWeekly, 21May1864"Sleeping on Their Arms" by Winslow Homer (Harper's Weekly, 21 May 1864).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/usct-recruitment-broadside-1-jan-1863_u-s-nara_pubdomain.gifRecruitment Broadside, U.S. Colored Troops (1 January 1863, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain)Recruitment Broadside, U.S. Colored Troops (1 January 1863, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/reunion_47thpavols_ioofhall_allentown_1923.jpg47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, First State ColorFirst State Color, 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantryhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/moatandwall_fortjefferson_drytortugasfl_c1934_cepeterson_loc1.jpgFort Jefferson's Moat and Wall, Dry Tortugas, Florida (C.E. Peterson, c. 1934, Library of Congress) Fort Jefferson's moat and wall, circa 1934, Dry Tortugas, Florida (C. E. Peterson, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/camp-curtin_harpers-weekly_1861.jpgCamp Curtin (Harper's Weekly, 1861)Camp Curtin (Harper's Weekly, 1861, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ruins-seen-from-the-circular-church-charleston-sc-1865-nara-111-b-4667.jpgRuins seen from the Circular Church, Charleston, SC, 1865, NARA 111-B-4667Ruins of Charleston, South Carolina as seen from the Circular Church, 1865 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/fort-taylor-key-west-florida.jpgFort Taylor, Key West, FloridaFort Taylor, Key West, Florida (Harper's Weekly, 1864, public domain).2026-03-02T00:20:53+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-k/roster-company-k-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/sergeant-major-conrad-volkenand-from-immigrant-soldier-to-civic-leader/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/closeup_volkenand-conrad-j-1875-u-s-passport-app.jpgExcerpt, Conrad J. Volkenand's U.S. Passport Application (1875, public domain)Excerpt, Conrad J. Volkenand's U.S. Passport Application (1875, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/crop_hazleton-pennsylvania1884-o-h-bailey-co-publisher-pubdomain.jpgHazleton, Pennsylvania (1884, O.H. Bailey, public domain)Hazleton, Pennsylvania, 1884 (O.H. Bailey, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/volkenand-conrad-j-1875-u-s-passport-app.jpgConrad J. Volkenand, U.S. Passport Application (1875, public domain)Conrad J. Volkenand, U.S. Passport Application (1875, public domain).2026-03-02T00:10:46+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2026/02/20/a-past-that-seems-distant-but-wasnt/2026-02-20T23:50:35+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-k/roster-company-k-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/corporal-john-edward-saylor-a-living-bridge-between-the-1840s-and-the-1990s/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_20260219_164726.jpgEdward John Saylor (1923-1999), a son of 47th PA Vet John Edward Saylor, shown c. early 1990sEdward John Saylor (1923-1999), shown here circa 1990, was the youngest son of American Civil War veteran John Edward Saylor (TBD-TBD), who served with the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_20260219_150342.jpgDowntown Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, c. 1940_pubdomA downtown area of Toledo, Ohio, circa 1940 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_20260219_135633.jpgDirigible Flying Above Madison Ave., Toledo, Ohio, 30 June 1905_pubdomA dirigible flying above Madison Avenue in Toledo, Ohio on 30 June 1905 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_20260219_112339.jpgGrand Army of the Republic Annual Encampment Decorations, Madison Ave. Looking West, Toledo, Ohio, Sep 1908_pubdomDecorations for the Grand Army of the Republic's Annual Encampment on Madison Avenue, looking west in Toledo, Ohio, early September 1908 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/265891347_b934cbf1-537c-451a-8e37-c0a149d893b0.jpeg47th PA Vet John Edward Saylor with his sister, Mary Alice Saylor Hangen, and his son, Robert Henry Saylor, The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, 1929_pubdom47th Pennsylvania veteran John Edward Saylor with his sister, Mary Alice (Saylor) Hangen, and his son, Robert Henry Saylor, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1929, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_20260218_180811.jpgMain Street, Peabody, Kansas, c. 1905_pubdomMain Street, Peabody, Marion County, Kansas, circa 1905 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_20260218_173944.jpgTroy, NY_Shopping District_River, Third and Fulton, c. 1905_pubdomShopping district, River, Third and Fulton streets, Troy, New York, circa 1905 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_20260216_204137.jpg47th Pennsylvania Veteran John Edward Saylor, 1846-1931, circa 1929_pubdom47th Pennsylvania veteran John Edward Saylor (1846-1931), shown here in 1929 (public, domain).2026-02-20T23:35:20+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-k/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/hertzog-jacob-franklin-successful-gunshot-recovery-c-1866_u-s-surgeon-generals-office_pubdomain.jpgPrivate Jacob Hertzog, Co. K, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (c. 1866, public domain)Private Jacob Hertzog, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers - Co. K, successfully recovered from a gunshot wound to his right arm. Source: U.S. Surgeon General's Office (public domain, c. 1866).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/george-junker-founds-k-company.jpgGeorge Junker Founds K CompanyGeorge Junker announces formation of a company of German/German-American soldiers for Civil War service. Der Lecha Caunty Patriot, 7 August 1861 (public domain).2026-02-20T21:14:10+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-k/roster-company-k-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/privates-conrad-nagel-and-julius-landrock-united-by-the-love-of-one-woman/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/harry-a.-hall-pa-natl-guard_a-history-and-roster-of-the-103rd-ammunition-train-by-thomas-frederick-delong-1920.jpegHarry A. Hall, PA Nat'l Guard_A History and Roster of the 103rd Ammunition Train by Thomas Frederick DeLong, 1920Harry A. Hall, shown wearing his Pennsylvania National Guard Uniform, was a grandson of Civil War veteran Julius Landrock (Thomas Frederick DeLong, A History and Roster of the 103rd Ammunition Train, 1920, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/fairfax-seminary-general-hospital-1860s-loc.jpgFairfax Seminary General Hospital, 1860s_Matthew Brady, LOC_pubdimFairfax Seminary General Hospital, Virginia, 1860s (Matthew Brady, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2026-02-17T22:08:00+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/regimental-band/roster-2-partial-regimental-band-47th-pennsylvania/the-sieger-brothers-three-very-different-life-journeys/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/crop_6th-and-felix-st.-joseph-mo-c.-1890s_pubdom.jpg6th and Felix, St. Joseph, MO, c. 1890s_pubdom6th and Feix Streets, St. Joseph, Missouri, circa 1890s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/william-h.-siegers-mother-and-siblings-renounce-executorship-of-his-will-3-feb-1874_lehigh-co.-register-of-wills.jpgWilliam H. Sieger's mother and siblings renounce executorship of his will, 3 Feb 1874_Lehigh Co. Register of WillsWilliam H. Sieger's mother and siblings renounce executorship of his will, 3 Feb 1874_Lehigh Co. Register of Willshttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/crop_eagle-house-hotel-at-left-center-square-allentown-pa-1876_pubdom.jpgEagle House Hotel at left, Center Square, Allentown, PA, 1876_pubdomEagle Hotel (left), Center Square, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1876 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/crop_william-sieger-c.-1863_courtesy-of-david-sloan.jpegWilliam Sieger, c. 1863_courtesy of David SloanWilliam Sieger, circa 1863 (courtesy of David Sloan).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/homer-ignatius-sussdorff-changes-surname-to-van-horne-university-of-california-records_pubdom-1.jpegHomer Ignatius Sussdorff Changes Surname to Van Horne, 1920, University of California Records_pubdomHomer Ignatius Sussdorff changes Surname to Van Horne, 1920 (University of California, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/crop-downtown-youngstown-1909-the-cleveland-press-collection-michael-schwartz-library-cleveland-state-univ..jpgDowntown Youngstown, 1909, The Cleveland Press Collection, Michael Schwartz Library, Cleveland State Univ.Downtown Youngstown, Ohio, 1909 (courtesy of The Cleveland Press Collection, Michael Schwartz Library, Cleveland State University).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/allen-house-northampton-northampton-county-pennsylvania-circa-early-mid-1900s_pubdom.jpgAllen House, Northampton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, circa early-mid 1900s_pubdomAllen House Northampton, Pennsylvania, early 1900s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/hotel-penn-7th-and-linden-streets-allentown-pennsylvania-circa-early-1900s_pubdom.jpgHotel Penn, 7th and Linden Streets, Allentown, Pennsylvania, circa early 1900s_pubdomHotel Penn, 7th and Linden Streets, Allentown, Pennsylvania, circa early 1900s (public domain).2026-02-15T16:07:19+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-lewis-william-blaine-from-pennsylvanian-to-prosperous-iowan/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250501_144647-1.jpgTrain Depot, Edmond, OK, c. 1920s-1930s_pubdomTrain Depot, Edmond, Oklahoma, circa 1920s-1930s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250430_214314.jpgChicago and North Western Railroad, Train Station, Carroll, Iowa, c. 1896_pubdomCentral and North Western Railroad train station, Carroll, Iowa, circa 1896 (public domain).2026-02-15T03:41:07+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/union-drum_nj-vols-1864_vogt-philadelphia_smithsonian.jpgUnion Drum_NJ Vols-1864_Vogt, Philadelphia_Smithsonianhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/st-paul-writing-his-epistles_bulogne-c-1600.jpgSt. Paul Writing His Epistles (Bulogne c. 1600.https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/1st-state-color_47th-pa-vols_small.jpgFirst State Color (closeup), 47th Pennsylvania VolunteersFirst State Color, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers.2026-02-12T22:28:19+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/reconstruction-and-migration-from-pennsylvania/births-in-or-migrations-to-northeastern-midatlantic-states-by-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-and-their-families/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_20250205_212118.jpgLillian Estelle Snyder, R.N., Clinical Instructor, Allentown Hospital School of Nursing, Allentown_PA, 1955_Snyder Family ArchivesLillian Estelle Snyder, R.N., Clinical Instructor, Allentown Hospital School of Nursing, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1955 (Snyder Family Archives; used with permission).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_20250201_191211.jpgJ. D. Snyder, U.S. Air Force Academy, c. 1977_courtesy Snyder Family ArchivesJohn David Snyder, U.S. Air Force Academy, circa 1977 (used with permission, courtesy of the Snyder Family Archives).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_20250201_173344.jpgNational Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Togus Springs, Maine, c. early 1900s_pubdomThe National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Togus Springs, Maine was home to at least one veteran of the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (public domain).2026-02-12T20:48:23+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-mcneal-brothers-of-company-c/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_20260210_141946.jpgHelen McMullen and Curtis McMullen, a descendant of 47th PA Vet Vol Francis H. McNeal, seated at the counter of the McMullen's restaurant, Port Royal, PA, 1955_pubdomHelen McMullen sat next to husband Curtis McMullen, a descendant of 47th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Francis H. McNeal, at the McMullens' restaurant Port Royal, Pennsylvania, 1955 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_20260210_140212.jpgGravestone of Sarah Milliken Bryner McNeal, the widow of 47th PA Vet Francis H. McNeal, Ebenezer United Methodist Church Cemetery, Pleasant View, PA_pubdomThe gravestone of Sarah Milliken (Bryner) McNeal, the widow of 47th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Francis H. McNeal, Ebenezer United Methodist Church Cemetery, Pleasant View, Juniata County, Pennsylvania (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_20260209_143508.jpgCentre Hall, PA, 1946_pubdomCentre Hall, Pennsylvania, 1946 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_20260209_142942.jpgBroadway, Pitcairn, PA, 1910_pubdomBroadway, Pitcairn, Pennsylvania, 1910 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_20260209_142248.jpgWalter L. Main Circus Train Wreck near Tyrone and Vail, PA, 30 May 1893_pubdomWreck of the Walter L. Main circus train near Tyrone and Vail, Pennsylvania, 30 May 1893 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_20260209_135616.jpgSouth Logan Ave., Tyrone, PA, 1940s_pubdomSouth Logan Avenue, Tyrone, Pennsylvania, 1940s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_20260209_134350.jpgCurtin Monument and Soldiers' Memorial, Bellefonte, PA, c. early 1900s_pubdomThe monument to Pennsylvania's Civil War-era governor, Andrew Gregg Curtin, at the Soldiers' Memorial in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, circa early 1900s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_20260209_125759.jpgTyrone, PA, 1897_Rev. H. W. Wilson, Tyrone of Today_pubdomTyrone, Pennsylvania in 1897 (Reverend H. W. Wilson, Tyrone of Today: The Gateway of the Alleghenies, 1897, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_20260209_123225.jpgPennsylvania Ave., Tyrone, PA, 1930s_pubdomPennsylvaniaAvenue, Tyrone, Pennsylvania, 1930s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_20260209_100830.jpgResidence of Former PA Gov. Andrew Gregg Curtin, Bellefonte, PA, c. 1890s_pubdomThe residence of Pennsylvania's Civil War-era governor, Andrew Gregg Curtin, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, circa 1890s (public domain).2026-02-11T23:26:20+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/immigration-and-immigrant-soldiers/immigrants-and-first-generation-americans-who-enlisted-with-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-for-u-s-civil-war-military-service-abridged-list/2026-02-11T03:00:51+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-thedore-kiehl-the-good-son/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/crop_kiehl-theodore-kia-cedar-creek-vols-death-ledger.jpgKiehl, Theodore - KIA Cedar Creek - U.S. Army's Registers of Deaths of Volunteers_pubdomPrivate Theodore Kiehl's entry in the U.S. Army's Register of Deaths of Volunteer Soldiers, 1864 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain; click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/crop_mrs.-elizabeth-goodwin-1904.jpgMrs. Elizabeth Kiehl Goodwin, 1904_pubdomMrs. Elizabeth (Kiehl) Goodwin was an older sister of Private Thomas Kiehl, Company C, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers ("Mrs. Elizabeth Goodwin," Los Angeles Evening Express, 27 July 1904, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/amelia-kiehl-mothers-declaration-for-pension-p.-1_pubdom.jpgAmelia Kiehl, Mother's Declaration for Pension, p. 1_pubdomPage one of the Declaration for a U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension that was made by Private Theodore Kiehl's mother, Amelia Kiehl (U.S. Civil War Mothers' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).2026-02-11T02:52:28+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-charles-h-harp-boatman/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_20251213_155141.jpgBoats at the Northumberland Canal Lock, Northumberland County, PA, late 1800s_pubdomBoats at the Northumberland canal lock, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, late 1800s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_20251215_122033.jpgFlood of 1865, Sunbury, PA_Jared C. Irwin's Reminiscences of Sunbury, 1910_pubdomIn 1865, the Borough of Sunbury was flooded by heavy rains (Jared C. Irwin, Reminiscences of Sunbury, 1910, public domain; click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_20251214_113729.jpgPublic Square in Sunbury, PA, 1844_Jared C. Irwin, Reminiscences of Sunbury, 1910_pubdomThe public square in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, 1844 (Jared C. Irwin, Reminiscences of Sunbury, 1910, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_20251213_124052.jpgUnion Army's Defense of Washington, D.C., Abridged Map of Key Virginia Sites, Robert K. Sneden, c. 1861_pubdomDefense of Washington, D.C. in 1861 from key Union Army sites in Virginia: Chain Bridge and Fort Ethan Allen at right, Langley's where Camp Griffin was located at top, and Lewinsville at left (Robert K. Sneden maps, public domain).2026-02-11T02:50:57+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-gardner-brothers-of-wyoming-county-taken-too-soon/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250818_102340.jpgPvt. Jasper B. Gardner, Co.C, 47th PA Vols, c. 1863_pubdomPrivate Jasper B. Gardner, Company C, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa 1863 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/pa-soldiers-oprhans-school-harford-pennsylvania-c-1866.jpgPA Soldiers' Oprhans' School, Harford, Pennsylvania, c 1866Illustration of the Pennsylvania Soldiers' Orphans' School in Harford, Susquehanna County, circa 1868 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/gardner-jeremiah-marth-and-children_u.s.-civil-war-widows-and-orphans-pensionspubdom.jpgJeremiah and Martha Gardner and Children_U.S. Civil War Widow's and Orphans' Pensions Card_pubdomU.S. Civil War Pension card documenting the death of Private Jeremiah Gardner, Company C, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, and the widow's and orphans' pensions awart his wife, Martha, and their children: Milo, Watie (shown as "Maty") and Nelson (U.S. Civil War Widow's and Orphans' Pension Files. U.S. National archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/mary-gardners-pension-paperwork-1879.jpgMary Gardner's Pension Paperwork, 1879In 1879, Mary Gardner secured help from her alderman in Scranton, Pennsylvania in obtaining overdue payments from her U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension (U.S. Civil War Widows' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain; click to enlarge). https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/mary-gardners-claim-for-widows-pension-attestation-of-marriage-and-death-of-husband-p.-1.jpgMary Gardner's Claim for Widow's Pension, Attestation of Marriage and Death of Husband, p. 1_pubdomMary Gardner's Claim for Widow's Pension, Attestation of Marriage and Death of Husband, Private Jasper B. Gardner, p. 1 (U.S. Civil War Widows' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain; click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/a.-jackson-gardner-1887_pubdom.jpegAndrew Jackson Gardner, 1887_pubdomAndrew Jackson Gardner, circa 1887 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/crop_jasper-gardners-cedar-creek-death-documented-by-daniel-oyster-an-w.-scott-johnston_pubom.jpgJasper Gardner's Cedar Creek Death documented by Capt. Daniel Oyster and Reg. Adj. W. Scott Johnston_pubomAttestation of Private Jasper B. Gardner's death in the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia on 19 October 1864, as given by Captain Daniel Oyster, Company C, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers and witnessed by 47th Pennsylvania Regimental Adjutant W. Scott Johnston (U.S. Civil War Widows' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain; click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/jeremiah-gardners-death-11-april-1864-camp-cadwalader-philadelphia_u.s.-registers-of-vols-deaths_pubdom.jpgPvt. Jeremiah Gardner, Co. C, 47th PA Vols_Death, 11 April 1864, Camp Cadwalader, Philadelphia_U.S. Registers of Vols Deaths_pubdomU.S. Army's death ledger entry for Private Jeremiah Gardner, Company C, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Camp Cadwalader, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 11 April 1864 (U.S. Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1864, Y.S. Nional Archives and Records Administration, public domain; click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/crop-factoryville-pa-1891_pubdom.jpgFactoryville, PA, 1891_pubdomFactoryville still retained its rural qualities into the late 1800s, as this bird's eye view illustration showed in 1891 (public domain).2026-02-11T02:49:31+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-george-w-bortell-aka-george-bortle/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/bortle-or-bartle-george-w-vols-death-ledger-entry.jpgPvt. George W. Bortle, Co. C, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Ledger Entry, Registers of Deaths of U.S. Volunteer Soldiers, 8 August 1864 (public domain).Private George W. Bortle, Company C, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Ledger Entry, Registers of Deaths of U.S. Volunteer Soldiers, 8 August 1864 (public domain).2026-02-11T02:47:28+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/corporal-timothy-matthias-snyder-a-patriots-great-grandson-and-telephone-pioneers-father/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/bayou-teche-harpers-weekly-14-feb-1863_pubdomain.jpgBayou Teche, Louisiana (Harper's Weekly, 14 February 1863, public domain)Bayou Teche, Louisiana (Harper's Weekly, 14 February 1863, public domain).2026-02-11T02:46:06+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/corporal-george-kuder-hepler-farmers-son-wounded-soldier-and-blacksmith/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251013_091646.jpgUnion Street Looking East, Bound Brook, NJ, 1910_pubdomUnion Street, looking east, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251012_171113.jpgNorth Oak Street, Mount Carmel, PA, 1908_pubdomNorth Oak Street, Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, 1908 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251012_165701.jpgMount Carmel, Pennsylvania, c. early 1900s_pubdomMount Carmel, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, circa early 1900s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251012_171402.jpgNorth Oak St., Mount Carmel, PA, c. late 1800s_pubdomNorth Oak Street, Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, circa late 1880s-1890s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251012_102142.jpgEldred Township, Schuylkill County, PA, 1864 (excerpt, James D. Scott map, 1864)Eldred Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 1864 (excerpt from 1864 survey map of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, James D. Scott, publisher, 1864, public domain; click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251009_140647.jpg"Bucks County," water color by Esther Hepler Inglesby, 1930_pubdomBucks County, a water color painted in1930 by Esther Hepler Inglesby, who was a granddaughter of 47th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer George K. Hepler (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251009_130734.jpgEmily Salmon Hepler, harpist and mezzo soprano, Curtis Institute of Music, 1928_pubdomEmily Salmon Hepler, a harpist and mezzo soprano at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia in 1928, was a granddaughter of 47th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer George Kuder Hepler (Sunday Press, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 8 April 1928, public domain).2026-02-11T02:44:39+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/officers/roster-field-and-staff-officers-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/regimental-quartermaster-james-van-dyke-sr-an-american-entrepreneur/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/central-hotel-sunbury-pa-c.-1870-pubdom.jpgCentral Hotel, Sunbury, PA, c. 1870, pubdomThe Central Hotel, Sunbury, Pennsylvania roughly five years after its 1865 sale by James Van Dyke to Henry Haas (circa 1870, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/crop_northumberland-pa_robert-mccay-c.-1846_our-town_northumberland-jr.-history-club-1946-1.jpgNorthumberland, PA_Robert McCay, c. 1846_Our Town_Northumberland Jr. History Club, 1946The town of Northumberland, Pennsylvania, circa 1840s (Robert McCay, circa 1846, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/crop_47th-pa-recruiting-ad_van-dyke_sunbury-american_10-aug-1861.jpgJames Van Dyke's 47th PA Recruiting Ad_Sunbury American_10 Aug 1861_pubdomAn authority figure due to positions he had held as constable and sheriff, James Van Dyke played a key role in recruiting Northumberland County men for military service during the early months of the Civil War (Sunbury American, 10 August 1861, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/crop_van-dyke_central-hotel-mgr-sunbury-american_jan-1861.jpgVan Dyke_Central Hotel Mgr, Sunbury American_Jan 1861_pubdomJames Van Dyke, Sr.'s Central Hotel advertisement (Sunbury American, January 1861).2026-02-11T02:42:57+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/correcting-the-record-the-finck-brothers-of-company-c/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_20251127_110154.jpgHammond, Indiana, c. 1930_pubdomHammond, Indiana, circa 1930 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_20251127_105458.jpgShattuck Opera House, Hornell, NY, c. 1930_pubdomShattuck Opera House, Hornell, New York, circa 1930 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_20251126_103556.jpg47th Pennsylvania Veteran William Franklin Finck (1843-1921), circa 1920_pubdom47th Pennsylvania Veteran William Franklin Finck, circa 1920 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_20251126_083725.jpgJohnstown, PA after the Great Flood, early June 1889_pubdomThe city of Johnstown in the aftermath of the Great Flood of 31 May 1889 (photo taken in early June 1889, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_20251126_082255.jpgSgt. William F. Finck, Co. C, 47th PA Vols, Dayton National Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio_pubdomSergeant William F. Finck, Company C, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Dayton National Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_20251126_081334.jpgPvt. Abraham J. Finck, Co. C, 47th PA Vols, Dayton National Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio_pubdomPrivate Abraham J. Finck, Company C, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Dayton National Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio (public domain).2026-02-11T02:41:12+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/1st-lt-van-dyke-procures-sauerkraut-for-the-47th_sunam21dec1861.jpgQuartermaster James C. VanDyke Procures Comfort Food for the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (Sunbury American, 21 December 1861)Quartermaster James VanDyke procured a holiday surprise for the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (Sunbury American, 21 December 1861, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/gobin-updates-sunbury-american_14sep1861_pubdomain.jpgCapt. J.P.S. Gobin Update re: 47th PA Vols (Sunbury American, 14 Sep 1861, pub domain)An update by Company C's captain, Sunbury American, 14 September 1861 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/pay-of-the-sunbury-volunteers-pay-sent-home-_-sunam30nov1861.jpgPay of the Sunbury Volunteers (Sunbury American, 30 November 1861, public domain)The 30 November 1861 edition of the Sunbury American carried the good news of pay sent home to loved ones by Sunbury's boys in blue.https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/second-state-color-47th-pa-volunteers.pngSecond State Color - 47th PA Volunteershttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/first-state-color-47th-pa-volunteers.pngFirst State Color - 47th PA Volunteers2026-02-11T02:39:39+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/officers/roster-field-and-staff-officers-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/william-m-hendricks-1st-lieutenant/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/marriage-of-william-hendricks-sunbury-american-sat-21-april-1860.jpgMarriage Notice of William Hendricks and Elizabeth Bright (Sunbury American, Sat., 21 April 1860, public domain)Marriage notice of William Hendricks and Elizabeth Bright (Sunbury American, Saturday, 21 April 1860, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sunbury-courthouse_c-mid-1800s_publicdomain.jpgCourt House, Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, c. 1850s (public domain)Court House, Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, circa 1850s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/william-m-hendricks_full.jpgSgt. Maj. William M. Hendricks, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, c. 1863 (public domain)Sergeant-Major William M. Hendricks, central regimental command, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, c. 1863 (public domain).2026-02-11T02:36:41+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/sergeant-john-bartlow-a-boatman-whose-journey-in-life-was-cut-short/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_20251117_131641.jpgSgt. John Bartlow, Co. C, 47th PA Vols, military headstone, Winchester National Cemetery, Winchester, VA_Jonelle Trimmer, used with permissionThe grave of Sergeant John Bartlow, Company C, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Winchester National Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia (courtesy of Jonelle Trimmer, used with permission).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_20251117_123846.jpg"The Rendezvous of the Virginians at Halltown, Virginia, 5 p.m. on April 18, 1861"_D. H. Strother, Harper's Weekly, 11 May 1861_pubdom"The Rendezvous of the Virginians at Halltown, Virginia, 5 p.m. on April 18, 1861 to March on Harper's Ferry" (D. H.Strother, Harper's Weekly, 11 May 1861, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_20251117_094827.jpgCorner of Jefferson and Chicago Streets, Joliet, Illinois, c. 1890s_pubdomCorner of Jefferson and Chicago streets, Joliet, Illinois, circa 1890s (public domain).2026-02-11T02:34:12+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/second-lieutenant-jacob-knoebel-keefer-pioneer-printer/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_20251203_143848.jpgDepot, Northern Central Railroad (NCRR), Sunbury, PA, c. 1860s-1870s_pubdomDepot, Northern Central Railroad (NCRR), Sunbury, Pennsylvania, circa 1860s-1870s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_20251203_132047.jpgJacob Keefer, et. al., Sunbury Daily Newspaper Office, Sunbury, PA, c. early 1900s_pubdomJacob Keefer was one of the staff of the Sunbury Daily who was photographed at the newspaper's office in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, circa early 1900s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_20251202_144258.jpgU.S. Army Cavalrymen Riding Down Market Street in Sunbury, PA, 1914_pubdomU.S. Army Cavalrymen riding down Market Street in Sunbury Pennsylvania, 1914 (public domain).2026-02-11T02:32:43+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/officers/roster-field-and-staff-officers-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-honorable-john-peter-shindel-gobin/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/crop_capt.-john-peter-shindel-gobin-c.-1863_courtesy-of-david-sloan.jpegCapt. John Peter Shindel Gobin, c. 1863_courtesy of David SloanCaptain John Peter Shindel Gobin, Company C, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa 1863 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/gobin_crop_capt-john-peter-shindel-gobin.jpgCaptain John Peter Shindel Gobin, Co. C, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, c. 1862 (public domain).Captain John Peter Shindel Gobin, Co. C, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, c. 1862 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/john-peter-shindel-gobin-g-a-r-commander-in-chief-1897.jpgJohn Peter Shindel Gobin, G.A.R. Commander-in-Chief, 1897Brevet Brigadier-General John Peter Shindel shown here in 1897 as Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic.https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/john-peter-shindel-gobin_portrait_pennsylvania-senate.jpgJohn Peter Shindel Gobin_Portrait_Pennsylvania SenateJohn Peter Shindel Gobin, Portrait, Senate of Pennsylvania, 1891-1893 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/bombardment-of-fort-sumter-currier-ives-pub-domain.jpgBombardment of Fort Sumter - Currier & Ives pub domainThe bombardment of Fort Sumter 12-14 April 1861 (Currier & Ives, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/gobin-john-peter-shindel-2.jpgJohn Peter Shindel Gobin (c. 1877)John Peter Shindel Gobin (c. 1877, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/gobin-john-peter-shindel.jpgThe Honorable John Peter Shindel Gobin (c. 1895)The Honorable John Peter Shindel Gobin, circa 1895 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/battle-of-opequan_loc2.jpgBattle of Opequan_LOC2026-02-11T02:30:20+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/letters-home/the-scribes-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/henry-d-wharton-journalist-soldier-and-public-servant/henry-d-whartons-civil-war-letters-pennsylvania-volunteers-47th-regiment-sunbury-guards-september-1861-december-1865/transcripts-henry-d-whartons-civil-war-letters-pennsylvania-volunteers-47th-regiment-sunbury-guards-september-1861-october-1865/2026-02-11T02:28:38+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-walters-brothers-bucolics-turned-patriots/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/crop_mifflintown-pa-winter-c.-late-1800s_pubdom.jpgMifflintown, PA, winter, c. late 1800s_pubdomMifflintown, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, circa late 1800s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/crop_pomeroy-academia-covered-bridge-c.1970s_pubdom.jpgPomeroy-Academia Covered Bridge, Juniata County, PA, c.1970s_pubdomPomeroy-Academia Covered Bridge, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, circa 1970s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/tuscarora-academy-c.-1850s_pubdom.jpgTuscarora Academy, Juniata County, PA, c. 1850s_pubdomTuscarora Academy, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, circa 1850s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/crop-orphan-house-charleston-sc-c.-1861_usloc_pubdom.jpgOrphan House, Charleston, SC, c. 1861_USLOC_pubdomThe Orphan House in Charleston, South Carolina was used as a Union Army hospital during the summer of 1865 when Private Emanuel Walters, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, fell ill (Orphan House, Charleston, South Carolina, 1861, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/crop_juniata-county-courthouse-c.-1860-1870_pubdom.jpgJuniata County Courthouse, Juniata County, PA, c. 1860-1870_pubdomThe Juniata County Courthouse, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, circa 1870-1880 (public domain).2026-02-11T02:24:31+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-peter-wolf-miller-soldier-and-mothers-helper/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/susan-wolfs-u.s.-civil-war-mothers-pension-award-and-amount-apr-1869.jpgSusan Wolf's U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension Award and Amount, Apr 1869_pubdomSusan Wolf's U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension Claim (pension award and amount, April 1869, U.S. Civil War Mothers' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/susan-wolfs-u.s.-civil-war-mothers-pension-claim-14-oct-1865-p.-2.jpgSusan Wolf's U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension Claim, 14 Oct 1865, Application for Pension_pubdomSusan Wolf's U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension Claim, 14 Oct 1865, Application for Pension (U.S. Civil War Mothers' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain; click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/wolf-peter-in-u.s.-registers-of-deaths-of-volunteers-22-oct-1862_pubdom.jpgWolf, Peter, in U.S. Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 22 Oct 1862_pubdomPrivate Peter Wolf’s entry in the U.S. Army’s Register of Deaths of Volunteer Soldiers (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain; click to enlarge).2026-02-11T02:20:51+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-oyster-clan-a-captain-and-brothers-courageous/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/crop_birds-eye-view-of-sunbury-pa-and-railroad-bridge-19-may-1905_pubdomain.jpgCrop_Bird's Eye View of Sunbury, PA and Railroad Bridge, 19 May 1905_pubdomainRailroad bridge leading to Sunbury, Pennsylvania, 19 May 1905 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/crop_oyster-daniel-c.-1864.jpgCapt. Daniel Oyster, Co. C, 47th PA Vols, c. 1864Captain Daniel Oyster, Company C, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa 1864 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/capt-oysters-death-headline-_-evening-star-dc-_-11-aug-1922.jpgCaptain Daniel Oyster - Death Headline, Evening Star, Washington, D.C. (11 August 1922)Captain Daniel Oyster - Death Headline, Evening Star, Washington, D.C. (11 August 1922).2026-02-11T02:14:55+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-michael-f-larkin-a-survivor-of-hand-to-hand-combat/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_20251122_183704.jpgFishbach, Schuylkill County, PA, c. 1880s, now part of Pottsville_pubdomFishbach, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, shown here circa the mid to late 1800s, is now a neighborhood in the city of Pottsville (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_20251122_112632.jpg1861 Springfield Rifle with Attached Bayonet_pubdom1861 Springfield rifle with attached bayonet (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_20251122_101205.jpgOtisville, NY_USA Location Maps, Wikipedia_NordNordWest, GNU Free Documentation License 1.2 or HigherThe proximity of Otisville, New York to the Pennsylvania border (USA location maps, Wikipedia, courtesy of NordNordWest, GNU Free Documentation License 1.2).2026-02-07T22:08:24+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-k/roster-company-k-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/sergeant-william-h-burger-a-fighter-to-the-end/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/daguerreotype-camera-built-1839_la-maison-susse-frres-lens-_charles-chevalier-pubdomain_wikipedia.jpgDaguerreotype Camera (built 1839 by La Maison Susse Frères with lens by Charles Chevalier, public domain, Wikipedia)Example of a daguerreotype camera in use during the photography years of William H. Burger. (Built in 1839 by La Maison Susse Frères with lens by Charles Chevalier, public domain.)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/burger-william-h_crop-proof-of-fatal-head-wounds.jpgSergeant William H. Burger (entry, Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 5 November 1864)This entry for Sergeant William H. Burger in the Union Army's Registers of Deaths of Volunteers documents Sergeant Burger's head wound at the Battle of Cedar Creek and subsequent death on 5 November 1864 (public domain; click twice to enlarge).2026-02-03T23:21:29+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-i/roster-company-i-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-william-s-burger-strong-hearty-and-careful/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_20260203_143833.jpgSamuel Burger, Allentown, PA, c. early 1900sWilliam S. Burger's older brother, Samuel Burger, circa early 1900s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_20260131_131017.jpgGravestone of Pvt. William S. Burger, Co. I, 47th PA Vols, Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA_pubdomHeadstone of Private William S. Burger, Company I, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, Pennsylvania (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_20260131_141739.jpgOfficer William Morrell, Allentown Police Department, Allentown, PA, c. 1890_pubdomWilliam S. Burger would likely have worn a uniform similar to this one that was worn by Officer William Morrell of the Allentown Police Department in 1890 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_20260131_134147.jpgN. 7th St., Allentown, PA, c. late 1880s_pubdomNorth Seventh Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania, circa late 1880s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_20260131_131427.jpgGravemarker Replacement, Pvt. Henry E. Burger, 202nd PA Vols, Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA_used with permissions courtesy of Jerry HaasReplacement gravemarker for Private Henry E. Burger, 202nd Pennsylvania Volunteers, Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, Pennsylvania (used with permission, courtesy of Jerry Haas).2026-02-03T23:03:55+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-i/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/u-s-steamer-mcclellan_alfred-waud_c-1860-1865.jpgU.S. Steamer McClellan_Alfred Waud_c. 1860-1865U.S. Steamer McClellan (Alfred Waud, circa 1860-1865, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/u-s-naval-academy-used-as-army-hospital_c-1861-65_pubdomain.jpgU.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, c. 1861-65U.S. Naval Academy Barracks and temporary hospital, Annapolis, Maryland, c. 1861-1865 (public domain).2026-02-03T23:01:44+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-lefler-brothers-two-paths-diverged/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_20260125_182336.jpgGraves, 47th PA Vet. Vol. Frank Lefler and His Wife, Hannah, Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA_usedwithpermission, courtesyofJerryHaasGraves of 47th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Frank Lefler and His Wife, Hannah (Sleight) Lefler, Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, Pennsylvania (Used with permission, courtesy of Jerry Haas).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_20260123_163716.jpgHeavy traffic on Colorado, looking East from Raymond, Pasadena, CA, 1926_pubdomHeavy traffic on Colorado, looking east from Raymond, Pasadena, California, 1926 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_20260123_155335.jpgParade, Grand Army of the Republic's Annual Encampment, Indianapolis, IN, Sep 1920_pubdomParade, Grand Army of the Republic's Annual Encampment, Indianapolis, Indiana, Sep 1920 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_20260123_154402.jpgE. Washington St. near courthouse, Indianapolis, IN, c. 1890_pubdomEast Washington Street, near the courthouse, Indianapolis, Indiana, circa 1890 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_20260123_152922.jpgIMG_20260123_152922https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_20260122_172632.jpgOtto Duane Lefler, The Indianapolis News, 20 Sep 1920_pubdomOtto Duane Lefler, shown here in 1920, was a son of 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry veteran Charles W. Lefler (The Indianapolis News, 20 September 1920, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_20251119_121340.jpgCharles W. Lefler, in "Men of Indiana," 1901, p. 90_pubdpm47th Pennsylvania veteran Charles W. Lefler (Men of Indiana, The Benesch Publishing Company, 1901, public domain).2026-02-03T22:57:50+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2026/02/02/black-history-month-say-his-name-then-share-his-story/2026-02-02T20:02:37+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/william-n-smith-one-of-the-most-accomplished-drummers-in-eastern-pennsylvania/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250922_114621.jpgAllentown Hospital, Allentown, PA,1950_usedwithpermission, courtesy of Lehigh Valley Health NetworkAllentown Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1950 (used with permission, courtesy of the Lehigh Valley Health Network).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250922_110409.jpgSalem Reformed Church, Allentown, PA, 1891_pubdomSalem Reformed Church, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1891 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250921_170757.jpgAllentown Band, Allentown, PA, c. 1891_pubdomSnare drummer William N. Smith, top row, second from the left, with the Allentown Band in Allentown, Pennsylvania, circa 1891 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250921_192639.jpgAdelaide Silk Mill, Allentown, PA, 1920_pubdomAdelaide Silk Mill, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1920 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/screenshot_20250920-110404.pngScreenshot_20250920-110404https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250921_123132.jpgThe Honorable Harry J. Smith (1865-1951), Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Allentown, PA, 1930_public domainThe Honorable Harry J. Smith (1865-1951), Pennsylvania House of Representatives, shown here in 1930, was a son of 47th Pennsylvania Drummer William N. Smith (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250920_110313.jpgAllentown Band, Toronto, Canada, 1903_pubdomThe Allentown Band, shown here in 1903, performed in Toronto, Canada (public domain; click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250920_110520.jpgWilliam N. Smith, third row, upper left, Allentown Band, Toronto, Canada, 1903_pubdomWilliam N. Smith, third row top, far left, was a snare drummer with the Allentown Band when it performed in Toronto, Canada in 1903 (public domain; click to enlarge).2026-01-31T19:09:48+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-samuel-h-billington-a-sheriffs-son-and-soldier/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_20251114_141018.jpgWalt Whitman's House, Mickle Street, Camden, New Jersey, c. 1892_pubdomSamuel Billington and his children lived in Camden, New Jersey during the final years of renowned American poet, Walt Whitman (1819-1892), who lived at this house on Mickle Street in Camden from 1884 until his death in 1892 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_20251114_095136.jpgGreat Flood of 1889, Milton, Northumberland County, PA, 1 June 1889_pubdomOne of many streets in the Borough of Milton, Pennsylvania impacted by the Great Flood of 1889 (photo taken circa 1 June 1889, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_20251113_131125.jpgTrain Station, Sunbury, PA, c. 1890_pubdomTrain station, Sunbury, Pennsylvania, circa 1890 (public domain).2026-01-26T19:00:35+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/regimental-reunions-and-g-a-r-events/43rd-annual-reunion-47th-pennsylvania-veteran-volunteers-22-october-1915/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250926_103654.jpgMaltese Cross, 47th PA Vols' Annual Reunion Badge, 1888_courtesy of Julian BurleyThe Maltese Cross was often used as a design element for the badges word by 47th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers at their annual reunions (excerpt from 47th Pennsylvania's 1888 reunion badge, courtesy of Julian Burley).2026-01-26T18:58:56+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/medical/rosters-of-wounded-deceased-and-sick-soldiers-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteer-infantry/roster-of-wounded-deceased-and-sick-soldiers-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteer-infantry-surnames-j-to-r-partial-list/2026-01-26T18:39:53+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-i/roster-company-i-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/captain-theodore-mink-a-whaler-and-warrior-who-ran-off-to-join-the-circus/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/captain-theodore-mink-co.-i-47th-pa-vols_circa-1870s-1880s-courtesy-of-julian-burley.jpgCaptain Theodore Mink, Co. I, 47th PA Vols_circa 1870s-1880s, courtesy of Julian BurleyCaptain Theodore Mink, Company I, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (circa 1870s-1880s, courtesy of Julian Burley; used with permission).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/henry-alexander-cooper-worlds-tallest-man-c-1880.jpgHenry Alexander Cooper, World's Tallest Man (c. 1880, public domain)Theodore Mink also toured with Henry Alexander Cooper, the "World's Tallest Man" (c. 1880, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/forepaughs-advance-party_wheeling-daily-intelligencer-wheeling-w-va-_14-july-1882.jpgForepaugh's Advance Party (Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, Wheeling, W. Va., 14 July 1882, public domain)Theodore Mink was a member of Forepaugh's Advance Party (Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, Wheeling, West Virginia, 14 July 1882, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/equestrienne-louise-boshell-c-1890.jpgCircus Equestrienne Louise Boshell (c. 1890, public domain)Theodore Mink and equestrienne Louise Boshell both traveled with Adam Forepaugh's circus during the 1870s (c. 1890, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/adam-forepaugh-circus-ad-salt-lake-city-18-may-1878_pubdomain.jpgAdam Forepaugh Circus Ad (Salt Lake City, 18 May 1878, public domain)Advertisement which rank in Salt Lake City, Utah newspapers for Adam Forepaugh's Circus (18 May 1878, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/adam-forepaugh-jr-s-clown-elephant_circus-poster-c-1880s_pubdomain.jpgClown Elephant Circus Poster, Adam Forepaugh, Jr. (c. 1880s, public domain)Another example of a Forepaugh Circus advertising bill which would have been posted by Theodore Mink (c. 1880s, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ad-for-henry-minks-coach-making-business_der-lecha-caunty-patriot_10-apr-1866_pubdomain.jpgAd for Henry Mink's Coach Making Business (Der Lecha Caunty Patriot, 10 April 1866, public domain)Advertisement in which Theodore Mink's father, Henry, announces the resumption of his coach making and repair business and in Lehigh and Northampton Counties in the space above Hagenbuch's Hotel on 8th Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania (Der Lecha Caunty Patriot, 10 April 1866, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/miss-uno-queen-supreme-of-the-snake-kingdom_adam-forepaugh-circus-poster-c-1880s.jpgMiss Uno, Queen Supreme of the Snake Kingdom, Adam Forepaugh Circus Poster (c. 1880s, public domain)An example of one of the circus advertising bills which Theodore Mink would have posted during the 1880s while working for Adam Forepaugh's legendary circus (public domain).2026-01-25T03:28:13+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-george-w-lightfoot-master-shoemaker/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251008_132556.jpgGreat Flood of 1889, Williamsport, PA, Early June 1889_pubdomThe great flood of 1889 inundated the streets of Williamsport, Pennsylvania with more than thirty feet of water (photo: early June 1889, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251006_152920.jpgMonte Sano Hospital and Sanitarium, Los Angeles, CA, c. 1930s-1940s_pubdomPostcard depicting the Monte Sano Hospital and Sanitarium in Los Angeles, California, circa 1930s (pubic domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251008_072403.jpgRailroad Yards, Bellwood, PA, date unknown_pubdomRailroad yards, Bellwood, Blair County, Pennsylvania, date unknown (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251008_071002.jpgWabash Railroad Yards, Moberly, Missouri, c. 1910_pubdomWabash Railroad Yards, Moberly, Missouri, circa 1910 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251008_065440.jpgBorough of Kane, Pennsylvania, 1907 aerial view_pubdomAerial view of the Borough of Kane, Pennsylvania, 1907 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251008_062849.jpgWilliamsport, PA, c. 1885_pubdomWilliamsport, Pennsylvania, circa 1885 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251007_183939.jpgPine Street, Williamsport, PA, During Flood, 1 June 1889_pubdomPine Street in Williamsport, Pennsylvania was still under water on 1 June 1889 due to a catastrophic flood that occurred the previous month (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251007_110433.jpgVerona Lightfoot, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, 1917_pubdomVerona Lightfoot, University of California, Los Angeles, 1917 (UCLA yearbook photo, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251006_061045.jpgBethlehem, PA_Reuben Oliver Luckenbach Painting Excerpt, c. 1860_pubdomBethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, circa 1860 (detail from the painting by Reuben Oliver Luckenbach, public domain).2026-01-10T17:39:42+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-i/roster-company-i-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-william-mensch-a-strong-man-weakened-by-disease/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250914_162105.jpgCatharine Funk Mensch, widow of Pvt. William Mensch, Co. I, 47th PA Vols, U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension Award, 1867_NARA_pubdomU.S. Civil War Widow's Pension award to Catharine (Funk) Mensch, the widow of Private William Mensch, Company I, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, October 1867 (U.S. Civil War Widows' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain; click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250914_155305.jpgPvt. William Mensch, Co. I, 47th PA Vols_Surgeon's Certificate Discharge, 14 July 1864_NARA_pubdomConfirmation of the honorable discharge for disability of Private William Mensch, Company I, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, on 14 July 1864 (U.S. Civil War Widows' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain; click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250914_142832.jpgPvt. William Mensch, Co. I, 47th PA Vols and Catharine Funk Mensch, U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension App, p. 1_1867_NARA_pubdomClaim for the war widow's pension filed in 1867 by Catharine (Funk) Mensch, the widow of Private William Mensch, Company I, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (U.S. Civil War Widows' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain; click to enlarge).2026-01-10T17:19:25+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-f/roster-company-f-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-eagle-brothers-of-pennsylvania-prussian-immigrants-who-called-catasauqua-home/what-happened-to-the-eagle-brothers-and-their-families-after-the-war/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/crop-st.-pauls-lutheran-church-catasauqua-pennsylvania-c.-1912_pubdom.jpgSt. Paul's Lutheran Church, Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, c. 1912_pubdomSt. Paul's Lutheran Church, Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, circa 1912 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/crop_1887-reunion-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteer-infantry-allentown-pa.jpgAnnual Reunion, 47th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, Allentown, Pennsylvania, October 1887_pubdomAnnual Reunion, 47th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, Allentown, Pennsylvania, October 1887 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/patriotic-order-sons-of-america-building-bridge-street-catasauqua-pa-c.-1901.jpgPatriotic Order Sons of America Building, Bridge Street, Catasauqua, PA, c. 1901_pubdomPatriotic Order, Sons of America Building, Bridge Street, Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, circa 1901 (public domain).2026-01-09T19:32:22+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-william-h-kramer/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251002_182702.jpgDiehl's Furniture, 8th and Turner Streets, Looking West, Allentown, PA_pubdomRooftop view from Diehl's Furniture, 8th and Turner Streets, Allentown, Pennsylvania, looking west, 1910 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251002_183533.jpgView from Diehl's Furniture, 8th and Turner Streets, Looking NE, Allentown, PA, 1910_pubdomRooftop view from Diehl's Furniture, 8th and Turner Streets, Allentown, Pennsylvania, looking northeast, 1910 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251002_173314.jpgTopton Furnace and Railroad Tracks, Longswamp Township, Berks County, PA, c. 1890sRailroad tracks near the Topton Furnace, Longswamp Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, circa 1890s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251002_171432.jpgP.R.&R. Train Leaving East Penn Junction Near Allentown, PA, 1905_pubdomA Philadelphia & Reading Railroad train shown departing from the East Penn Junction near Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1905 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251002_114112.jpgGravestone, Pvt. William H. Kramer, Co. G, 47th PA Vols, Greenwood Cemetery, Allentown, PA_pubdomGravestone of Private William H. Kramer, Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Greenwood Cemetery, Allentown, Pennsylvania (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250925_115825.jpgRegimental Reunion Ribbon, bottom, 47th PA Vols, Allentown, PA, 22 Oct 1915_pubdomBottom half of the ribbon designed for the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers' annual reunion in 1915, which honored William H. Kramer, who served with the regiment's G Company (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250925_115650.jpgWilliam H. Kramer, Co. G, 47th PA Vols, 1915 Regimental Reunion Button_pubdomWilliam H. Kramer was the designated honoree of the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers' annual reunion in 1915 (regimental reunion button, public domain).2026-01-09T19:29:18+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/corporal-benjamin-franklin-swartz/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250829_191652.jpgFarm of Peter Swartz, Springfield Twp., Bucks County, PA, 1850 Map, Excerpt_pubdomFarm of Peter Swartz in Springfield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1850 (see upper right of this Bucks County, Pennsylvania map excerpt, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250829_182721.jpgGrand Army of the Republic, Membership Button, Oldham Post, No. 527, South Bethlehem, Northampton County, PA_pubdomGrand Army of the Republic Membership Button, Oldham Post, No. 527, South Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania (public domain).2026-01-09T19:25:18+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-f/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/capt-henry-harte-and-men.jpgCapt. Henry Harte and MenCaptain Henry S. Harte and the men of Company F, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers.2026-01-09T19:22:58+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/officers/roster-field-and-staff-officers-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-fuller-family-of-catasauqua-leaders-in-war-and-peace/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/lehigh-car-wheel-and-axle-works-lehigh-county-pa-c.-early-1900s_pubdom.pngLehigh Car, Wheel and Axle Works, Lehigh County, PA, c. early 1900s_pubdomLehigh Car, Wheel and Axle Works, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, circa early 1900s (Lambert and Reinhard, A History of Catasauqua in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 1914, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/crop_1st-lt.-george-w.-fuller_camp-big-chestnut-va-12-nov-1861.jpg1st Lt. George W. Fuller_Camp Big Chestnut, VA, 12 Nov 1861_courtesy of David SloanFirst Lieutenant George W. Fuller, Company F, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Camp Big Chestnut, Virginia, 12 November 1861 (courtesy of David Sloan).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/crop_1st-lt.-george-w.-fuller_c.-1863.jpgCrop_1st Lt. George W. Fuller_c. 1863First Lieutenant George W. Fuller, Company F, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa 1863 (courtesy of David Sloan).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/u-s-natl-soldiers-home_dayton-oh_1878.jpgU.S. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Dayton, Ohio (public domain)This public domain image depicts the U.S. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Dayton, Ohio. (Source: U.S. Library of Congress.)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/signing_the_mayflower_compact_1620_ferris_1899_pubdomain.jpgThe Mayflower Compact 1620 (J.L.G. Ferris, 1899, public domain)Passengers of the Mayflower (Carver, Winston, Alden, Myles Standish, Howland, Bradford, Allerton, and Edward Fuller) were depicted signing the "Mayflower Compact" in 1620 in this 1899 painting by J. L. G. Ferris. Edward Fuller was an ancestor of several members of the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (image: public domain).2026-01-09T19:15:21+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-f/roster-company-f-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/crop_eagle-augustus-c.-1863.jpeg2nd Lt. Augustus G. Eagle, Co. F, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, c. 1863_pubdomSecond Lieutenant Augustus G. Eagle, Company F, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa 1863 (public domain).2026-01-09T19:05:36+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-f/roster-company-f-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/sergeant-william-henry-glace-eyewitness-to-history/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_20260109_104643.jpgGrace Methodist Episcopal Church, Catasauqua, PA, c. late 1890s-early1900s_pubdomGrace Methodist Episcopal Church, Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, circa late 1890s to early 1900s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_20260109_102722.jpgCatasauqua, PA Physician Daniel Yoder, M.D., c. 1914_pubdomCatasauqua physician Daniel Yoder, M.D., circa 1914 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_20260107_130822.jpgU.S. Post Office, Bridge Street, Catasauqua, PA, c. early 1900s_pubdomU.S. Post Office, Bridge Street, Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, circa early 1900s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_20260108_111852.jpgU.S. Presidential Election Flyer, Lincoln and Johnson, 1864_excerpt_pubdomExcerpt of flyer advertising the Republican ticket for the 1864 U.S. presidential election, urging Union soldiers and veterans to vote for incumbent President Abraham Lincoln (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_20260108_084224.jpgChattel Slavery Involvement, Thayer, Dewing & Co., Charleston, SC, 1859_Edgefield Advertiser, Edgefield, SC, 28 Sep 1859_pubdomInvolvement in chattel slavery in 1859 by Thayer, Dewing & Co., Charleston, South Carolina (Edgefield Advertiser, Edgefield, South Carolina, 28 September 1859, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_20260108_075448.jpgCanal Boats, Lehigh Canal Lock, Lehigh County, PA, c. mid-1800s_pubdomCanal boats moving coal through a Lehigh Canal lock, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, circa mid-1800s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_20260107_110224.jpgBridge Street, Catasauqua, PA, looking east, c. 1900-1905_pubdomThe view east on Bridge Street in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, circa 1900-1905 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_20260106_133142.jpgMemorial Plaque, Grave of William Henry Glace, 47th PA Vols, Fairview Cemetery, West Catasauqua, PA_pubdomMemorial plaque, grave of Sergeant William Henry Glace, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Fairview Cemetery, West Catasauqua, Pennsylvania (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_20260106_133030.jpgGlace Family Monument, Fairview Cemetery, West Catasauqua, PA_pubdomGlace Family monument, Fairview Cemetery, West Catasauqua, Pennsylvania (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_20260106_115308.jpgLehigh National Bank, Catasauqua, PA, c. 1911_pubdomWilliam H. Glace served as the first president of the Lehigh National Bank in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania (shown circa 1911, public domain).2026-01-09T19:03:21+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/regimental-band/roster-2-partial-regimental-band-47th-pennsylvania/bush-anton-musician-and-private/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_20260102_142041.jpgGravestone, Regimental Bandmaster Anton B. Bush, 47th PA Vols, Fairview Cemetery, West Catasauqua, PA_pubdomThe gravestone of Private Anthony Bush, bandmaster, Regimental Band No. 2, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Fairview Cemetery, West Catasauqua, Pennsylvania (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_20251229_113038.jpgAnthony Bush, Regimental Bandmaster, Band No. 2, 47th PA Vols, c. 1863-1864_pubdomAnthony Bush, bandmaster of the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry's second Regimental Band (shown circa 1863-1864, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/unidentified-civil-war-bugler_pencil-sketch-by-alfred-waud-u-s-library-of-congress-public-domain.jpgUnidentified Civil War Bugler, Pencil Sketch by Alfred Waud (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Unidentified Civil War Bugler, Pencil Sketch by Alfred Waud (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/wurttemburg-castle_18th-century_jakob-heinrich-renz_public-domain.jpgWürttemberg Castle, circa 18th Century (Jakob Heinrich Renz, public domain)Württemberg Castle, circa 18th Century (Jakob Heinrich Renz, public domain).2026-01-03T00:40:48+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/regimental-band/roster-2-partial-regimental-band-47th-pennsylvania/musician-daniel-h-gackenbach-e-flat-tuba-player-and-successful-farmer/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250818_171045.jpgPossible Image of Daniel H. Gackenbach's Farmhouse, Lehigh County, PA, c. late 1880s-early 1900s_pubdomPossible photo of Daniel H. Gackenbach's farmhouse, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, late 1880s to early 1900s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250818_123038.jpgLast Will and Testament, Daniel H. Gackenbach, Aug. 1909, p. 1_excerpt_pubdomFinal will of Daniel H. Gackenbach, August 1909 (excerpt, page one, public domain; click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250813_051549.jpgJane E. (Keiper) Gackenbach, 2nd Wife of 47th PA Veteran Daniel H. Gackenbach, c. 1870s_pubdomJane E. (Keiper) Gackenbach, the second wife of Daniel H. Gackenbach, circa 1870s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250813_050536.jpgDaniel H. Gackenbach, E-flat Tuba, Regimental Band, 47th PA Vols, c. 1870_full view_pubdomProsperous farmer and veteran E-flat tubaist of the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers' Regimental Band, circa 1870 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250813_051005.jpgDaniel H. Gackenbach, E-flat Tuba, Regimental Band, 47th PA Vols., c. 1860s_pubdomProsperous farmer Daniel H. Gackenbach, shown here circa 1860, played the E-flat tuba as a member of the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers' Regimental Band (public domain).2026-01-02T21:20:21+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/regimental-band/roster-2-partial-regimental-band-47th-pennsylvania/2026-01-02T20:09:13+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2026/01/01/seven-continents-the-year-of-2025-in-review/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_20251231_115008.jpgBlue Marble, Earth Viewed from Apollo 17, 1972_NASA_pubdom"The Blue Marble" (Earth, photographed by Apollo 17 astronauts, 1972, NASA, publuc domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_20251231_071937.jpgGlobal Reach, 47th PA Vols' Website, 31 Dec 2025_Snyder Family ArchivesThe blue areas of this map show the reach of 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers: One Civil War Regiment's Story as of December 31, 2025 (image courtesy of Snyder Family Archives).2026-01-01T03:05:56+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-f/roster-company-f-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-john-worley-a-german-immigrant-who-fought-to-preserve-the-union-of-his-adopted-homeland/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/crop_pvt.-john-worleys-death-st.-louis-gen.-hospital-new-orleans-la-16-july-1864_u.s.-army-registers-of-deaths-of-vols.jpgPvt. John Worley's Death, St. Louis Gen. Hospital, New Orleans, LA, 16 July 1864_U.S. Army Registers of Deaths of VolsU.S. Army death ledger entry for Private John Worley, St. Louis General Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana, July 1864 (U.S. Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain; click to enlarge).2025-12-21T22:42:38+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2025/12/20/finding-your-47th-pennsylvanian-registers-of-pennsylvania-volunteers-1861-1865/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_20251220_100039.jpgRegisters of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865, Excerpt, left side of ledger for Co. A, 47th PA Vols_PA State Archives, pubdomExcerpt from left side of register entry, Company A, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (Registers of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865, Pennsylvania State Archives, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_20251220_085756.jpgRegisters of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865_main page_PA State Archives' website_pubdomMain website page for the Registers of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865 (Pennsylvania State Archives, public domain).2025-12-20T18:10:02+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/john-d-colvin-breaking-code-to-preserve-the-union/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/mineral-springs-colliery_parsons-pa_c-1900s_pubdomain.jpgMineral Springs Colliery, Parsons, Pennsylvania (c. 1900s, public domain)Mineral Springs Colliery, Parsons, Pennsylvania (c. 1900s, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/booths-death-announcement-u-s-military-telegraph-f-a-parker-to-sr-naval-officer-pt-lookout-apr-29-1865-missouri-historical-society-pub-domain.jpgBooth's death announcement, U.S. Military Telegraph, F. A. Parker to Sr. Naval Officer, Pt. Lookout, Apr 29 1865, Missouri Historical Society, pub domainAnnouncement of the death of John Wilkes Booth (U.S. Military Telegraph from F. A. Parker to Sr. Naval Officer, Pt. Lookout, 29 April 1865, Missouri Historical Society, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/beardslee-telegraph_pubdomain.jpgBeardslee Telegraph (c. 1865, public domain)Beardslee Telegraph (c. 1865, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/union-cipher-disk_pubdomain.jpgCivil War Union Cipher Disk (U.S. Army illustration, c. 1863, public domain)Civil War Union Cipher Disk (U.S. Army illustration, c. 1863, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/standard-civil-war-union-army-signal-corps-kit_u-s-army-historical-collection_public-domain.jpgStandard Civil War Union Army Signal Corps Kit (U.S. Army Historical Collection, public domain)Standard Civil War Union Army Signal Corps Kit (U.S. Army Historical Collection, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/colvin-john-d.jpgColvin, John D.2025-12-17T23:21:48+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-first-man-to-die-drummer-boy-john-boulton-young/what-happened-to-the-surviving-members-of-boultys-family/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/thomas-edisons-coal-fired-electrical-power-plant-fourth-street-sunbury-pa-1883_pubdom.jpgThomas Edison's coal-fired electrical power plant, Fourth Street, Sunbury, PA, 1883_pubdomThomas Edison's coal-fired electrical power plant, Fourth Street, Sunbury, Pennsylvania, 1883 (public domain).2025-12-17T23:04:03+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-first-man-to-die-drummer-boy-john-boulton-young/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/the-drummer-boys-monument-sunbury-american-6-february-1864-p.-3.jpgThe Drummer Boy's Monument, Sunbury American, 6 February 1864, p. 3The Sunbury American reported on the monument erected to John Boulton Young in 1864 (6 February 1864, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/crop_young-jno.-b._variola-confluence-death-at-kalorama-17-oct-1861_u.s.-registers-of-deaths-of-volunteers.jpgYoung, Jno. B._Variola confluence death at Kalorama, 17 Oct 1861_U.S. Registers of Deaths of VolunteersBoulty's death from Variola confluens was recorded in the U.S. Army's Registers of Deaths of Volunteers in 1861 (U.S. National Archives, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/kalorama-eruptive-fever-hospital_aka-anthony-holmead-house_georgetown-dc-after-christmas-eve-fire-1865_usloc-pubdom.jpgKalorama Eruptive Fever Hospital_Georgetown, DC after Christmas Eve fire, 1865_USLOC, pubdomThe Kalorama Eruptive Fever Hospital (also known as the Anthony Holmead House in Georgetown, D.C. after it was destroyed in a Christmas Eve fire in 1865 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/47th-pennsylvanias-muster-out-roll_kia-and-deserted.jpg47th Pennsylvania's Muster-Out Roll_KIA and Deserted_John Boulton Young_pubdomEnrollment and muster-in dates of John Boulton Young, Co. C, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/crop_john-boulton-young_1860-u.s.-census-with-family.jpgJohn Boulton Young and Family, U.S. Census, 1860_pubdom)John Boulton Young and Family, U.S. Census, 1860 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/court-house-sunbury-northumberland-county-pennsylvania-1851-james-fuller-queen-usloc-pubdom.jpgCourt House, Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, 1851, James Fuller Queen, USLOC, pubdomCourt House, Sunbury, Pennsylvania, 1851 (James Fuller Queen, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2025-12-17T23:00:33+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/walls-benjamin-f-regimental-color-bearer/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/47th-pa-vols_1st-state-colors1.jpg47th PA Vols_1st State Colorshttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/47th-pa-vols_1st-state-colors.jpg47th PA Vols_1st State Colorshttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/walls-benjamin-f-_countycommissionernom_13sep1865_sunbury-american.jpgBenjamin F. Walls - 1865 Republican Party Nomination for County Commissioner (Sunbury American, 13 September 1865)In 1865, after returning from the Civil War, Benjamin F. Walls was nominated for political office. Source: Sunbury American, 13 September 1865 (public domain).2025-12-17T22:49:04+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/pyers-william-sergeant/2025-12-17T22:38:22+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/marshall-charles-l-lothard-thomas-private/2025-12-17T22:31:52+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/jacob-c-brosious-shoemaker-and-soldier/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/brosious-jared-c-shoe-shop-opening-_sunbury-american_30-april-1870.jpgJared C. Brpsious - Shoemaker in SunburyOn 30 April 1869, Jared C. Brosious ran the following notice about his new shoe shop in the Sunbury American newspaper (public domain).2025-12-17T22:24:24+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/1st-lieutenant-william-reese/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/crop_reese-william-c.-1863.jpg1st Lt. William Reese, Co. C, 47th PA Vols, c. 1862_courtesy of David SloanFirst Lieutenant William Reese, Company Cm 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa 1862 (courtesy of David Sloan).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/reese-william-crop_cowardice-dismissal-overturned-47th-pa-vols-muster-roll-2.jpg1st Lt. William Reese, Cowardice Dismissal Overturned (Muster Roll, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers)This muster roll of the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers confirms that the 1864 charge of cowardice against 1st Lieutenant William Reese was overturned in 1865. (Source: U.S. National Archives, public domain.)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/lt-william-reese_47th-pennsylvania-volunteers.jpg1st Lt. William Reese, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (c. 1864, public domain)2025-12-17T22:10:06+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-haupt-brothers-of-sunbury/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/samuel-y-haupt-c-1863.jpgSamuel Y. Haupt, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (c. 1863, public domain)Samuel Y. Haupt, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (c. 1863, public domain).2025-12-17T22:02:57+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/lieutenant-christian-seiler-beard/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/pittsburgh-pennsylvania-c.-1908_usloc_pubdom.jpgPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, c. 1908_USLOC_pubdomPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, circa 1908 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/1st-sgt.-christian-seiler-beard-c.-1864_courtesy-of-david-sloan.jpeg1st Sgt. Christian Seiler Beard, c. 1864_courtesy of David SloanFirst Sergeant Christian S. Beard, circa 1863 (courtesy of David Sloan).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/christian-seiler-beard-2-c.-1863_courtesy-of-david-sloan.jpeg1st Lt. Christian Seiler Beard, Co. C, 47th PA Vols, c. 1863_courtesy of David SloanFirst Lieutenant Christian Seiler Beard, Company C, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa 1863 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/beard-christian-seiler_c-1865.jpgLieutenant Christian Seiler Beard, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (c. 1865)Lieutenant Christian Seiler Beard, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, c. 1865 (public domain).2025-12-17T21:47:24+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/officers/roster-field-and-staff-officers-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/william-m-hendricks-1st-lieutenant/what-happened-to-william-hendricks-family/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/market-day_crop-sunbury-pa-19-may-1905_pubdomain-2.jpgMarket Day, Sunbury, Pennsylvania,c. 1905 (public domain)Market Day, Sunbury, Pennsylvania,c. 1905 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/market-day-sunbury-pa-19-may-1905_pubdomain.jpgMarket Day, Sunbury, Pennsylvania, c. 1905 (public domain)Market Day, Sunbury, Pennsylvania, c. 1905 (public domain).2025-12-17T21:33:39+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/officers/roster-field-and-staff-officers-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/william-m-hendricks-1st-lieutenant/william-m-hendricks-part-two-florida-louisiana-and-home/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/susquehanna-river-and-blue-hill-opposite-sunbury-pa_crop_19-may-1905_pubdomain.jpgBlue Hill Opposite Sunbury, Pennsylvania, c. 1905 (public domain)Blue Hill overlooking the Susquehanna River opposite Sunbury, Pennsylvania, c. 1905 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/battle-of-opequan_loc_crop.jpgBattle of Opequan, Virginia, 19 September 1864 (Library of Congress, public domain)…reports of artillery shook the earth and the air seemed filled with the whiz of shells and bullets, commingled with the cheers of men engaged in deadly strife…2025-12-17T21:30:59+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-horace-brady-robinson-a-soldier-with-the-heart-of-a-poet/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_20241230_194933.jpgH. B. Robinson, 1865_used with permission, courtesy of Amy Maurer_permission required for reproduction or redistributionThis photograph of H. B. Robinson is being presented here through the generosity of Amy (Lowers) Maurer, and is being used with her permission. This photo may not be reproduced, repurposed, or shared without the permission of Amy Maurer.https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_20241229_151309.jpg4th of July, 1894, Oil City, PA_Souvenir of the Oil City Derrick, 1896_pubdomFourth of July Celebration, Oil City, Pennsylvania, 1894 (Souvenir of the Oil City Derrick, Illustrating the City of Oil City, Pennsylvania in the Year 1896, public domain.https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_20241228_162643.jpgBrick Schoolhouse, Cream Ridge, Monmouth County, New Jersey, c. 1905_pubdomBrick Schoolhouse, Cream Ridge, Monmouth County, New Jersey, circa 1905 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_20241228_161314.jpgMain Street, Hebron Village, McHenry County, Illinois, c. late 1800s_pubdomMain Street, Village of Hebron, McHenry County, Illinois, circa late 1800s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_20241228_155241.jpgSecond Presbyterian Church, Oil City, Pennsylvania, c. early 1900s_pubdomMultiple members of the Robinson family were actively involved with the Second Presbyterian Church in Oil City, Pennsylvania (shown early 1900s, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_20241228_154802.jpgOil Well Erupting in Oil City, Pennsylvania, 1899_USLOC_pubdomAn unidentified oil well erupting in Oil City, Pennsylvania, 1899 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_20241228_153753.jpgOil City After the Flood and Resulting Benzine Gas Cloud Explosion, 5 June 1892_John J. McLaurin_pubdomOil City in the days following the Oil Creek flood, which resulted in the formation and explosion of a benzine gas cloud on 5 June 1892 (McLaurin, John J. Sketches in Crude Oil, 1902, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_20241228_144701.jpgOil City Curbstone Exchange, 1870_John James McLaurin_pubdomThe "Curbstone Exchange" in Oil City, Pennsylvania, 1870 (McLaurin, John J. Sketches in Crude Oil Illustrated, 1902, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_20241228_143857.jpgCornell University, c.1870s-1880s_pubdomCornell University, Ithaca, New York, circa 1870s-1880s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_20241228_073651.jpgMelville W. Robinson, Sr., c. 1950_The News-Herald, 30 March 1968_pubdomMelville W. Wilson, Sr. followed in the civil engineering footsteps of his father, Horace Brady Robinson, Sr. (The News-Herald, Franklin, Pennsylvania, 30 March 1968, publuc domain).2025-12-17T21:18:29+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-alexander-given-cabinetmaker-and-civil-war-casualty/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/nancy-givens-u.s.-civil-war-widows-pension-claim-history-1867-1897.jpgNancy Given's U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension Claim History, 1865-1897_pubdomHistory of the U.S. Civil War Widow's and Orphans' Pension Claims filed by Nancy (Barton Williamson) Given, the widow of Private Alexander Given, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (U.S. Civil War Widows' and Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/crop_given-alexander_u.s.-registers-of-deaths-of-volunteers-1864.jpgGiven, Alexander_U.S. Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1864_pubdomPrivate Alex Given’s entry in the U.S. Army’s Register of Deaths of Volunteer Soldiers (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain; click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/alex-givens-home-mccoysville-pa-map-1863_pubdom.jpgAlex Given's Home, McCoysville, PA Map, 1863_pubdomThis 1863 map shows the location of Alexander Given's home (public domain).2025-12-17T21:09:03+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/corporal-david-livingston-sloan-a-volunteer-fireman-who-helped-end-the-nations-most-devastating-firestorm/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/head-bw_corp.-david-l.-sloan-c.-l880s-1890s_courtesy-of-david-sloan-2022-used-with-permission.jpgCorp. David L. Sloan, c. 1880s-1890s_courtesy of David Sloan, 2022, used with permissionCorporal David Sl. Sloan in his Grand Army of the Republic Uniform, circa 1890s (used with permission, courtesy of David L. Sloan).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/crop_view-from-partridge-hill-elkton-md-c.-1900s_pubdom.jpgView from Partridge Hill, Elkton, MD, c. 1900s_pubdomElkton, Maryland retained its rural appeal well into the 1900s, as evidenced by this view of the Partridge Hill area (public domain).2025-12-17T20:54:43+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/pyers-samuel-hunter-musician/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/enlarged-left-side_1923-47th-pa-reunion_pubdom.jpgenlarged-left-side_1923-47th-pa-reunion_pubdomhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/central-square-lebanon-pennsylvania-1895_pubdom.jpgCentral Square, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, 1895_pubdomCentral Square, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, 1895 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/samuel-hunter-pyers-c.-1930_pubdom.jpegSamuel Hunter Pyers, c. 1930_pubdomSamuel Hunter Pyers, circa 1930 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/the-old-nashville_lincoln-funeral-train-engine.jpgThe Old Nashville (Lincoln Funeral Train Engine, public domain)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/unidentregpassespresrevstand_grandreview_may1865_matthewbrady.jpgUnidentified Regiment Passes Presidential Reviewing Stand, Grand Review of the Armies, 23-24 May 1864. (Matthew Brady, Library of Congress, public domain)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/u-s-capitol_grandreview_may1865_loc.jpgU.S. Capitol_GrandReview_May1865_LOCSpectators gather for the Grand Review of the Armies, 23-24 May 1865, at the side of the crepe-draped U.S. Capitol, flag at half mast following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. (Library of Congress: Public domain.)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mansfield-sabine-cross-roads_banksreportmap.jpgBattle of Mansfield-Sabine Cross Roads (8 April 1864)Map of the Mansfield-Sabine Cross Roads Area, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, April 1864. (Source: General Nathaniel Banks’ official report on the Red River Campaign; public domain.)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/baileys-dam-2.jpgBailey's Dam (Red River Campaign, May 1864Christened "Bailey's Dam" for the Union officer who ordered its construction, Lt.-Col. Joseph Bailey, this timber dam built by the Union Army on the Red River near Alexandria, Louisiana in May 1864 facilitated Union gunboat passage (public domain).2025-12-17T20:42:36+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/related-units/sunbury-guards-company-f-11th-pennsylvania-volunteers/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/harpers-weekly-montage_27july1861_battle-of-falling-waters_2july1861.jpg"Council of War" on the Eve of the Battle of Falling Waters (Harper's Weekly 27 July 1861, public domain)This public domain illustration is an excerpt from a larger montage of images from the Battle of Falling Waters, Virginia which ran in the 27 edition of Harper's Weekly. "Council of War" depicts "Generals Williams, Cadwallader, Keim, Nagle, Wynkoop, and Colonels Thomas and Longnecker" strategizing on the eve of battle.https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/naming-of-dewart-guards2_sunbury-american_25-may-1850.jpgName Change of Sunbury Greys to Dewart Guards (Sunbury American, 25 May 1850, public domain)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sunbury-greys-led-by-capt-dewart_sunbury-american_1841.jpgSunbury Greys Led by Capt. Dewart_Sunbury American_1841These two clips from the Sunbury American newspaper (above: 1841; below: 1850) document the name changes of the Sunbury Greys to Dewart Guards. Both with iterations of the Sunbury Guards.https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/gobin-john-peter-shindle-2.jpgJ. P. S. Gobin, c. 1880John Peter Shindel Gobin, former commanding officer of the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, c. 1880 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/hdw_11threg_30jun1861-sunam13jul1861.jpgHDW_11thReg_30Jun1861 - SunAm13Jul1861Letter Home from Corporal Henry D. Warton to the "Sunbury American," 30 June 1861. U.S. Library of Congess (public domain).2025-12-17T19:01:38+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-h/roster-company-h-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/2025-12-10T19:19:27+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/letters-home/the-scribes-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/henry-j-hornbeck-a-highly-esteemed-citizen/henry-j-hornbecks-civil-war-diary-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-excerpts-1862-1863/2025-12-06T10:01:30+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/letters-home/the-scribes-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/sergeant-john-gross-helfrich-yearning-for-peace-while-fighting-for-country-cause-and-honor/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/helfrich-letter-1.12.1862-p.-4-2.jpgHelfrich Letter-postscript, 1.12.1862, p. 4 (2)Postscript of letter from John Helfrich to his parents, 12 January 1862 (used with permission of Colin Cofield).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/crop_charity-hospital-new-orleans-la-1860s_pubdom.jpgCharity Hospital, New Orleans, LA, 1860s_pubdomhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/crop_helfric-john-c-disease-death-vols-death-ledger.jpgJohn G. Helfric_Co. G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers_Death Ledger Entry_New Orleans, 1864_Registers of Volunteers_NARADeath ledger entry for Sgt. John Gross Helfrich, Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, U.S. National Archives, public domain).2025-12-06T09:34:35+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/regimental-reunions-and-g-a-r-events/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/left-side_1923-47th-pa-reunion_pubdom.jpgLeft Side_1923-47th PA Reunion_pubdom47th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers' Annual Reunion, October 1923 (left side of group in front of the International Order of Odd Fellows' building, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/u.s.-congressman-john-b.-packer-c.-1870s_brady-handy.jpgU.S. Congressman John B. Packer, c. 1870s_Brady-Handy_pubdomhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/crop_32nd-annual-reunion-badge-47th-pa-volunteers-c.-1904.jpg32nd Annual Reunion Badge, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, c. 1904Badge, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers' 32nd Annual Reunion (public domain).2025-12-04T18:38:37+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2020/01/25/black-history-month-an-early-encounter-with-the-evil-of-slavery-and-a-celebration-of-washingtons-birthday-february-1862/2025-12-04T18:13:09+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2024/11/16/through-the-eyes-of-a-captain-the-sights-sounds-and-side-effects-of-the-battle-of-pocotaligo-south-carolina/2025-12-04T18:08:32+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/history-of-company-a-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteers/roster-company-a-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/battaglia-daniel-private/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/battaglia-daniel-20-march-1909-washington-post-obit.jpgDaniel Battaglia's Death Notice, Washington Post, 20 March 1909This simple notice of Daniel Battaglia's death, printed in the 20 March 1909 edition of the "Washington Post," reported the passing of an elderly man, but failed to advise readers that another Civil War hero had departed forever from the field of battle. https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/hospital-for-the-insane-of-the-army-and-navy-and-district-of-columbia.jpgSt. Elizabeths Hospital (Government Hospital for the Insane), Washington, D.C.Known as the Government Hospital for the Insane until its name was formally changed by the U.S. Congress to St. Elizabeths (the name used by patients when writing letters home due to the stigma associated with mental illness), the facility was the first psychiatric hospital to be operated by the federal government and was, according to the Library of Congress, “a remarkable innovation in this type of institution marking a shift away from incarceration treatment toward active therapeutic treatment of mental illness.” Image: Public Domain.2025-12-02T17:10:37+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/history-of-company-a-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteers/roster-company-a-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/first-lieutenant-james-f-meyers-just-a-regular-guy-fighting-to-save-his-adopted-homeland/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ely-building-and-adjacent-laboratory-building-jefferson-medical-college-and-hosptal-1881-pubdom.jpgEly Building and adjacent laboratory, Jefferson Medical College and Hospital, 1881, pubdomEly Building and adjacent laboratory, Jefferson Medical College and Hospital, 1881 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/view-from-matthew-bradys-washington-d.c.-studio_center-market-1880s_usloc-pubdom.jpgView from Matthew Brady's Washington, D.C. Studio_Center-Market, 1880s_USLOC, pubdomView from Matthew Brady's Center-Market Studio, Washington, D.C., 1880s (Matthew Brady, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/crop_mary-a.-meyers_last-will-and-testament-p.-1.jpgMary A. Meyers_Last Will and Testament, p. 1Last Will and Testament of Mary A. (Hutt) Meyers, widow of First Lieutenant James F. Meyers, 6 September 1879, p. 1 (Clerk of the Orphans Court of Northampton County, Easton, Pennsylvania, probated 15 September 1879, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/view-of-batimore-maryland-fron-the-north-c.-1862_sachse_usloc-pubdom.jpgView of Baltimore, Maryland from the north, c. 1862_Sachse_USLOC, pubdomView of Baltimore, Maryland from the north, circa 1862 (Sachse, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/crop-1st-lt.-james-meyers-co.-a-c.-1863_pubdom.jpeg1st Lt. James Meyers, Co. A, c. 1863_pubdomFirst Lieutenant James F. Meyers, Company A, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa 1863 (public domain).2025-12-02T17:06:10+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2023/10/11/learn-more-about-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/2025-11-28T22:42:19+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2023/10/13/the-demographics-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteer-infantry/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/lt.-col.-g.w.-alexander-and-47th-pa-officers-fort-jefferson-c.-1863_pubdom.jpgLt. Col. G.W. Alexander and 47th PA Officers, Fort Jefferson c. 1863_pubdomLieutenant-Colonel George Warren Alexander, second-in-command, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, with officers from the 47th, Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida, circa 1863 (public domain).2025-11-28T22:25:28+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2017/10/19/sheridans-tide-turning-shenandoah-valley-campaign-the-battle-of-cedar-creek-and-its-aftermath-virginia-october-december-1864/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/salisbury_pa-monument-sec-c-n-side-elevation-view-to-south_loc_pubdomain.jpgPennsylvania Monument, Salisbury National Cemetery, Salsibury, North Carolina (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)The Pennsylvania Monument, Salisbury National Cemetery, site of the former Confederate prison camp where so many 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers died from starvation or disease, and were buried in unmarked mass graves (Section C, North side elevation looking south, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sgt-william-pyers_headstone_winchester-national-cemetery_randy-fletcher_used-with-permission.jpgSgt. William Pyers_Headstone_Winchester National Cemetery, Virginia (Randy Fletcher, 2014, used with permission)Headstone of Sergeant William Pyers, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Co. C, Winchester National Cemetery, Virginia; he was killed in the fighting at the Cooley Farm during the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, 19 October 1864 (courtesy of Randy Fletcher, 2014).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/lincolns-letter-to-sheridan_22-oct-1864_us-loc-pubdomain.jpgLincoln's Letter to Sheridan (22 Oct 1864, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)On 22 Oct 1864, President Abraham Lincoln wrote this letter congratulating Major-General Philip Sheridan for his victory at Cedar Creek on 19 October (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sheridans-final-charge-at-winchester_l-prang-and-co-_1886_loc_pubdomain.jpgSheridan's Final Charge at Winchester_L. Prang and Co._1886_LOC_pubdomainhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/winchester_aka-sheridans-horse-rienzi-post-civil-war_smithsonian_pubdomain.jpgWinchester (aka Sheridan's Horse Rienzi), Post-Civil War (Smithsonian, public domain)U.S. Army Major-General Philip H. Sheridan’s horse, Rienzi, was also known as “Winchester.” The famed steed is shown here in Washington, D.C. post-Civil War (Smithsonian institute, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/union-veterans-reunion-belle-grove-house-virginia-1883_usnps_pubdomain.jpgUnion Veterans' Reunion, Belle Grove House, Virginia, 1883 (U.S. National Park Service, pubic domain)In 1883, Union Army veterans gathered for a reunion at Belle Grove House, the site of former Major-General Philip H. Sheridan’s headquarters in the lead-up to the 19 October Battle of Cedar Creek Virginia (U.S. National Park Service, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/custers-division-retiring-from-mount-jackson-shenandoah-valley-7-oct-1864_alfred-waud_us-loc_pubdomain.jpgCuster's Division Retiring from Mount Jackson, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia (7 Oct 1864, Alfred Waud, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Custer’s Division Retiring from Mount Jackson, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, 7 October 1864 (Alfred Waud, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/crop_surprise-at-cedar-creek_csa-attacks-rear-of-xix-u-s-army_alfred-waud_1864_pubdomain-2.jpgSurprise at Cedar Creek, CSA Attacks Rear of XIX U.S. Army (Alfred Waud, 1864, public domain)Alfred Waud’s 1864 sketch, "Surprise at Cedar Creek," captured the flanking attack on the rear of Union Brigadier-General William Emory’s 19th Corps by Lieutenant-General Jubal Early’s Confederate army, and the subsequent resistance by Emory’s troops from their Union rifle-pit positions, 19 October 1864 (public domain).2025-11-28T18:27:53+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2025/11/07/on-crutches-convalescing-in-carolina-the-fight-by-pocotaligos-wounded-to-recover/2025-11-28T18:19:48+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/letters-home/the-scribes-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/henry-d-wharton-journalist-soldier-and-public-servant/henry-d-whartons-civil-war-letters-pennsylvania-volunteers-47th-regiment-sunbury-guards-september-1861-december-1865/henry-d-whartons-civil-war-letters-1864-pennsylvania-volunteers-47th-regiment/transcripts-1864-henry-d-whartons-civil-war-letters-pennsylvania-volunteers-47th-regiment-sunbury-guards-september-1861-october-1865/2025-11-28T18:17:08+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-h/roster-company-h-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/mckibbin-robert-private/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250605_133307.jpgPhiladelphia, PA, 1850_John William Hill_Smith Brothers & Co._pubdomView from Girard College to the south, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1850 (John William Hill, Smith Brothers & Co., public domain).2025-11-28T17:23:20+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2023/10/22/first-blood-the-battle-of-pocotaligo-south-carolina-22-october-1862/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/gobin-john-peter-shindel_pubdom.jpgCapt. John Peter Shindel Gobin, Co. C, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, c. 1863_pubdomCaptain John Peter Shindel Gobin, Co. C, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, shown here circa 1863, went on to become Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania after the war (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/crop_eaton-mehles-map_pocotaligo-coosawhatchie-expedition-route_22oct1862_usnara_highlighted-les-2023-1.jpgCrop_Eaton-Mehles Map_Pocotaligo-Coosawhatchie Expedition Route_22Oct1862_USNara_highlighted, LES, 2023https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/crop_eaton-mehles-map_pocotaligo-coosawhatchie-expedition-route_22oct1862_usnara_highlighted-les-2023.jpgFrampton Excerpt_Eaton-Mehles Map_Pocotaligo-Coosawhatchie Expedition Route_22Oct1862_USNara_pubdomExcerpt from the U.S. Army map of the Pocotaligo-Coosawhatchie Expedition, 22 October 1862, showing the Caston and Frampton plantations in relation to the town of Pocotaligo, the Pocotaligo bridge and the Charleston & Savannah Railroad (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/commencement-of-the-battle-of-pocotaligo_frank-leslies-illustrated_oct-1862_large_pubdom.jpgCommencement of the Battle of Pocotaligo_Frank Leslie's Illustrated_Oct 1862_pubdom"The Commencement of the Battle near Pocotaligo River" (Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, October 1862, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/destruction-of-coosawhatchie-rr-track-and-48th-federals-firing-on-train_frank-leslies-illustrated_oct-1862_pubdom.jpgDestruction of Coosawhatchie RR Track and 48th Federals Firing on Train_Frank Leslie's Illustrated_Oct 1862_pubdom"Destruction of Railroad Track by Federal Troops" and "Attack on a Rebel Train by 48th Vol. Regt." ("The commencement of the battle near Pocotaligo River," Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, October 1862, public domain). Note: The "48th Vol." Regt." pictured here was most likely the 48th New York Volunteer Infantry.https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/eaton-mehles-map-pocotaligo-coosawhatchie-expedition-22oct1862_annotated.jpgEaton-Mehles Map, Pocotaligo-Coosawhatchie Expedition, 22Oct1862_highlighted by LES, 2023Highlighted version of the U.S. Army map of the Coosawhatchie-Pocotaligo Expedition, 22 October 1862 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/mackays-point_frank-leslies-illustrated_oct-1862_pubdom.jpgLanding of the National Troops at Mackey's Point_Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, October 1862_pubdomLanding of the U.S. Tenth Army Corps at Mackay's Point, South Carolina at the start of the Expedition to Pocotaligo, 22 October 1862 ("The commencement of the Battle near Pocotaligo," Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, October 1862, public domain).2025-11-23T06:43:08+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2023/10/24/first-blood-the-battle-of-pocotaligo-south-carolina-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-perspective-october-22-1862/2025-11-23T06:39:33+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/key-battles-transports-and-duty-stations/official-battle-reports/reports-of-brigadier-general-john-m-brannan-commanding-battle-of-pocotaligo-south-carolina-24-october-and-6-november-1862/2025-11-23T05:49:48+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-h/roster-company-h-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/from-brothers-in-law-to-brothers-in-arms-2nd-lieutenant-christian-k-breneman-and-private-george-w-zinn-co-h-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/crop_breneman-christian-c.-1863.jpg2nd Lt. Christian Breneman, Co. H, 47th PA Vols, c. 1863_courtesy of David SloanSecond Lieutenant Christian Breneman, Company H, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa 1863 (courtesy of David Sloan).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/breneman-christian-k-47th-pa-vols-co-h-enrollment-and-muster-in-muster-roll-1861.jpgBreneman, Christian K. - 47th PA Vols, Co. H, Enrollment and Muster-in, Muster Roll, 1861Muster roll entry for 2nd Lieutenant Christian K. Breneman, Company H, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, showing Newport, Pennsylvania enrollment and Washington, D.C. muster-in (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/margaret-jane-breneman-c-1863.jpgMargaret Jane (Zinn) Breneman (public domain)Margaret Jane (Zinn) Breneman, wife of Christian K. Breneman, 2nd Lieutenant, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (c. 1863, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2nd-lt-christian-k-breneman-co-h-47th-pa-volunteers.jpg2nd Lt. Christian K. Breneman, Co. H, 47th PA Volunteers (public domain)2nd Lt. Christian K. Breneman, Co. H, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (c. 1863, public domain).2025-11-23T05:40:02+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-joseph-berry-gray-a-public-servant-who-became-the-last-surviving-civil-war-veteran-of-his-community/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_20250411_204546.jpgNew Locks, Yamhill River_Morning Oregonian, 22 Sept 1900_pubdomA turn-of-the-century sketch of the Yamhill River illustrated how rural Lafayette, Oregon still was after William Gray's death (Morning Oregonian, 22 September 1900, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_20250411_165235.jpgBank of Rinard, Rinard, Wayne County, Illinois, c. 1902-1903_pubdomBank of Rinard, Rinard, Wayne County, Illinois, circa 1902-1903 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_20250410_112741.jpgMethodist Training Camp Building, Newton Hamilton, PA, c. 1940s_pubdomA building at the Methodist Training Camp, Newton Hamilton, Pennsylvania, circa 1940s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_20250410_115454.jpgJoseph Berry Gray's Gravestone, Newton Hamilton Cemetery, Juniata County, PA_MonaAnderson, 1910_usedwithpermissionJoseph Berry Gray's gravestone, Newton Hamilton Memorial Cemetery, Newton Hamilton, Pennsylvania, 1910 (used with permission, courtesy of Mona Anderson). https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_20250410_114139.jpgEntrance, Methodist Training Camp, Newton Hamilton, PA, c. 1920s_pubdomUnidentified visitors at the entrance to the Methodist Training Camp, Newton Hamilton, Pennsylvania, circa mid to late 1920s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_20250409_135134.jpgRingling Brothers Circus Parade, Altoona, Blair County, PA, 1910_pubdomRingling Brothers Circus Parade, Altoona, Pennsylvania, 1910 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_20250406_103106.jpgHuntingdon, PA_William Egle's History of the Commonwealth of PA, 1883_pubdomHuntingdon, Pennsylvania, circa 1883 (William H. Egle, History of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1883, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_20250404_093236.jpgJoseph Berry Gray (1843-1927), circa early 1920s_pubdomJoseph Berry Gray, circa early 1920s (public domain).2025-11-18T17:23:40+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/unassigned-men/the-fighting-keisers-father-and-son-uriah-and-emanuel/2025-11-18T16:42:46+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2017/09/03/sheridans-tide-turning-shenandoah-valley-campaign-from-lead-up-through-aftermath-virginia-july-december-1864/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/crop_gen.-crooks-battle-near-berryville-va-sep.-3-1864_james-e.-taylor_pubdom.jpgGen. Crook's Battle near Berryville, VA, Sep. 3, 1864_James E. Taylor_pubdomGeneral Crook's Battle Near Berryville, Virginia, September 3, 1864 (James E. Taylor, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/hdw_sept1864-opequan-fishershill_timsnyder-kneewound_sunam8oct1864.jpgCorp. Timothy Snyder's Knee Wound Described by Henry D. Wharton, 47th Pennsylvania (September 1864, Sunbury American, public domain)Corporal Timothy Snyder's Knee Wound Described by Henry D. Wharton, 47th Pennsylvania (September 1864, Sunbury American, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/battlefields-of-fishers-hill-and-cedar-creek-va-public-domain.jpgBattlefields of Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek, VA (U.S. Engineers' Map, Lt. Col. Gillespie, 1873, public domain)Battlefields of Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek, VA (U.S. Engineers' Map, Lt. Col. G. L. Gillespie, 1873, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/crop_on-the-advance-to-fishers-hill-forward-the-skirmishers_alfred-waud_22-september-1864_us-loc.jpgOn the Advance to Fisher's Hill, Forward the Skirmishers (Alfred Waud, 22 September 1864, U.S. LOC, public domain)On the Advance to Fisher's Hill, Forward the Skirmishers (Alfred Waud, 22 September 1864, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/crop_old-battle-grounds-fishers-hill-c-1892_william-henry-jackson_detroit-publishing-co-_u-s-loc.jpgOld Battle Grounds, Fisher's Hill, VA (c. 1892, William Henry Jackson, Detroit Publishing Co., U.S. LOC, public domain)Fisher's Hill, Virginia, c. 1892 (William Henry Jackson, Detroit Publishing Co., U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/battle-of-winchester-harpers-weekly-8-october-1864_aka-opequan.jpgBattle of Winchester, 19 September 1864 (Harper's Weekly, 8 October 1864, public domain)Battle of Winchester, 19 September 1864 (Harper's Weekly, 8 October 1864, public domain). Also known as the Battle of Opequan or Third Winchester.https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/opequon-crossing_courtesy-of-smu_c-1930s.jpgOpequon Crossing, c. 1930s (courtesy of Southern Methodist University)Opequon Crossing, c. 1930s (courtesy of Southern Methodist University).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/maj-gen-philip-sheridan_u-s-army_c-1864_us-loc_pubdomain.jpgMaj. Gen. Philip Sheridan_U.S. Army (c. 1864, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Major-General Philip Sheridan, U.S. Army (c. 1864, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/winchester-virginia-c-1862_usamhi_pubdomain.jpgWinchester, Virginia (c. 1862, USAMHI, public domain)Winchester, Virginia (c. 1862, U.S. Army, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/berryville-crop-from-west-1aug1884-t-d-biscoe-southern-methodist-univ.jpgBerryville rom West (1 Aug 1884, T.D. Biscoe, Southern Methodist Univ)INSERT BERRYVILLE PIKE PHOTO [“Berryville From West, 1 August 1864]: Caption: “Berryville from the West. Blue Ridge on the Horizon,” according to T. D. Biscoe DeGloyer, who photographed the Berryville Pike on 1 August 1884 – two decades after the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers fought in this vicinity (photo T. D. Biscoe, courtesy of Southern Methodist University).2025-11-18T16:29:00+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/letters-home/the-scribes-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/henry-j-hornbeck-a-highly-esteemed-citizen/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_20250913_114814-e1762971801595.jpgPvt. Henry Jacob Hornbeck, Co. G, 47th PA Vols, c. 1863_pubdomPrivate Henry Jacob Hornbeck, Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, shown circa 1863, was promoted to regimental quartermaster sergeant in 1864 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/crop_leanna-diehl-hornbeck-wife-of-henry-j.-hornbeck.jpgLeanna Diehl Hornbeck, wife of Henry J. Hornbeckhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/henry-jacob-hornbeck-c-1874.jpgHenry Jacob Hornbeck, c. 18742025-11-12T18:25:09+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2024/01/01/attempts-to-end-chattel-slavery-across-america-president-abraham-lincoln-issues-the-emancipation-proclamation-january-1-1863/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/emancipation-proc-p.-1_lincoln_jan.-1-1863_nara-pubdom.jpgEmancipation Proclamation, p. 1_U.S. Pres. Abraham Lincoln, 1 January 1863_U.S. National Archives_pubdomPage one of te Emancipation Proclamation issued by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, January 1, 1863 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).2025-11-09T23:39:14+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-david-leibensperger-girl-dad/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_20251109_084442.jpgPvt. David Liebensperger, Co. G, 47th PA Vols, standing, B/W, c. winter 1864-1865Private David Leibensperger, Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa winter 1864-1865.https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251008_151457.jpgPvt. David Leibensperger, Co. G, 47th PA Vols, head and shoulders, c. 1865-1865_usedwithpermission, courtesyoftheDelongFamilyPrivate David Leibensperger, Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa winter 1864-1865 (used with permission, courtesy of the Delong Family).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251004_145134.jpgPvt. David Leibensperger, Co. G, 47th PA Vols_usedwithpermission, courtesyoftheDelongFamilyPrivate David Leibensperger, Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa winter 1864-1865 (used with permission, courtesy of the Delong family).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251004_183706.jpgCedarbrook Home, Wescosville, PA, c. early 1900s_pubdomCedarbrook Home, Wescosville, Pennsylvania, circa early 1900s (public domain).2025-11-09T17:27:01+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-f/roster-company-f-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-lilly-brothers-of-northampton-county-joseph-james-and-harrison/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/james-t-lillys-gravestone_salem-union-church-cemetery-moorestown-pa_pubdomain.jpgJames T. Lilly's Gravestone (Salem Union Church Cemetery, Moorestown, PA, public domain)James T. Lilly's Gravestone (Salem Union Church Cemetery, Moorestown, Pennsylvania, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/crop_lilly-harrison-fatal-gunshot-wound-to-abdomen-vols-death-ledger-2.jpgPvt. Harrison Lilly, Fatal Gunshot Wound to Abdomen (U.S. Volunteers' Death Ledger Entry, U.S. National Archives, public domain)Private Harrison Lilly, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (fatal gunshot wound to abdomen documented in Registers of Deaths of U.S. Volunteers, 29 March 1865, U.S. National Archives, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/shoemaker_usloc_1807_pubdomain.jpgShoemaker (1807 book illustration, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Shoemaker (1807 book illustration, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2025-11-08T16:31:08+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/meadath-jesse-2nd-lieutenant/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/springfield_1861.jpgSpringfield_1861Springfield rifle, 1861 model (public domain).2025-11-08T16:03:19+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/corporal-horatio-nelson-coffin-a-slater-turned-soldier/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250801_160736.jpgMonument, Corp. Horatio Nelson Coffin, 47th PA Vols, Fairview Cemetery, Slatington, PA_pubdomGrave of Corporal Horatio Nelson Coffin, Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Fairview Cemetery, Slatington, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250801_145529.jpgSlate-carving at a Slate Quarry, Easton, PA, c. 1930_pubdomThis photo of slate-carving operations at a quarry near Easton, Pennsylvania circa 1930, illustrate how layers of slate were removed from the earth (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250801_144454.jpgBlue Ridge Slate Quarry, Slatington, PA, c. early 1930s_pubdomA slater, Horatio Nelson Coffin may have worked at, or had dealings with, the Blue Ridge slate quarry in Slatington, Pennsylvania during the mid-1860s (Blue Ridge Quarries, circa early 1933, public domain).2025-11-07T22:07:36+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2025/11/04/election-day-1864-lincoln-or-mcclellan-how-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-voted/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_20251103_124502.jpgHenry Wharton's Letter from the Sunbury Guards, 11.14.1864, excerpt, Sunbury American, Sunbury, PA, 11.26.1864Excerpt from Henry Wharton's letter to his hometown newspaper, November 14, 1864 (The Sunbury American, November 14, 1864, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_20251103_142806.jpgUnion and Democratic Party Platforms, U.S. Presidential Election, 1864_courtesy of Univ. of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignThe platforms of the Union and Democratic parties, U.S. Presidential Election of 1864 (courtesy of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; click to enlarge).2025-11-04T16:50:23+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2025/11/02/finding-your-47th-pennsylvanian-the-surprising-details-in-pennsylvanias-civil-war-era-muster-rolls/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_20251102_100455.jpgPvt. Milton P. Cashner, Co. B, 47th PA Vol. Inf., incorrectly labeled as deserter on muster roll_PA State Archives_pubdomPrivate Milton P. Cashner, Company B, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, was incorrectly labeled as a deserter on this regimental muster roll (Pennsylvania State Archives, public domain; click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_20251031_110238.jpgAncestry.com Record Detail Page Incorrectly Identifying Peter Haupt as a Member of Co. A, 47th PA Vol. Inf., Instead of Co. C, personal screenshot, fair useScreenshot of Ancestry.com's record detail page for Peter Haupt, which incorrectly identified him as a member of Company A, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, instead of Company C (fair use for illustration purpose).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_20251025_091136.jpgMuster-Out Roll Excerpt, Co. G, 47th PA Vol. Inf., showing Vet. Vol. Status, Promotions, etc., 25 Dec 1865_PA State Archives_pubdomExcerpt from muster-out roll, Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 25 December 1865, showing soldiers' promotions, status as Veteran Volunteers, etc. (Pennsylvania State Archives, public domain; click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/screenshot_20251025-090925-e1762104023482.pngMuster-Out Roll Excerpt, Co. G, 47th PA Vol. Inf., 25 Dec 1865, showing soldiers' pay_PA State Archives_pubdomExcerpt from muster-out roll for Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, showing soldiers' pay data, 25 December 1865 (Pennsylvania State Archives, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/screenshot_20251025-090734-e1762016013871.pngMuster-Out Roll Excerpt, Co.G, 47th PA Vol. Inf., 25 Dec 1865_PA State Archives_pubdomExcerpt of muster-out roll, Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 25 December 1865, page one (Pennsylvania Civil War Muster Rolls, Pennsylvania State Archives, public domain; click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_20251101_083548.jpgMuster-Out Roll, Co. G, 47th PA Vol. Inf., 25 Dec 1865_PA State Archives_pubdomMuster-out roll, Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 25 December 1865, page one (Pennsylvania Civil War Muster Rolls, Pennsylvania State Archives, public domain; click to enlarge).2025-11-02T18:44:47+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2025/10/29/finding-your-47th-pennsylvanian-using-the-pennsylvania-civil-war-veterans-card-file-1861-1866/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251025_114812.jpgJames Geidner, Co. G, 47th PA Vols, PA Civil War Vets Index Card File, PA State ArchivesThe index card of Field Musician James Geidner, Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (Pennsylvania Civil War Veterans Card File, 1861-1866, courtesy of the Pennsylvania State Archives).2025-10-31T16:42:44+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/medical/rosters-of-wounded-deceased-and-sick-soldiers-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteer-infantry/roster-of-wounded-deceased-and-sick-soldiers-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteer-infantry-surnames-s-to-z-partial-list/2025-10-30T22:37:09+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/medical/roster-surgeons-and-other-medical-personnel-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/jacob-henry-scheetz-m-d/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/crop_j.h.-scheetz-md-c.-1863_pubdom.jpegCrop_J.H. Scheetz, MD, c. 1863_pubdomJacob Henry Scheetz, M.D., assistant surgeon, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa 1863 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/interior_fortjefferson_drytortugas_fl_c1934_cepeterson_loc1.jpgFort Jefferson, Dry Torguas, Florida (interior, c. 1934, C.E. Peterson, photographer, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Fort Jefferson, Dry Torguas, Florida (interior, c. 1934, C.E. Peterson, photographer, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/interior_fortjefferson_drytortugas_fl_c1934_cepeterson_loc.jpgFort Jefferson (interior, c. 1934), DryTortugas, Florida c1934 (C. E. Peterson, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Fort Jefferson (interior, c. 1934), DryTortugas, Florida c1934 (C. E. Peterson, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/jacob-henry-sheetz.jpgJacob Henry Sheetz2025-10-30T22:17:20+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2024/06/13/the-red-river-campaign-how-it-began-progressed-and-ended-for-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteer-infantry-louisiana-late-february-to-early-july-1864/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/crop_g.a.r.-monument-chalmette-national-cemetery-c.-1910-u.s.-loc_pubdomain.jpgG.A.R. Monument, Chalmette National Cemetery, c. 1910, U.S. LOC_pubdomainThe phrase, "Dum Tacent Clamant" ("While they are silent, they cry aloud"), is inscribed on the Grand Army of the Republic monument at the Chalmette National Cemetery in Louisiana (G.A.R. Monument, Chalmette National Cemetery, circa 1910, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2025-10-30T18:18:23+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2016/07/05/4784/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/47th-pa-vols-flag-2nd-colors.jpgSecond State Color, 47th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers (1865)Second State Colors, 47th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers (presented to the regiment 7 March 1865).2025-10-30T01:25:57+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2023/12/02/camp-griffin-also-known-as-camp-big-chestnut-langley-virginia/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/crop_sketch-of-winter-quarters-camp-big-chestnut-virginia_lt.-william-wyker-1861.jpgSketch of Winter Quarters, Camp Big Chestnut, Virginia_Lt. William Wyker, 1861Sketch of the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers' winter quarters at Camp Griffin, near Langley, Virginia, by Second Lieutenant William H. Wyker, Company E, December 1861 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/the-big-chestnut-tree-camp-griffin-langley-virginia-1861-usloc_pubdom.jpgThe Big Chestnut Tree, Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia, 1861, USLOC_pubdomThe Big Chestnut Tree, Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia, 1861 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2025-10-30T01:18:32+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2023/12/29/sheridans-1864-shenandoah-valley-campaign-camp-fairview-charlestown-west-virginia-december-20-1864-early-april-1865/2025-10-30T01:16:06+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2024/03/29/new-year-new-duty-station-adjusting-to-life-at-fort-jefferson-in-floridas-dry-tortugas-late-december-1862-late-february-1863/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/crop_fort-jefferson-sallyport-lean-to-2nd-tier-casemates-housing-and-lean-to-late-1860s_u.s.-nps_pubdom-1.jpgFort Jefferson Sallyport, Lean-to, 2nd Tier Casemates-Housing, and Lean-to, Late 1860s_U.S. NPS_pubdomSecond-tier casemates, lighthouse keeper’s house, sallyport, and lean-to structure, Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida, late 1860s (U.S. National Park Service and National Archives, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/fort-jefferson-officers-quarters-and-parade-grounds-1898_nara-nps_pubdom.jpgFort Jefferson Officers' Quarters and Parade Grounds, 1898_NARA-NPS_pubdomOfficers' quarters and parade grounds, interior of Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida, 1898 (U.S. National Park Service and National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/fort-jefferson-view-from-the-sea_pres.-harry-trumans-vacation-collection-nov-1956.jpgFort Jefferson view from the sea_Pres. Harry Truman's vacation collection, Nov 1956_pubdomFort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida, view from the sea, 1946 (Vacation photograph collection of President Harry Truman, November 1946 U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/crop_15-inch-rodman-fort-jefferson-c.-1862_u.s.-nps_pubdom.jpg15-inch Rodman, Fort Jefferson, c. 1862_U.S. NPS_pubdomUnidentified Union Army artillerymen standing next to one of the fifteen-inch Rodman guns, which were installed on the third level of Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas, Florida, beginning in 1862. These smoothbore Rodman weighed twenty-five tons, and was able to fire four hundred and fity-pound shells more than three miles (U.S. National Park Service, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/columbiad-fort-jefferson-florida-1937_u.s.-nps_pubdom.jpgPrivate Martin Münch, Co. K, 47th PA Volunteers_U.S. Civil War Muster Rolls, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry_pubdomUnion Army Columbiad on the Terreplein at Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida, George A. Grant, 1937, U.S. National Park Service, public domain).2025-10-30T01:13:34+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2024/07/20/respect-and-confidence-the-bond-between-an-effective-commanding-officer-and-his-men/2025-10-30T01:11:20+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2017/11/16/snyder-family-recipes-turkey-filling-and-gravy-thanksgiving-and-christmas/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/crop_selecting-the-thanksgiving-turkey_frank-leslies-illustrated_4-dec-1860_pubdomain-2.jpgSelecting the Thanksgiving Turkey, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (cover, 4 December 1860, public domain)Selecting the Thanksgiving Turkey, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (cover, 4 December 1860, public domain).2025-10-30T01:09:50+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2017/12/22/in-their-own-words-soldiers-reflect-on-life-as-christmas-and-the-new-year-approach-during-the-u-s-civil-war/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/uss-cosmopolitan-at-right-harpers-weekly-c-january-1862.jpgUSS Cosmopolitan at Right, Harper's Weekly, c. January 1862USS Seminole and USS Ellen accompanied by transports (left to right: Belvidere, McClellan, Boston, Delaware, and Cosmpolitan) at Wassau Sound, Georgia (circa January 1862, Harper's Weekly, public domain).2025-10-30T01:00:03+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2018/12/25/healing-a-nation-a-presidents-christmas-acts-of-forgiveness-and-compassion/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Crop_Lincoln-signing-Emancipation-Proclamation_W.E.-Winner-painter-J.-Serz-engraver-c.-1864_USLOC-2.jpgLincoln Signing Emancipation Proclamation (W.E. Winner, painter, c. 1864, USLOC)President Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862 (W.E. Winner, painter, J. Serz, engraver, c. 1864; public domain, U.S. Library of Congress).2025-10-30T00:59:10+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2023/12/23/thoughts-of-home-at-christmas-the-influence-of-thomas-nasts-art-during-a-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-lifetime/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/crop_twas-the-night-before-christmas_harpers-weekly_25-dec-1886_pubdom-1.jpg'Twas-the Night Before Christmas_Thomas Nast_Harper's Weekly_25 Dec 1886_pubdom"'Twas the Night Before Christmas," 1866 (Thomas Nast, Harper's Weekly, December 25, 1886, public domain; click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/crop_santa-claus-and-his-works_harpers-weekly-29-december-1866_pubdom-1.jpgSanta Claus and His Works_Thomas Nast_Harper's Weekly, 29 December 1866_pubdom"Santa Claus and His Works," 1866 (Thomas Nast, Harper's Weekly, December 29, 1866, public domain; click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/crop_santa-claus-in-camp_thomas-nast_harpers-weekly-1.3.1863_pubdom.jpgsanta-claus-in-camp_thomas-nast_harpers-weekly-1.3.1863_pubdom.jpg"Santa Claus in Camp," 1863 (Thomas Nast, Harper's Weekly, 1.3.1863, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/crop_christmas-eve-1862_thomas-nast_harpers-weekly-vol.-7-pp.-8-9_christmas-edition-1862_pubdom.jpgCrop_Christmas Eve, 1862_Thomas Nast_Harper's Weekly, vol. 7, pp. 8-9_Christmas edition, 1862_pubdom"Christmas Eve," 1862 (Thomas Nast, Harper's Weekly, Vol. 7, pp. 8-9, Christmas edition, 1862, public domain).2025-10-30T00:56:33+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2024/11/22/the-thanksgiving-messages-of-pennsylvanias-civil-war-era-governor-andrew-gregg-curtin/2025-10-29T01:03:21+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2017/11/23/a-thanksgiving-message-from-the-past-abraham-lincoln/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/thanksgiving-nov-1863_thomas-nast_harpers-weekly-5-dec-1863_pubdomain1.jpgThanksgiving, November 1863 (Thomas Nast, Harper's Weekly, 5 December 1863, public domain)Thanksgiving, November 1863 (Thomas Nast, Harper's Weekly, 5 December 1863, public domain).2025-10-29T01:02:29+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2017/11/18/a-thanksgiving-message-from-the-past-andrew-gregg-curtin/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/great-seal-of-the-commonwealth-of-pennsylvania_public-domain.jpgGreat Seal of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania_public domainGreat Seal of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/crop_pennsylvania-governor-andrew-gregg-curtin-c-1860-carte-de-visite.jpgPennsylvania Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin (carte de visite, c. 1860, public domain)Andrew Gregg Curtin, Governor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, c. 1860 (public domain).2025-10-29T01:01:32+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2024/07/26/occupation-and-garrison-duties-in-florida-july-through-august-1863/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1st-lt.-george-w.-huntsberger-co.-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-c.-1863_pubdom.jpg1st Lt. George W. Huntsberger, Co. G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, c. 1863_pubdomFirst Lieutenant George W. Huntsberger, Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa 1863 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/crop_fort-jefferson-harpers-weekly-feb.-23-1861_pubdom.jpgFort Jefferson, Harper's Weekly, Feb. 23, 1861_pubdomFort Jefferson and its wharf areas, Dry Tortugas, Florida (Harper's Weekly, 23 February 1861, public domain).2025-10-29T00:57:33+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2019/11/05/a-nation-comes-together-time-and-again-to-give-thanks/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/j_s_copley_-_samuel_adams_pubdom.jpgSamuel Adams (J.S. Copley, c. 1772, pubdom)Samuel Adams (John Singleton Copley, circa 1772, public domain).2025-10-29T00:53:31+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/first-defender-and-field-musician-james-henry-geidner-sr-and-private-evan-geidner-a-hatmaker-and-his-nephew/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251022_140646.jpgIndependence Hall, Looking Northeast, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, James McCleese, 1856_pubdomIndependence Hall, looking northeast, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (James McCleese, 1856, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251022_133133.jpgUnidentified Farm, Windmill and Country Road, Rock Falls, Illinois, c. early 1900s_pubdomUnidentified farm with a windmill on a country road in Rock Falls, Illinois, circa early 1900s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251022_115705.jpgRoll of Allen Infantry, First Defenders Memorial, Allentown, PAThe roll of the Allen Infantry on the First Defenders Memorial that was erected in Allentown, Pennsylvania in 1917 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251022_112423.jpgSeventh Street Viewed from Hamilton Street, Allentown, PA, 1885_pubdomView of Seventh Street from Hamilton Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1885 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251022_092906.jpgGravestone, 47th PA Veteran Evan Geidner, Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA, 2008_pubdomThe gravestone of 47th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Evan Geidner at the Union-West End Cemetery in Allentown, Pennsylvania was in terrible shape in 2008 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251021_101157.jpgJames H. Geidner, Jr. and His Wife, Hattie (Christ) Geidner, Allentown, PA, 1922_pubdomJames H. Geidner, Jr. and his wife, Hattie (Christ) Geidner, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1922 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251021_152917.jpgHatshop Ad, James H. Geidner, Sr._Saturday Express, Lancaster, PA, 4 Dec 1852_pubdomAdvertisement for the hat shop of James H. Geidner, Sr. in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (The Saturday Express, 4 December 1852, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251014_145516.jpgAd for James H. Geidner, Hatter, The Morning Call, Allentown, 25 Oct 1890_pubdomAdvertisement for James H. Geidner, hatter, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1890 The Morning Call, 25 October 1890, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251014_042809.jpgFirst Defenders' Medal, Allen Infantry, 1861, front_pubdomThe front side of the First Defenders' Medal awarded to all members of the Allen Infantry for their service during the first days of the American Civil War (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251014_043243.jpgFirst Defenders' Medal of Charles Pfeiffer, Allen Infantry, 1861, back_pubdomFirst Defenders' Medal awarded to Charles Pfeiffer for his service with the Allen Infantry during the first days of the American Civil War First Defenders' Medal, Charles Pfeiffer, inscription on back of medal, 1861, public domain).2025-10-26T22:04:23+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2025/10/26/finding-your-47th-pennsylvanian-use-bates-history-but-with-caution/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251020_123955.jpg"History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5," Samuel P. Bates, 1869-1871_pubdom"History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5," Samuel P. Bates, 1869-1871 (public domain).2025-10-26T19:44:48+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-k/roster-company-k-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/captain-johann-george-junker-founder-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteer-infantrys-all-german-company/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/crop_capt.-george-junker-co.-k-47th-pa-vols.-mortal-gunshot-wound-battle-of-pocotaligo-sc-22-oct-1862-u.s.-army-registers-of-deaths-of-volunteers_pubdom.jpegCapt. George Junker, Co. K, 47th PA Vols., Mortal Gunshot Wound, Battle of Pocotaligo, SC, 22 Oct 1862, U.S. Army Registers of Deaths of Volunteers_pubdomDeath ledger entry for Captain George Junker, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 23 October 1862 (U.S. Army Registers of Deaths of Volunteer Soldiers, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/crop_1862-marriage-of-george-junker-and-catharina-soldan_1863-affidavit-u.s.-civil-war-widows-pension-file_nara_pubdom.jpg1862 Marriage of George Junker and Catharina Soldan_1863 Affidavit, U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension File_NARA_pubdom1863 Affidavit documenting the New Year's Day, 1862 marriage of Captain George Junker, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, and Catharina Soldan of Hazleton, Pennsylvania (U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain; click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/junker-george-announces-civil-war-svc-der-lecha-caunty-patriot_21-aug-1861.jpgJunker, George - Announces Civil War Svc - Der Lecha Caunty Patriot_21 Aug 1861During the spring and summer of 1861, Georg Junker published this announcement in Allentown's German-language newspaper, advising customers that his tombstone carving business would continue to operate while he was away, performing his Civil War military service (Der Lecha Caunty Patriot, 14 August 1861, public domain).2025-10-23T03:59:33+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2025/10/17/finding-your-47th-pennsylvanian-begin-your-search-using-our-website/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_20251016_111453.jpgCompany B History, 47th PA Vols' Website, Showing Roster Link_copyright Laurie SnyderEach company history page on the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers' website includes a link to that company's roster of members (website screenshot, © Laurie Snyder, 2025).2025-10-17T16:28:30+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/sergeant-jacob-peter-worman-a-shoemaker-who-stepped-up-to-fight-for-his-nation/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250726_124304.jpgHotel Condado, San Juan, Puerto Rico, c. 1920s_pubdomHotel Condado, San Juan, Puerto Rico, circa 1920s (public domain).2025-10-17T15:45:47+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2025/10/15/finding-your-47th-pennsylvanian/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/stockcake-ancient_archives_browsing_1760549218.jpgContemplative Literary Haven_StockCake_pubdom2025-10-15T17:45:39+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/first-lieutenant-george-w-hunsberger-from-community-policing-to-combat-leadership/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_20250413_094054.jpg1st Lt. George W. Hunsberger, Co. G, 47th PA Vols, Key West, FL, c. 1863_pubdomFirst Lieutenant George W. Hunsberger, Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Key West, Florida (public domain).2025-10-14T20:24:36+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/corporal-timothy-matthias-snyder-a-patriots-great-grandson-and-telephone-pioneers-father/corporal-timothy-matthias-snyder-part-two-one-union-preserved-another-shattered/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/lillie-mae-snyder_head_c-1910-2.jpgLillie May Snyder, c. 1910 (Snyder Family Archives)Lillie May Snyder, c. 1910 (© Snyder Family Archives. All rights reserved.)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/timothy-grant-snyder_crop-c-1900.jpgCorporal Timothy Grant Snyder, c. 1900 (Snyder Family Archives)Corporal Timothy Grant Snyder, c. 1900 (© Snyder Family Archives. All rights reserved.)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/john-h-snyder-and-minnie-strohecker-wedding_crop2.jpgJohn H. Snyder and Minnie Strohecker, Wedding, 1896 (Snyder Family Archives)John Hartranft Snyder married Minnie Rebecka Elizabeth Strohecker in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania in 1896 (© Snyder Family Archives. All rights reserved.)2025-10-13T17:05:38+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/corporal-george-heppler/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250910_152129.jpgPeters & Jacoby Store, 627 Hamilton, Allentown, PA, c. 1909_pubdomThe storefront of Peters & Jacoby at 627 Hamilton Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania, circa 1900 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250908_202343.jpgGravemarker, Corp. George Heppler, Co. G, 47th PA Vols, Union-West End Cemetery, 2017_courtesyofJerryHaas_usedwithpermissionGravemarker of Corporal George Heppler, Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 2017 (used with permission, courtesy of Jerry Haas).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250908_201732.jpgHamilton and Sixth Streets, Allentown, PA, 1880_pubdomHamilton and Sixth Streets, Allentown, Pennsylvania, circa 1880 (public domain).2025-10-13T16:55:59+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/corporal-timothy-matthias-snyder-a-patriots-great-grandson-and-telephone-pioneers-father/what-happened-to-the-wife-and-children-of-timothy-matthias-snyder/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/william-emery-snyder_obit-image-2.jpgWilliam Emery Snyder_Obit Image (2)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/lillian-estelle-snyder-c-1990s_snyder-family-archives.jpgLillian Estelle Snyder, R.N. (c. 1990s, Snyder Family Archives)Lillian Estelle Snyder, R.N., niece of Lillie May Snyder, c. 1990s (© Snyder Family Archives. All rights reserved.)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/west-centre-street-with-telephone-poles-ashlan-pa-early-1900s_pubdomain.jpgWest Centre Street with Telephone Poles, Ashland, PA, early 1900s (public domain)Horse and buggy drivers pass new telephone poles on Ashland, Pennsylvania's West Centre Street (early 1900s, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/excerpt_tim-snyders-burial-record_indigence-and-friends-requesting-support.jpgTimothy M. Snyder, Burial Record, 13 May 1889 (excerpt showing indigence and friends' appeal for support)Excerpt from the Application for Burial of Deceased Soldier made by Timothy M. Snyder's friends on his behalf, 13 May 1889 (Schuylkill County burial records, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/birds-eye-view-of-ashland-pa_c-late-1800s-early-1900s_pubdomain.jpgAshland, Pennsylvania, c. Late 1800s-Early 1900s (public domain)Ashland, Pennsylvania, c. Late 1800s-Early 1900s (public domain)2025-10-10T02:01:16+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2025/04/01/judy-snyder-wasserman-a-woman-who-made-the-world-better/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_20250331_210927.jpgJudy (Snyder) Wasserman Designing a Department Store Display Window, c. 1970s_Snyder-Wasserman-Griffin-Silvio Family ArchivesJudy (Snyder) Wasserman as she created a department store window display (courtesy of the Snyder-Wasserman-Griffin-Silvio Family Archives).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_20250331_211358.jpgJudy (Snyder) Wasserman and Daughter, New Jersey, c. 1980s_Snyder-Wasserman-Griffin-SilvioFamilyArchivesJudy (Snyder) Wasserman and daughter, New Jersey, 1980s (courtesy of the Snyder-Wasserman-Griffin-Silvio Family Archives).2025-10-10T01:16:09+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/corporal-solomon-becker-a-patriotic-soldier-kind-father-and-an-exemplary-citizen/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250803_185418.jpgBroad Street and City Hall Tower, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c. 1910-1920_USLOC_pubdomBroad Street and City Hall Tower, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1910-1920 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250803_125729.jpgRev. Obadiah Becker, Founder of the Allentown Rescue Mission, Allentown, PA, c. early 1900s_pubdomThe Reverend Obadiah Becker, shown here circa 1900, founded the Allentown Rescue Mission in Allentown, Pennsylvania in 1917. Reverend Becker was a son of 47th Pennsylvania veteran Solomon Becker (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250803_101408.jpgCorp. Solomon Becker's Grave, Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA_Jerry Haas, 2017_usedwithpermissionHeadstone of Corporal Solomon Becker, Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (courtesy of Jerry Haas, 2017; used with permission).2025-10-05T00:37:54+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/corporal-timothy-matthias-snyder-a-patriots-great-grandson-and-telephone-pioneers-father/what-happened-to-the-wife-and-children-of-timothy-matthias-snyder/willard-emery-snyder-a-genunely-good-man/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250731_162603.jpgGraves of John Hartranft Snyder and Minnie R. Strohecker Snyder and Their Son, Tim, Citizens' Cemetery, Lavelle, PA_SnyderFamilyArchives_usedwithpermissionGraves of Willard Emery Snyder's parents, John Hartranft Snyder and Minnie R. (Strohecker) Snyder, and Willard's older brother, Tim, Citizens' Cemetery, Lavelle, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (Snyder Family Archives, used with permission).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250731_152055.jpgThe Zephyr, Dorney Park, 1970, Allentown PA_pubdomThe Zephyr train ride was a "must do" for Willard Snyder's youngest daughter every time he took her to Dorney Park (Zephyr and Journey to the Center of the Earth attractions, Dorney Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250731_151352.jpgHeadstone of Willard E. and Genevieve K. Snyder, Sinking Spring Cemetery, Berks Co., PA_pubdomGraves of Willard Emery Snyder (1917-1972) and his wife, Genevieve (Krupa) Snyder (1918-1997), Sinking Spring Cemetery, Berks County, Pennsylvania (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250731_143916.jpgAbandoned Lavelle School and Former Snyder Family Home, Main St., Lavelle, PA, c. 1980s_pubdomThe abandoned Lavelle School, at left, and the former Snyder family home, at right, on Main Street in Lavelle, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, circa 1980s (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain). https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250731_142836.jpgUS Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and children, Warm Springs, GA, 1940s_pubdomU.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt with childhood polio survivors, Warm Springs, Georgia, early 1940s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250731_141638.jpgU.S. Navy Helicopter, MCAS Ewa or Midway, 1944_EM Willard E. Snyder, photog_SnyderFamilyArchives_usedwithpermissionU.S. Navy helicopters like this one, which was photographed by Electrician's Mate Willard E. Snyder at MCAS Ewa in Hawaii or on Midway Atoll, circa 1944, carried Seabee personnel and mail to and from the Hawaiian archipelago (Snyder Family Archives, used with permission).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250731_140400.jpgU.S. Congressman Ivor Fenton's Telegram to EM Willard E. Snyder re Fatger's Illness, June 1944_NARA_pubdomU.S. Congressman Ivor Fenton's June 1944 telegram to Electrician's Mate Willard E. Snyder at NCAS Ewa, Hawaii regarding his father's terminal illness (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain; click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250731_135224.jpgDock, U.S. Navy Seabee Base, Rosneath, Scotland, 1940s_US Navy_pubdomDock, U.S. Navy Seabee base, Rosneath, Scotland (U.S. Navy, public domain; click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250728_160332.jpgWillard Emery Snyder at Work, Millersville, PA, 1938_U.S. Works Progress Administration_Snyder Family Archives_used with permissionWillard Emery Snyder at work in 1938, Millersville, Pennsylvania (U.S. Works Progress Administration and Snyder Family Archives, used with permission).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250728_160415.jpgWillard Emery Snyder, Lavelle, Pennsylvania, 1942_Snyder Family Archives_used with permissionWillard Emery Snyder, Lavelle, Pennsylvania, 1942 (Snyder Family Archives, used with permission).2025-09-30T18:30:11+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/letters-home/the-scribes-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/henry-d-wharton-journalist-soldier-and-public-servant/henry-d-whartons-civil-war-letters-pennsylvania-volunteers-47th-regiment-sunbury-guards-september-1861-december-1865/henry-d-whartons-civil-war-letters-1865-pennsylvania-volunteers-47th-regiment/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/5-aug-1865_sunbury-american-19-august-1865.jpgHDW's Letter from Charleston, SC re Gen. Wm. Dwight's Resignation (5 Aug 1865, Sunbury American, 19 August 1865, public domain)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/24-april-1865_sunbury-american-29-april-1865-no-2.jpgHDW's Letter re Lincoln Assassination and Funeral Train (24 April 1865, Sunbury American 29, April 1865 No. 2, public domain)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/12-april-1865_sunbury-american-29-april-1865-no-1.jpgHDW's Letter re Lee's Surrender (12 April 1865, Sunbury American 29, April 1865 No. 1, public domain)2025-09-29T21:49:14+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/letters-home/the-scribes-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/henry-d-wharton-journalist-soldier-and-public-servant/henry-d-whartons-civil-war-letters-pennsylvania-volunteers-47th-regiment-sunbury-guards-september-1861-december-1865/henry-d-whartons-civil-war-letters-1865-pennsylvania-volunteers-47th-regiment/transcripts-1865-henry-d-whartons-civil-war-letters-pennsylvania-volunteers-47th-regiment-sunbury-guards-september-1861-october-1865/2025-09-29T21:46:21+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/sergeant-john-pratt-railroad-brakeman/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250918_105737.jpgLehigh Valley Railroad Coal Train, North Fair Haven, New York, 1872_pubdomA Lehigh Valley Railroad coal train stopped in North Fair Haven, New York, near the Little Sodus Bay, 1872 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250918_102647.jpgBrakeman Operating Hand Brake_T.C. Clarke, The American Railway, 1889_pubdomA railroad brakeman risking his life to operate a hand brake (T. C. Clarke, The American Railway, 1889, public domain).2025-09-29T14:38:49+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/2025-09-26T20:20:28+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2025/08/16/a-tale-of-two-swords-47th-pennsylvania-officers-lauded-by-citizens-and-soldiers-florida-1863/2025-09-26T16:41:59+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-ferdinand-h-j-fischer-an-emigrant-from-frankenstein-germany/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250721_144540.jpgPopular American Wallpaper Style, c. late 18th-early 19th centuries_pubdomWallpaper print styles in the United States ranged from floral to patriotic during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250721_094214.jpgUnion Depot, Pueblo, CO, c. 1890s_pubdomUnion Depot, Pueblo, Colorado, circa 1890s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250721_085140.jpgTrain, Belle Fourche, SD, c. late 1890s-early 1900s_pubdomTrain, Belle Fourche, South Dakota, circa late 1890s to early 1900s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250721_082655.jpgLead City, South Dakota, c. 1901_pubdomLead City, South Dakota, circa 1901 (public domain).2025-09-26T02:41:26+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-b/roster-company-b-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/reichard-edwin-o-private/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/rittersville-pike-hanover-avenue-looking-west-at-manhattan-hotel-c.-1907_pubdom.jpgRittersville Pike (Hanover Avenue) Looking West At Manhattan Hotel, c. 1907_pubdomRittersville Pike (Hanover Avenue) Looking West toward the Manhattan Hotel, Rittersville, Pennsylvania, circa 1907 (public domain).2025-09-25T05:34:27+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-f/roster-company-f-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-eagle-brothers-of-pennsylvania-prussian-immigrants-who-called-catasauqua-home/2025-09-25T03:43:01+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-leisenring-family-leading-by-example/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/capt.-thomas-b.-leisenring-c.-1865_pubdom.jpgCapt. Thomas B. Leisenring, circa 1865 (public domain)Capt. Thomas B. Leisenring, circa 1865 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/crop_first-defenders-medal-of-honor_pubdom.jpgFirst Defenders' Medal of Honor (public domain)First Defenders' Medal of Honor (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/mauch-chunk-pa_granger-c.-1862_pubdom.jpgMauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, circa 1862 (public domain)2025-09-25T03:10:07+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/medical/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/civil-war-era-surgical-devices_illustration_u-s-surgeon-generals-office_c-1861-1865_public-domain.jpgCivil War-era Surgical Devices, Illustration, U.S. Surgeon General's Office, c. 1861-1865 (public domain)Civil War-era Surgical Devices, Illustration, U.S. Surgeon General's Office, c. 1861-1865 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/amputation-performed-in-front-of-tent_gettsburg-1863_loc_pubdomain.jpgAmputation Performed in Front of Tent, Gettsburg, 1863 (Library of Congress, public domain)Amputation Performed in Front of Tent, Gettsburg, 1863 (Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/infection-in-bullet-wound-surgical-memoirs-of-the-war-of-the-rebellion-vol-1-1870.jpgInfection in bullet wound, Surgical Memoirs of the War of the Rebellion, Vol 1, 1870 (public domain)Bullet wound infection, Surgical Memoirs of the War of the Rebellion, Vol. 1, 1870 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-civil-war-surgeon-at-work-in-the-field_winslow-homer_12-july-1862_natl-library-of-medicine_pubdomain.jpgThe Civil War Surgeon at Work in the Field, Winslow Homer, 12 July 1862 (National Library of Medicine, public domain)The Civil War Surgeon at Work in the Field, Winslow Homer, 12 July 1862 (National Library of Medicine, public domain)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/roper-hospital-charleston-sc_1865_loc-pubdomain.jpgRoper Union Army Hospital, Charleston, South Carolina (1865, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).Roper Union Army Hospital, Charleston, South Carolina (1865, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ambulance-train-union-2nd-army-corps-1st-division_1861_loc_pubdomain.jpgAmbulance Train, Union 2nd Army Corps, 1st Division (1861, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Ambulance Train, Union 2nd Army Corps, 1st Division (1861, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/hospital-train-interior_harpers-weekly_24feb1864_pubdomain.jpgHospital Train Interior (Harper's Weekly, 24 February 1864, public domain)Hospital Train Interior (Harper's Weekly, 24 February 1864, public domain)2025-09-25T02:18:41+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-i/roster-company-i-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-charles-e-henry-a-veteran-who-was-helped-by-government-assistance/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250923_200220.jpgFirst Lady Eleanor Roosevelt Visiting Hanover Acres, Allentown, PA,1942_pubdomHanover Acres was a newly-completed public housing project in Allentown, Pennsylvania when U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt visited there in 1942 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250923_194221.jpgGravemarker of Pvt. Charles E. Henry, Co. I, 47th PA Vols, and His Family, Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA_pubdomGravestone of Private Charles E. Henry, Company I, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, and his wife, Fietta, and their children, Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, Pennsylvania (public domain).2025-09-24T17:46:43+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-i/roster-company-i-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-samuel-a-guth-composing-the-news-for-public-consumption/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/homeopathic-hospital-reading-pa-c.-late-1890s_pubdom.jpgHomeopathic Hospital, Reading, PA, c. late 1890s_pubdomHomeopathic Hospital, 136 North 6th Street, Reading, Pennsylvania, circa late 1890s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/artillery_fort-taylor_phil-spaugy-2017.pngArtillery_Fort Taylor_Phil Spaugy, 2017Artillery, Fort Taylor, Key West, Florida (Phil Spaugy, 2017, photo used with permission).2025-09-24T02:12:36+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/corporal-allen-d-wolf-wheelwright-and-carriage-maker/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250904_121119.jpgChain Bridge Between Washington, D.C. and Virginia, c. 1861_USLOC_pubdomUnidentified Union soldiers guarding the Chain Bridge between Washington, D.C. and Virginia, circa 1861 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain.https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250903_175803.jpgFirst Electric Trolley, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa early 1890s_pubdomAs a Union Traction motorman, Henry C. Wolf would have operated a public transit vehicle similar to Philadelphia's first electric trolley (shown here circa early 1890s, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250903_165439.jpgRowhome of Benneville S. Smoll, 537 North Sixth St., Allentown, PA, 1900In 1900, Lewis Wolf's house on North Sixth Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania would have looked much like the rowhome of Benneville Smoll at 537 North Sixth Street (public domain). https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250903_161112.jpg4th and Turner, Allentown, PA, Winter 1916_pubdom4th and Turner streets, Allentown, Pennsylvania, winter 1916 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250903_160131.jpg8th and Turner, Looking West, Allentown, PA, 1905_pubdom8th and Turner streets, looking west, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1905 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250903_152517.jpgCorp. Allen D. Wolf, Co. G, 47th Pa Vols, Headstone, Fairview Cemetery, Allentown, PA_ChuckSchubert_FindAGrave137925829_usedwithpermissionHeadstone of Corporal Allen D. Wolf, Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Fairview Cemetery, Allentown, Pennsylvania (used with permission, courtesy of Chuck Schubert, Find A Grave ID: 137925829, public domain).2025-09-22T20:45:32+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2025/09/03/one-special-september-day-four-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-shake-hands-with-president-abraham-lincoln-in-1861-part-two/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250903_095820.jpgWhite House, Washington, D.C., 1861_Matthew Brady_USLOC_pubdomWhite House, Washington, D.C., 1861 (Matthew Brady, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250903_100629.jpgFirst Defenders Guarding the White House, Washington, D.C., April 1861_USLOC_pubdomFirst Defenders guarding the White House, Washington, D.C., April 1861 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2025-09-22T20:40:53+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2025/09/03/one-special-september-day-four-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-shake-hands-with-president-abraham-lincoln-in-1861-part-one/2025-09-22T20:39:52+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2025/09/20/remembering-the-red-river-campaign-prisoners-of-war-on-national-pow-mia-recognition-day/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250919_120213.jpgPOW/MIA Recognition Flag_Newt Heisley, 1990_pubdomThis POW/MIA Recognition Flag designed by Newt Heisley was formally recognized by U.S. House of Representatives Resolution No. 467, which was published on September 21, 1990 (public domain).2025-09-20T19:57:21+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/sergeant-john-w-glick-from-farmers-son-to-soldier-to-pioneer/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250917_120009.jpgU.S. President William McKinley Visiting Council Bluffs, Iowa, July 1896_pubdomU.S. President William McKinley during his visit to Council Bluffs, Iowa, July 1896 (public domain; click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250917_114733.jpgBattle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs, South Dakota, 1909_pubdomThe Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs, South Dakota, 1909 (public domain.https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250916_171629.jpgFort Robinson, Crawford, Nebraska, aerial view, 1934_pubdomAerial view of Fort Robinson in Crawford, Nebraska, 1934 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250916_132836.jpgGrace United Evangelical Church, Cetronia, Lehigh County, PA, c. 1896_pubdomMultiple members of the Glick family attended services at the Grace United Evangelical Church in Cetronia, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, shown here circa 1896 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250916_134945.jpgFarm of Reuben C. Glick Near Cedarville, Lehigh County, PA, 1876_Davis Maps, 1876_pubdomThis excerpt of an 1876 map of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania shows the location of the family farm owned by Reuben Glick near Cedarville and the Little Cedar Creek (Davis Maps, 1876, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250915_150830.jpgRev. Henry Jacob Glick, a half-brother of 47th Pennsylvania Veteran John W. Glick_publicdomain photo, c. 1910The Reverend Henry Jacob Glick, shown here circa 1910, was a half-brother of John W. Glick, Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (public domain).2025-09-18T01:24:55+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-jonathan-heller-cabinetmaker-carpenter-and-soldier/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/charity-hospital-new-orleans-louisiana-circa-mid-1800s_pubdom.jpgCharity Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa mid-1800s_pubdomCharity Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa mid-1800s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/crop-macungie-train-station-lehigh-county-pa-c.-mid-to-late-1800s.jpgMacungie Train Station, Lehigh County, PA, c. mid to late 1800s_pubdomMacungie Train Depot, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, circa mid to late-1800s (public domain).2025-09-11T21:44:26+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-barber-brothers-scions-of-iron-part-one/2025-09-11T21:41:13+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/corporal-william-hensler-a-brewer-turned-soldier/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250808_145442.jpgMilitary Headstone of Corp. William Hensler, Co. G, 47th PA Vols, Easton Cemetery, Easton, PA_pubdomThe military headstone that marks the grave of Corporal William Hensler, Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, at the Easton Cemetery in Easton, Pennsylvania, makes no mention of his battle wound or valor (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250805_172240.jpgAllentown, 2nd Ward, Lehigh Co., PA, Winter 1860_pubdomSecond Ward, Allentown, Pennsylvania, winter 1860 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250805_123137.jpgDeath Record of William Hensler's Father, Jacob Friedrich Hensler, St. John's Lutheran Church, Easton, PA, 31 March 1843_pubdomDeath Record of William Hensler's Father, Jacob Friedrich Hensler, St. John's Lutheran Church, Easton, Pennsylvania, 31 March 1843 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250805_115906.jpgJacob Fridrich Henseler and Dorothea Catharina Schäffer_Marriage Record Excerpt, Evangelische Kirche, Spielberg, Kingdom of Württemberg, 13 June 1816_pubdomExcerpt from the marriage record of William Hensler's parents, Jacob Fridrich Henseler and Dorothea Catharina Schäffer, Evangelische Kirche, Spielberg, Kingdom of Württemberg, 13 June 1816 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250805_111915.jpgEvangelische Kirche Spielberg, Kingdom of Württemberg, c. early 1800s_pubdomThe Evangelische Kirche Spielberg in the Kingdom of Württemberg, shown here circa early 1800s, was the church where William Hensler's parents were married prior to their emigration from what is now southwestern Germany (public domain).2025-09-11T21:36:44+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/corporal-harrison-guth/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250812_085540.jpgPost Office, Siegersville, Lehigh County, PA, c. early 1900s_pubdomPost office building, Siegersville, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, early 1900s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250812_085419.jpgSiegersville Hotel, Siegersville, Lehigh Co., PA, c. early 1900s_pubdomSiegersville Hotel, Siegersville, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, circa early 1900s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250812_042753.jpgMilitary Headstone of Daniel H. Gackenbach, Co. H, 47th PA Vols, Jordan Lutheran Cemetery, Orefield, PA_pubdomMilitary headstone of Private Daniel H. Gackenbach, Company H, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250811_113628.jpgHarrison Guth, Co. G., 47th PA Vols, military headstone, Jordan Lutheran Cemetery, Orefield PA_Deb C_usedwithpermissionThe military headstone of Harrison Guth, Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Jordan Lutheran Cemetery, Orefield, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (courtesy of Deb C., used with permission).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250811_113538.jpgHarrison Guth, Co. G., 47th PA Vols, original headstone, Jordan Lutheran Cemetery,,Orefield PA_Deb C_usedwithpermiddionOriginal gravestone of Corporal Harrison Guth, Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Jordan Lutheran Cemetery, Orefield, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (courtesy of Deb C., used with permission).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250810_131110.jpgThomas Iron Plant, Hokendauqua, Lehigh County, PA, March 1880_pubdomThomas Iron Company plant, Hokendauqua, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, March 1880 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250810_130528.jpgThomas Iron Plant, Hokendauqua, Lehigh County, PA, c. 1859_pubdomThomas Iron Company plant, Hokendauqua, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, circa 1859 (public domain).2025-09-11T21:35:14+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/captain-charles-mickley-war-the-chase-and-liberty/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/captain-charles-mickley-1862_pubdomain.jpgCaptain Charles Mickley, Co.G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (c. 1862, public domain)Captain Charles Mickley, Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (c. 1862, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/eaton-mehles-map_pocotaligo-coosawhatchie-expedition-route_22oct1862_usnara1.jpgEaton-Mehles Union Map: Pocotaligo-Coosawhatchie Expedition (Oct 1862)Union Army map, Pocotaligo-Coosawhatchie Expedition, 21-23 October 1862 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/charleston-savannah-railroad_harpers-weekly_4-march-1865.jpgCharleston & Savannah Railroad (Harper's Weekly, 1865)The challenging environment of the Charleston & Savannah Railroad was illustrated by Harper's Weekly in 1865.https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/pocotaligo-depot_davis-sketch_sepia_harpers-weekly_1865.jpgPocotaligo Depot (Sketch by Davis, Harper's Weekly, 1865)Pocotaligo Depot (sketch by Davis, Harper's Weekly, 1865, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/rough-and-ready-furnace_c-1935_swigert-shedd-collection_penn-state-univ-_cc-share-alike-2-0.jpgRough and Ready Furnace_c. 1935_Swigert-Shedd Collection_Penn State Univ._CC Share Alike 2.0https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/paradise-furnace_c-1935_swigert-shedd-collection_penn-state-univ-_cc-share-alike-2-0.jpgParadise Furnace_c. 1935_Swigert-Shedd Collection_Penn State Univ._CC Share Alike 2.0Photos of the Paradise and Rough and Ready iron furnaces, c. 1935. Source: The Swigart-Shedd family collection on Pennsylvania iron furnaces, 1845-1991, Historical Collections and Labor Archives, Special Collections Library, University Libraries, Pennsylvania State University.https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/michelet-mickley-coat-of-arms_motto-war-the-chase-and-liberty.jpgMichelet-Mickley Coat of Arms_Motto-War, the Chase and LibertyMotto: "War, the Chase and Liberty." Coat of Arms, Family of Michelet, free city of Metz, German empire. Source: Taken from Vienna’s book of heraldry by Professor Dr. C. F. Michelet; provided to Minnie F. Mickley, 1883 (public domain).2025-09-11T21:26:39+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/second-lieutenant-charles-a-henry-felled-by-asthma/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250911_114939.jpgAd Documenting Asthma of 2nd Lt. Charles A. Henry, Co. G, 47th PA Vols_The Pittsburgh Post, Pittsburgh, PA_8 Sep 1865_pubdomAdvertisement which documented the asthma condition of Second Lieutenant Charles A. Henry, Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (The Pittsburgh Post, 8 September 1865, public domain).2025-09-11T21:14:55+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-k/roster-company-k-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-edward-frederick-an-inexperienced-soldier-who-fought-bravely-to-the-end/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250908_102356.jpgLongswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA Map, 1860_pubdomMap of Longswamp Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1860 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_20250906_195219.jpgLighthouse at Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida, c. 1863_U.S. NPS_pubdomLighthouse at Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida, circa 1863 (U.S. National Park Service, public domain).2025-09-09T19:35:29+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-k/roster-company-k-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-william-brecht-a-german-immigrant-fighting-for-his-adopted-homelands-union/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/brecht-william-dayton-gravemarker-photo-courtesy-of-wendy-hockenberry_apr2016_pubdomain.jpgPvt. William Brecht, Co. K, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (Dayton National Cemetery headstone photo by Wendy S. Hockeberry, copyright 2016)Military headstone of Private William Brecht, Co. K, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers. (Dayton National Cemetery headstone photo used with permission of photographer, Wendy S. Hockeberry, copyright 2016).2025-09-09T00:57:27+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-k/roster-company-k-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-battling-boger-boys/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/fig-7_excerpt_tilghman-bogers-1893-taufschein-affidavit.jpgFig 7_Excerpt_Tilghman Boger's 1893 Taufschein AffidavitTilghman Boger's 1893 Civil War Pension affidavit describing his Taufschein's accuracy with respect to his birth data (excerpt, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/macungie-t-m-fowler-1893-pubdomain.jpgMacungie, T.M. Fowler, 1893, pubdomainT. M. Fowler's 1893 illustration of the Village of Macungie, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/jerusalem-western-salisbury-church-allentown-c-1890_pubdomain.jpgJerusalem Western Salisbury Church, Allentown, c. 1890_pubdomainJerusalem Western Salisbury Church, Allentown, Pennsylvania (c. 1890, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/fig-5_excerpt_francis-bogers-1893-affidavit-filed-for-tilghman-bogers-pension-app.jpgFig 5_Excerpt_Francis Boger's 1893 Affidavit Filed for Tilghman Boger's Pension AppExcerpt of Francis Boger's affidavit filed in support of Tilghman Boger's U.S. Civil War Pension application (1893, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/macungie-furnace-c-1890-public-domain.jpgMacungie Furnace, c. 1890, public domainMacungie Furnace, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (c. 1890, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/tilghman-bogers-1-june-1865-honorable-discharge_excerpt.jpgTilghman Boger's 1 June 1865 Honorable Discharge_ExcerptTilghman Boger's honorable discharge, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1 June 1865 (excerpt, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/fig-4_excerpt_tilghman-bogers-re-enlistment_1864-muster-roll.jpgFig 4_Excerpt_Tilghman Boger's Re-enlistment_1864 Muster RollTilghman Boger's 1864 re-enlistment entry, muster roll, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/fig-3_excerpt_tilghman-bogers-1862-co-descriptive-book-entry.jpgFig 3_Excerpt_Tilghman Boger's 1862 Co Descriptive Book Entry47th Pennsylvania Volunteers descriptive book entry for Tilghman Boger (1862, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/fig-2_excerpt_tilghman-bogers-1862-enlistment-paperwork.jpgFig 2_Excerpt_Tilghman Boger's 1862 Enlistment PaperworkTilghman Boger's August 1862 enlistment paperwork, 47th Pennsylvana Volunteers (excerpt, public domain).2025-09-09T00:55:39+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-k/roster-company-k-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/martin-l-guth-a-corporal-with-a-pioneers-soul/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/martin-l-guth-and-fellow-gar-members_feb-1933_lincolns-birthday.jpgMartin L. Guth and Fellow GAR Members_Feb 1933_Lincoln's BirthdayAmong those celebrating Lincoln's birthday at a special February 1933 program sponsored by the Grand Army of the Republic and its women's auxiliaries were (from left): Caroline Bost, Martin L. Guth, R. B. Dumser, F. R. Young, and E. A. May.https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/martin-l-guth-1933.jpgMartin L Guth 1933Mrs. Caroline Bost and Martin L. Guth celebrated Lincoln's birthday with fellow Grand Army of the Republic and ladies auxiliary members in in February 1933.https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/martin-l-guth_halstead-company-funeral-record-p-2a.jpgMartin L. Guth_Halstead-Company Funeral Record p.2aCaptain Miller's leadership style evidently made an impression on at least one young corporal. At the time of his passing nearly three quarters of a century later, the funeral records of Martin L. Guth noted that Corporal Guth had served under Captain Miller.2025-09-09T00:53:54+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-k/roster-company-k-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/guth-phaon-a-sergeant/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ordnance-image.jpgOrdnance Device, U.S. Patent No. 830,222 (Israel Good, Phaon and Roger Guth, Benjamin F. Sell, 1906, public domain)Ordnance Device, U.S. Patent No. 830,222 (Israel Good, Phaon and Roger Guth, Benjamin F. Sell, 1906, public domain).2025-09-09T00:49:27+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-k/roster-company-k-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-jacob-f-hertzog-a-battle-scarred-survivor/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/hertzog-jacob-franklin-post-civil-war-photo.jpgJacob Franklin Hertzog (c. 1866, public domain)Jacob F. Hertzog (c. 1866, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/hertzog-jacob-frankin-pocotaligo-wound-and-jacob-f-hertzog-wearing-arm-support-c-fall-1862.jpgPrivate Jacob F. Hertzog, Co. K, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (c. 1862)Private Jacob Hertzog, Co. K, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, wearing the support device which facilitated his recovery from a gunshot wound during the Battle of Pocotaligo. Source: George A. Otis (public domain).2025-09-09T00:43:34+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-k/roster-company-k-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/2nd-lieutenant-alfred-p-swoyer-the-face-of-the-unknown-soldier/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/robert-barnwell-rhetts-home_beaufort-sc_c-1860s_loc_pubdomain.jpgRobert Barnwell Rhett's Home, Beaufort, South Carolina (circa 1860s, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Robert Barnwell Rhett's Home, Beaufort, South Carolina (circa 1860s, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2nd-lieutenant-alfred-swoyer.jpg2nd Lt. Alfred Swoyer, Co. K, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa 1862 (public domain)2nd Lt. Alfred Swoyer, Co. K, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa 1862 (public domain)2025-09-09T00:42:12+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-k/roster-company-k-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/first-lieutenant-david-k-fetherolf-a-brave-man-with-an-impeccable-character/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/fort-jefferson_harpers-weekly-26-aug-1865_pubdom.jpgFort Jefferson_Harper's Weekly, 26 Aug 1865_pubdomFort Jefferson (Harper's Weekly, 26 Aug 1865, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/crop_fetherolf-david-co.-k-1-mar-1864-morganza-la.jpg1st Lt. David Fetherolf, Co. K, 1 Mar 1864, Morganza, LAFirst Lieutenant, David Fetherolf, Company K, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Morganza, Louisiana, 1 March 1864 (courtesy of David Sloan).2025-09-09T00:40:02+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/corporal-frederick-wilt/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250830_112759.jpgCommonwealth of Pennsylvania Map, 1837_excerpt showing Berks, Lehigh, Luzerne, and Northampton Counties_pubdomCommonwealth of Pennsylvania Map, 1837 (excerpt showing Berks, Lehigh, Luzerne, and Northampton counties, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250830_104220.jpgMilitary Headstone, Corp. Frederick Wilt, Co. G, 47th PA Vols, Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton, VA_pubdomMilitary headstone of Corporal Frederick Wilt, Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton, Virginia (public domain).2025-08-30T21:10:29+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/corporal-john-kneller-a-highly-respected-citizen-with-a-large-circle-of-friends/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250828_144706.jpgPrescott High School, Prescott, Iowa, c. early 1900s_pubdomPrescott High School, Prescott, Adams County, Iowa, circa early 1900s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250828_145144.jpgMain Street, Prescott, Iowa, c. early 1900s_pubdomMain Street, Prescott, Adams County, Iowa, circa early 1900s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250828_142827.jpgGrand Army of the Republic, Cover, Souvenir Program, Annual Encampment, August 1900_pubdomFront cover, souvenir program, Grand Army of the Republic's annual national encampment, Chicago, Illinois, August 1900 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250827_125718.jpgCorning, Iowa, c. early 1900s_pubdomCorning, Iowa, circa early 1900s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250827_124111.jpgDes Moines, Polk County, Iowa, c. 1885_pubdomDes Moines, Polk County, Iowa, circa 1885 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250827_122922.jpg1st Passenger Train Arriving in Waterloo, Iowa, 11 March 1861_pubdomArrival of the first passenger train in Waterloo, Blackhawk County, Iowa, 11 March 1861 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250827_121237.jpgCenter St., Casper, Wyoming, c. early 1920s_pubdomCenter Street, Casper, Wyoming, circa early 1920s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250827_120614.jpgColumbus, Montana Train Station, c. early 1900s_pubdomTrain Station, Columbus, Montana, circa early 1900s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250827_115101.jpgUnidentified Tripp County, South Dakota Residents, c. late 1890s-early 1900s_pubdomUnidentified residents of Tripp County, South Dakota, circa late 1890s-early 1900s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250826_110337.jpgEllena Huber Keller, First Airplane Ride at Age 83, The Des Moines Register, 8 Jul 1930_pubdomEllena (Huber) Keller, age eighty-three, standing beside the airplane that took her on her first flight on 6 July 1930 (The Des Moines Register, 8 July 1930, public domain).2025-08-29T16:55:03+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/regimental-band/roster-2-partial-regimental-band-47th-pennsylvania/musician-daniel-h-gackenbach-e-flat-tuba-player-and-successful-farmer/what-happened-to-the-family-and-estate-of-daniel-h-gackenbach/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250819_161244.jpgNew Tripoli National Bank, New Tripoli, Lehigh County, PA, c. early 1900s_pubdomNew Tripoli National Bank, New Tripoli, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, circa early 1900s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250818_195430.jpgBath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, circa 1900_pubdomBath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, circa 1900 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250818_194700.jpgFront Street, Bath, Maine, circa 1897_pubdomFront Street, Bath, Maine, circa 1897 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250818_185121.jpgDiefenderfer's Furniture Store, 39-41 North Tenth St., Allentown, PA, 1929_pubdomIn 1926, the electrical contracting company, Diefenderfer & Willenbecher, began selling furniture, radios and other home goods at its store located at 39-41 North Tenth Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania (shown here in 1929, public domain). https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20250818_184314.jpgWWI Victory Parade, 10th and Hamilton, Allentown, PA,1919_pubdomWorld War I Victory Parade, Tenth and Hamilton Streets, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1919 (public domain).2025-08-20T12:54:37+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/regimental-band/2025-08-19T00:44:45+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/regimental-band/roster-regimental-band-47th-pennsylvania/2025-08-18T02:10:57+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-f/roster-company-f-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/griffin-reinert-a-life-changed-by-chance-encounters/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fatal-coasting-accident-headline.jpgFatal Coasting Accident (headline, The Allentown Leader, 18 December 1903)Headline of article in The Allentown Leader announcing Griffin Reinert's tragic death (18 December 1903).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ward-of-u-s-army-general-hospital_penn-park-york-pa_c-1864_pubdomain.jpgWard of U.S. Army General Hospital, Penn Park, York, PA (c. 1864, public domain)Ward of U.S. Army General Hospital, Penn Park, York, Pennsylvania (circa 1864, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wehrs-mill-and-dam_c-1930_formerly-siegers-mill_south-whitehall_lehigh-co-pa_pubdomain.jpgWehr's Mill and Dam, South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania (c. 1930, public domain)Known as Sieger's Mill during the Civil War is more familiar to today's residents of South Whitehall Township in lehigh County, Pennsylvania as Wehr's Mill and Dam (photo c. 1930, public domain).2025-08-12T22:16:50+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-milton-addison-engelman-pipe-maker/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250722_123647.jpgDonaldson Co. Ad, Allentown City Directory, 1894_pubdomAdvertisement for the Donaldson Iron Company, Emmaus, Pennsylvania, 1894 (Allentown City Directory, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1894, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250722_140306.jpgDillingersville, Lehigh County, PA, c. late 1800s_pubdomThe village of Dillingersville in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania still retained its rural feel during the late 1800s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250722_135446.jpgLimeport, Lower Milford Township, Lehigh County, PA, c. 1920s_pubdomLimeport, Lower Milford Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, circa 1920s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250722_134450.jpgDonaldson Iron Works, Emmaus, PA, c. early 1900s_pubdomDonaldson Iron Works, Emmaus, Pennsylvania, circa early 1900s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250722_134032.jpgUpper Milford Township, Lehigh County, PA, c. 1900_pubdomUpper Milford Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, circa 1900 (public domain).2025-08-10T19:50:15+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/sergeant-alexander-david-wilson-a-union-army-veteran-who-was-far-from-perfect/2025-08-06T20:26:00+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-h/roster-company-h-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/first-sergeant-david-h-smith-keeper-of-the-county-jails-keys/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/crop_dauphin-county-jail-c.-1890s_pubdom.jpgDauphin County Jail, Harrisburg, PA, c. 1890s_pubdomDauphin County Jail, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, circa 1890s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/david-h.-smith_co.-h-47th-pa_honorable-discharge.jpgDavid H. Smith_Co. H, 47th PA_Honorable DischargeHonorable Discharge Paperwork of First Sergeant David H. Smith, Company H, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 25 December 1865 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/smith-david-h._co.-h-47th-pa_1863-reenlistment.jpgCorporal David H. Smith, Co. H, 47th PA_1863 Reenlistment Papers_pubdomReenlistment paperwork of Corporal David H. Smith, Company H, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1863 (public domain).2025-08-02T17:23:33+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/corporal-timothy-matthias-snyder-a-patriots-great-grandson-and-telephone-pioneers-father/what-happened-to-the-wife-and-children-of-timothy-matthias-snyder/chester-hartranft-snyder-sr-from-ches-to-bingo/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_20250312_132920.jpgPrudential President's Citation to Chester H. Snyder and His West Shore Colleagues, The Evening News, Harrisburg, PA, 27 Feb 1958_SnyderFamilyArchivesChester H. Snyder, Sr. (top row, fourth from right) and his West Shore colleagues were honored by Prudential Insurance in 1958 (The Evening News, 27 February 1958; click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_20250311_170249.jpgChester H. Snyder, Sr. and Roma May (Haas) Snyder, 50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration, June 1983_SnyderFamilyArchives_usedwithpermissionChes and May Snyder at their 50th wedding anniversary celebration, June 1983 (Snyder Family Archives, used with permission).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_20250311_165431.jpgRoma May (Haas) Snyder and Daughter Corinne May Snyder, c. 1935_SnyderFamilyArchives_usedwithpermissionRoma May (Haas) Snyder and her daughter, Corinne May Snyder, circa 1935. (© Snyder Family Archives. All rights reserved.)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_20250311_133115.jpgLinda Rutledge, America's Junior Miss, May 1973_Snyder Family Archives_used with permissionIn May 1973, Ches and Mae Snyder witnessed the crowning of their granddaughter, Linda Rutledge, as America's Junior Miss (Snyder Family Archives, used with permission)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/chester-hartranft-snyder.jpgChester Hartranft Snyder, Sr., c. 1960s_SnyderFamilyArchives_used with permissionChester Hartranft Snyder, Sr., circa 1960s (Snyder Family Archives, used with permission).2025-08-01T00:55:07+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/corporal-timothy-matthias-snyder-a-patriots-great-grandson-and-telephone-pioneers-father/what-happened-to-the-wife-and-children-of-timothy-matthias-snyder/catharine-rebecka-snyder-courtney-from-stenographer-to-corporate-executive-secretary/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_20250226_135519.jpgSperry New Holland Factory, New Holland, PA, c. 1950_pubdomThe Sperry New Holland factory in New Holland, Pennsylvania, circa 1950 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_20250225_141027.jpgCatharine Rebecka (Snyder) Courtney, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, late 1980s_SnyderFamilyArchives_usedwithpermissionCatharine Rebecka (Snyder) Courtney, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, late 1980s (Snyder Family Archives, used with permission).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_20250225_134457.jpgCatharine (Snyder) Courtney, Windward Orient Tour, Japan, March 1963_SnyderFamilyArchives_usedwithpermissionCatharine (Snyder) Courtney, front row, left, enjoyed her March 1963 trip to Thailand, Hong Kong and Japan, where she was photographed in front of a bronze Buddha with her Windward Orient tour group: Mr. and Mrs. John Wicks, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. McCormick, Mrs. Joseph Duffy, Miss Verna McCormick, Mary K. Huss, Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Mustard (Snyder Family Archives, used with permission).2025-08-01T00:53:24+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/reconstruction-and-migration-from-pennsylvania/residency-in-non-u-s-locations-by-47th-pennsylvania-veteran-volunteers-or-their-immediate-families-or-descendants/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250224_123800.jpgCapt. John Albert Snyder, U.S. Air Force, Korea, 1960_pubdomCaptain John Albert Snyder, U.S. Air Force, shown here in Korea in 1960, was a great-grandson of 47th Pennsylvania veteran Timothy M. Snyder (Snyder Family Archives, used with permission).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_20250209_152102.jpgRev. Archibald Clinton Harte, c. 1933_pubdomThe Rev. Dr. Archibald Clinton Harte, general secretary of the Jerusalem Y.M.C.A. in Jerusalem, Israel, circa 1933 (public domain).2025-08-01T00:48:22+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/corporal-timothy-matthias-snyder-a-patriots-great-grandson-and-telephone-pioneers-father/what-happened-to-the-wife-and-children-of-timothy-matthias-snyder/john-sylvester-snyder-descended-from-patriots/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_20250224_123800.jpgCapt. John Albert Snyder, U.S. Air Force, January 1960_SnyderFamilyArchives_usedwithpermissionCaptain John Albert Snyder, United States Air Force, January 1960, was the first-born son of John Sylvester Snyder (Snyder Family Archives, used with permission).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_20250223_133155.jpgJohn S. Snyder, Kitty (Rissmiller) Snyder, Chester H. Snyder, Roma Haas Snyder with children John Albert Snyder and Cotinne May Snyder, 14Apr1936_SnyderFamikyArchives_usedwithpermissionBack Row, L to R: John Sylvester Snyder and his wife, Kitty, and John's brother, Chester H. Snyder and his wife, Roma (Haas) Snyder. Front Row: John's son, John Albert Snyder, and Ches's daughter, Corinne May Snyder, 14 April 1936 (Snyder Family Archives, used with permission).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_20250222_201659.jpgWillard, Chester, and John Sylvester Snyder, Lavelle, PA, c. 1940_SnydeFamilyArchives_usedwithpermissionBrothers Willard, Chester, and John Sylvester Snyder, Lavelle, Pennsylvania, circa 1940 (Snyder Family Archives, used with permission).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_20250222_200420.jpgJohn Sylvester Snyder, Sunbury, Pennsylvania, c. late 1950s-early 1960s_SnyderFamilyArchives_usedwithpermissionJohn Sylvester Snyder, Sunbury, Pennsylvania, circa late 1950s-early 1960s (Snyder Family Archives, used with permission).2025-08-01T00:46:53+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/corporal-timothy-matthias-snyder-a-patriots-great-grandson-and-telephone-pioneers-father/what-happened-to-the-wife-and-children-of-timothy-matthias-snyder/h-corrine-snyder-a-modest-and-kind-mother-figure-to-many/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/aunt-eenie-older.jpgH. Corrine Snyder, Lancaster, PA, c. early 1980s_SnyderFamilyArchives_usedwithpemissionH. Corrine Snyder, known to family and friends as "Eenie," Lancaster, Pennsylvania, circa 1982 (Snyder Family Archives, used with permission).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_20250221_162843.jpgWheatland, U.S. Pres. James Buchanan's Estate, Lancaster, PA, 1976_USNPS_pubdomThe "Lancaster Aunts" of the Snyder family often volunteered as docents at Wheatland, the estate of former U.S. President James Buchanan in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Wheatland, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1976, U.S. National Park Service, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_20250221_154242.jpgA.S. Abell Building, W. Baltimore and Eutaw Streets, Baltimore, c. 1969_USLOC_pubdomLillian E. Snyder, R.N., may have worked at the Merck Sharp & Dohme blood donation center, located at the corner of West Baltimore and Eutaw Streets in Baltimore, Maryland during the mid to late 1960s (A. S. Abell Building, Baltimore, Maryland, circa 1968, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/merck_ad_for_nurses_baltimore_sun_march_8_1953.jpgMerck_Ad_for_Nurses_Baltimore_Sun_March_8_1953Advertisement for Nurses, Merck Sharpe & Dohme, Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland, 8 March 1953 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_20250217_201437.jpgJewel Tea Company Ad, 1941_pubdomJewel Tea Company advertisement, 1941 (public domain.https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_20250217_192040.jpgWillard Emery Snyder, Lavelle, Pennsylvania, 1926_SnyderFamilyArchives_used with pemissionWillard Emery Snyder, shown here at the age of nine in 1926, gave Corrine Snyder the nickname of "Eenie" (Snyder Family Archives, used with permission).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_20250217_190906.jpgH. Corrine Snyder, c. 1930s_SnyderFamilyArchives_usedwithpermissionH. Corrine Snyder, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, circa 1930s (Snyder Family Archives, used with permission).2025-08-01T00:45:32+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/corporal-timothy-matthias-snyder-a-patriots-great-grandson-and-telephone-pioneers-father/what-happened-to-the-wife-and-children-of-timothy-matthias-snyder/nona-mae-snyder-albert-a-life-of-faith-and-fashion/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_20250216_111749.jpgJohn Hartranft Snyder and Minnie R. (Strohecker) Snyder, Snyder Family Home, Lavelle, PA, c. 1943_SnyderFamilyArchives_usedwithpermissionJohn Hartranft Snyder and Minnie R. Snyder, Snyder Family Home, Main Street, Lavelle, Pennsylvania, circa 1943. The doorway seen behind Minnie's left shoulder was the entrance to their former dry goods store (Snyder Family Archives, used with permission).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/nona-m.-snyder-albert-her-husband-allen-a.-albert-and-fellow-members-of-st.-pauls-evangelical-congregational-church.jpgNona (Snyder) Albert, Her Husband Allen Albert and Members of St. Paul's Evangelical Congregational Church, Pine Grove, PA, 1965_SnyderFamilyArchives_usedwithpermissionNona (Snyder) Albert and her husband, Allen Albert (directly below brick area between the two long stained glass windows) and their congregation, St. Paul's Evangelical Congregational Church, Pine Grove, Pennsylvania, 1965 (Snyder Family Archives, used with permission).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/christmas_advertisement_for_albert_s_store_pine_grove_pennsylvania_1960.jpgChristmas_Advertisement_for_Albert_s_Store_Pine_Grove_Pennsylvania_1960Advertisement, Albert's Store, Pine Grove, Pennsylvania (West Schuylkill Press and Pine Grove Herald, 23 November 1960, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_20250214_110708.jpgNona May Snyder, circa 1940s-1950s_SnyderFamilyArchives_usedwithpermissionNona May (Snyder) Albert, shown here during the 1940s or early 1950s, became a fashion advocate as a young woman before marrying her husband Allen Albert, owner of Albert's clothing store in Pine Grove, Pennsylvania (Snyder Family Archives, used with permission).2025-08-01T00:40:50+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/corporal-timothy-matthias-snyder-a-patriots-great-grandson-and-telephone-pioneers-father/what-happened-to-the-wife-and-children-of-timothy-matthias-snyder/timothy-peter-snyder-a-life-cut-short/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_20250213_172656.jpgLavelle School, Lavelle, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, circa 1908-1910, USLIC_pubdomSiblings Timothy P. Snyder (row two, first from left) and Nona M. Snyder (row three, third from left), Lavelle School, Village of Lavelle, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, circa 1908-1910 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_20250213_165923.jpgMain Street, Lavelle, Schuylkill County, PA, c. 1900_pubdomMain Street, Village of Lavelle, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, circa 1900 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_20250213_152124.jpgTimothy Peter Snyder, Grandson of Corp. Timothy Matthias Snyder, c. 1908-1910_Snyder Family Archives, used with permissionTimothy P. Snyder, Lavelle School, Lavelle, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, circa 1908-1910 (Snyder Family Archives, used with permission).2025-08-01T00:39:00+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-e/roster-company-e-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-kerkendallkirkendall-brothers-comrades-in-war-and-family-men/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/second-national-bank-s-main-and-market-street-junction-phillipsburg-new-jersey-1908_pubdomain1.jpgSecond National Bank, S. Main and Market Street Junction, Phillipsburg, New Jersey (1908, public domain)Second National Bank, S. Main and Market Street Junction, Phillipsburg, New Jersey (1908, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/warren-foundry-employees-c-1900_pubdomain.jpgWarren Foundry Employees, Warren County, New Jersey (c. 1900, public domain)Warren Foundry Employees, Warren County, New Jersey (c. 1900, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1-room-school-house-lock-street-phillipsburg-nj-c-late-1800s-early-1900s_pubdomain.jpg1-Room School House, Lock Street, Phillipsburg, NJ (c. late 1800s-early 1900s, public domain)Some Phillipsburg, New Jersey children attended this one-room school on Lock Street near the Morris Canal (c. late 1800s-early 1900s, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/canal-boat-lock-1-east-morris-canal-phillipsburg_mule-team-on-towpath-at-left-of-lock-c-1900s_usloc_pubdomain.jpgCanal Boat Lock 1 East, Morris Canal, Phillipsburg (Mule Team on Towpath at Left of Lock, c. 1900s, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Canal Boat Lock 1 East, Morris Canal, Phillipsburg (Mule Team on Towpath at Left of Lock, c. 1900s, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/crop_view-of-easton-from-phillipsburg-rock-c-1860-1862-james-fuller-queen-u-s-loc-pubdom.jpgView of Easton (from Phillipsburg Rock, c. 1860-1862, James Fuller Queen, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)View of Easton (from Phillipsburg Rock, c. 1860-1862, James Fuller Queen, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/crop_pvt-peter-kerkendall-co-e-47th-pa-vols.jpgPvt. Peter Kerkendall, Co. E, 47th PA Vols (public domain)Private Peter Kerkendall, Co. E, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, c. 1863 (public domain).2025-07-31T19:13:12+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-richard-walker-hill-a-pioneer-in-the-wild-wooly-west/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250728_103129.jpgLos Angeles City Hall Area, Los Angeles, CA_aerial view, 1928_pubdom1928 aerial view of Los Angeles, California, the new city hall gleaming in the sun (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250728_101445.jpgDenver, Colorado, c. 1900-1910_pubdomDenver, Colorado, circa 1900-1910 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250727_120817.jpgBlake Street, Denver, CO, 1880_pubdomLooking east on Blake Street, Denver, Colorado, 1880 (publuc domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250726_174647.jpgGeorgiana Frances Pike Hill (1856-1944), wife of Richard W. Hill, Los Angeles, CA, 1931_pubdomGeorgiana Frances (Pike) Hill (1856-1944), wife of Richard Walker Hill, Los Angeles, California, 1931 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250726_174531.jpgPvt. Richard Walker Hill (1848-1931), Co. C., 47th PA Vols, Los Angeles, CA, 193147th Pennsylvania veteran Richard Walker Hill (1848-1931), Los Angeles, California, 1931 (public domain).2025-07-30T13:45:11+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/regimental-band/roster-regimental-band-47th-pennsylvania/the-schwenzerschwentzer-brothers-immigrants-respected-artists-and-beloved-american-civic-leaders/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hess-brothers-department-store_ninth-and-hamilton_allentown_1903.jpgHess Brothers Department Store, Ninth and Hamilton, Allentown, PA (1903, public domain)Hess Brothers Department Store, Ninth and Hamilton, Allentown, Pennsylvania (1903, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/lehigh-valley-railroad-station-allentown-pennsylvania-c-1907_public-domain.jpgLehigh Valley Railroad Station, Allentown, Pennsylvania (c. 1907, public domain)Lehigh Valley Railroad Station, Allentown, Pennsylvania (c. 1907, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/crop_allentown-band_1887.jpgAllentown Band (c. 1887, public domain)Allentown Band (c. 1887, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ninth_and_hamilton_streets_looking_east-allentown-c-1891.jpgNinth and Hamilton Streets, Allentown, Pennsylvania (looking East, c. 1891, public domain)Ninth and Hamilton Streets, Allentown, Pennsylvania (looking East, circa 1891, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/crop_allentown-band_1872_earliest-known-photo.jpgAllentown Band (c. 1872, public domain)Historians believe this to be the earliest known photo of the Allentown Band (c. 1872, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/peter-schwenzers-passport-application_1900.jpgPeter Schwenzer, U.S. Passport Application, 1900 (U.S. NARA, public domain)Peter Schwenzer, U.S. Passport Application, 1900 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain; double click to enlarge).2025-07-23T22:27:38+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2016/09/04/from-louisiana-to-virginia-1864-the-battle-of-snickers-gap-and-service-with-the-army-of-the-shenandoah/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_20250717_071850.jpgSnickers Gap, VA in Relation to Charlestown, West VA, Summer 1864_Hotchkiss Map Collection, USLOC_pubdomSnicker's Gap, Virginia in relation to Charlestown, West Virginia, July 1864 (Hotchkiss map excerpt, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/kellys-ford-on-the-rappahannock-river_edwin-forbes_10-feb-1864_u-s-loc_pubdomain1.jpgKelly's Ford on the Rappahannock River_Edwin Forbes_10 Feb 1864_U.S. LOC_pubdomainhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/kellys-ford-on-the-rappahannock-river_edwin-forbes_10-feb-1864_u-s-loc_pubdomain.jpgKelly's Ford on the Rappahannock River (Edwin Forbes, 10 February 1864, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Kelly's Ford on the Rappahannock River (Edwin Forbes, 10 February 1864, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cool-spring-battlefield-clark-county_2016_n-varegparkauth_pubdom.jpgCool Spring Battlefield, Clark County, Virginia (2016, North Virginia Regional Park Authority, public domain)Cool Spring Battlefield, Clark County, Virginia (2016, North Virginia Regional Park Authority, public domain).2025-07-17T15:00:11+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-john-lewellyn-clouser-a-railroader-to-the-end/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250715_184921.jpgUnidentified Crew, Locomotive No. 6, Pennsylvania Railroad Co. (PRR), Waynesburg and Washington branch, c. 1903_pubdomUnidentified crew with Locomotive No. 6 on tracks of a Waynesburg and Washington branch line of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company (PRR), circa 1903 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250715_154221.jpgPublic Square, Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio, c. 1917_pubdomPublic Square, Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio, circa 1917 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250715_152941.jpgS.W. Haag Store, Hughesville, PA, c. July 4th, 1930s_pubdomThe S. W. Haag store in Hughesville, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, decorated for the Fourth of July, circa 1930s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250715_150303.jpgHigh Street, Waynesburg, PA, c. 1890s_pubdomHigh Street in Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, looking west, circa 1890s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250715_140800.jpgPennsylvania Railroad (PRR) Train, Waynesburg, PA, 1907_pubdomPennsylvania Railroad Company (PRR) train chugs out of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, 1907 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250715_134407.jpgB & O Railroad Roundhouse and Shops, Martinsburg, West Virginia, c. mid-1860s-1870s_USLOC_pubdomB&O Railroad's roundhouse and shops, Martinsburg, West Virginia, circa mid-1860s to 1870s (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2025-07-17T05:43:14+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-ephraim-clouser-one-soldiers-suffering/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_20250111_215818.jpgEphraim Clouser's Listing, Defective, Dependent and Delinquent Classes, U.S. Census, 1880_NARA_pubdomEntries of Ephraim and Lizzie Clouser, U.S. Census, Special Schedules: Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes, Perry County, Pennsylvania, 1880 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administation, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_20250109_221441.jpgPennsylvania State Lunatic Asylum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania_photo, c. 1890s_pubdomHarrisburg State Hospital (formerly known as the Pennsylvania State Lunatic Asylum), Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, circa 1890s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_20250109_220604.jpgPennsylvania State Lunatic Asylum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania_illustraion, c. late 1800s_pubdomPostcard depiction of the Pennsylvania State Lunatic Asylum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, circa late 1800s (public domain).2025-07-17T05:36:38+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-wesley-m-white-a-first-generation-irish-american-pennsylvanian-who-became-a-nebraska-homesteader-and-prosperous-california-farmer/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250712_193716.jpgRoundhouse, Glenns Ferry, Idaho, c. 1915_pubdomRoundhouse, Glenns Ferry, Idaho, circa 1915 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250712_192009.jpgSpanish-American Institute Students Working as Farm Laborers, Gardena, California, c. 1920s_pubdomStudents of the Methodist-run Spanish-American Institute in Gardena, California worked as farm laborers in Gardena during the 1920s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250712_183339.jpgMain St., Looking East, Hiawatha, Kansas, c. late 1890s-early 1900s_pubdomMain Street, looking east, Hiawatha, Kansas, circa late 1890s to early 1900s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250712_181505.jpgChilcote Bldg., 1st and Hastings, NE Corner, Hastings, Nebraska, 1881_pubdomThe Chilcote Building at the northeast corner of 1st and Hastings streets in Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska, shown here in 1881, was the first site of Hastings College (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250712_180209.jpgFirst and Pike Streets, Seattle, Washington, 1930_pubdomFirst and Pike Streets, Seattle, Washington, 1930 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250712_175556.jpgSalt Lake City, Utah, circa 1915_pubdomSalt Lake City, Utah, circa 1915 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250630_150210.jpgGardena Blvd., looking east, Gardena, CA, 1900_pubdomLooking east on Gardena Boulevard in the town of Gardena, Los Angeles County, California, 1900 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250630_162943.jpgHastings, Adams County, Nebraska, first known photo, c. 1880_pubdomFirst known photo of the town of Hastings in Adams County, Nebraska (circa 1800s, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250630_141737.jpgWesley M. White, Homestead Patent, Bloomington, Nebraska, U.S. Land Office, 10 Feb 1876_NARA_pubdomU.S. government patent transferring one hundred and sixty acres of land in Nebraska to 47th Pennsylvania veteran Wesley M. White on 10 February 1876, under the U.S. Homestead Act of 1862 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain; click to enlarge).2025-07-13T14:37:00+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-four-foltz-men-of-company-d/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_20250403_145848.jpg47th Pennsylvania Veteran Michael Foltz and His Wife, Catharine (Kitner) Foltz, Perry County, PA, c. 1870s_pubdom47th Pennsylvania veteran Michael Foltz and his first wife, Catharine (Kitner) Foltz, Perry County, Pennsylvania, circa 1870s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_20250403_135015.jpgMichael Foltz (1847-1913), c. 1870s_pubdomMichael Foltz, Perry County, Pennsylvania, circa 1870s (public domain).2025-07-12T22:03:22+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-william-j-smith-a-red-river-campaign-pow/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250618_072722.jpgWilliam J. Smith and Son David S. Smith, U.S. Civil War Pension Index Card_NARA_pubdomWiliam J. Smith and his son, David S. Smith, U.S. Civil War Pension applications, 1884-1891 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250617_163121.jpgBattle of Chancellorsville, VA, 1-5 May 1862_KurzAndAllison, 1889_USLOC_pubdomBattle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, 1-5 May 1862 (Kurz & Allison, 1889, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250617_162413.jpgBattle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 1862, excerpt_CurrierAndIves, 1862-USLOC_pubdomBattle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, 12-15 December 1862 (excerpt, Currier & Ives, 1862, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2025-07-12T21:57:17+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-ellis-shannon-a-tanner-turned-railroad-conductor/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250518_151517.jpgMemorial Parade for Pres. Ulysses S. Grant, Galesburg, IL, 8 Aug 1885_pubdomMembers of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) paid tribute to the late U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant during a memorial parade in Galesburg, Illinois on 8 August 1885 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250518_134855.jpgHarry Dale Shannon (1913-2001), Galesburg H.S., Galesburg, IL, 1934_pubdomHarry Dale Shannon, shown here in this 1934 Galesburg High School photo, was a grandson of 47th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Ellis Shannon (public domain).2025-07-12T21:53:51+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/samuel-raffensperger-one-of-the-47th-pennsylvanias-teamsters/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250622_144158.jpgTrain Depot, Marengo, Iowa, c. early 1900s_pubdomTrain depot, Marengo, Iowa, circa early 1900s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250622_143658.jpgMain Street, Ladora, Iowa, circa late 1890s-early 1900s_pubdomMain Street, Ladora, Iowa, circa late 1890s to early 1900s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250621_102608.jpgHeadstone, Pvt. Samuel S. Raffensperger, 47th PA Vols, Ohio Cemetery, Ladora, Iowa_pubdomHeadstone of 47th Pennsylvanian Samuel S. Raffensperger (1842-1877), Ohio Cemetery, Ladora, Iowa (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250621_102205.jpgFarms of Daniel and Samuel Raffensperger, Ladora, Hartford Twp, Iowa County, Iowa, 1874_Land Maps, USLOC_pubdomThe adjoining farms of Daniel and Samuel Raffensperger were documented near the bottom right of this 1874 map of Ladora, Hartford Township, Iowa (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250621_095936.jpgTrain, Hunt Grain Elevator, Victor, Iowa, 1888_pubdomTrain at the Hunt grain elevator, Victor, Iowa, 1888 public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250621_090652.jpgHorse-Drawn Covered Wagons, 2nd Vermont Infantry, Camp Griffin, VA_Larkin G. Mead, 1861_USLOC_pubdomThe horse-drawn wagon trains of Private Samuel Raffensperger and his fellow 47th Pennsylvania wagoners would have looked much like this wagon train of the 2nd Vermont Infantry at Camp Griffin, Virginia (2nd Vermont Infantry wagon train, Camp Griffin, Virginhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250620_144513.jpgProfessor Margaret Grant Schutte, Univ. of Pretoria, Des Moines Register, 27 Jan1929_pubdomProfessor Margaret (Grant) Schutte, shown here with her husband, D. J. Schutte, in 1929, was a granddaughter of 47th Pennsylvania veteran Samuel S. Raffensperger. A graduate of Iowa State College, she became a university professor in South Africa (The Des Moines Register, 27 January 1929, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250620_134136.jpgLeonard Raffensperger, Coach and Teacher, East Waterloo High School, Waterloo, Iowa, 1933_pubdomLeonard Raffensperger (1903-1974), a grandson of Samuel S. Raffensperger, coach and teacher, East Waterloo High School, Waterloo, Iowa, 1930 (public domain).2025-07-12T21:52:36+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-frederick-prothero-an-emigrant-from-wales-who-became-a-pennsylvanian/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_20250428_112306.jpgMap, Monmouthshire, Wales, Thomas Moule, 1831_pubdomMap of Monmouthshire, Wales, 1831 (Thomas Moule, public domain).2025-07-12T21:51:23+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-peter-petre-whose-surname-was-pronounced-as-petrie/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250612_081254.jpgLindner Shoe Factory, Carlisle, PA, c. 1910_pubdomLindner Shoe Factory, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, circa 1910 (public domain).2025-07-12T21:50:13+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-harpers-of-company-d-kin-to-a-captain/2025-07-12T21:49:05+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-william-h-rhoads/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250707_180025.jpgFair, Carlyle, Illinois, c. 1890s-early 1900s_pubdomCommunity members enjoying the fair in Carlyle, Illinois, circa 1890s-early 1900s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250707_175301.jpgNational Mall, Washington, D.C., c. 1900_pubdomNational Mall, Washington, D.C., circa 1900 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250629_152542.jpgPvt. William H. Rhoads, Co. D, 47th PA Vols, c. 1929_Harrisburg Telegraph, 22 Jan 1929_pubdom47th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer William H. Rhoads (Company D), circa 1929 (Harrisburg Telegraph, 22 January 1929, publuc domain).2025-07-08T21:42:06+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-amos-bender-a-reformed-soldier/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250513_103150.jpgCarlisle Farmer's Market, Carlisle, PA, c. 1940s-1950s_pubdomCarlisle Farmers' Market, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, circa 1940s-1950s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250513_102113.jpgThe Carlisle Hotel, Asbury Park, NJ, c. early 1900s_pubdomThe Carlisle, a hotel in Asbury Park, New Jersey that was owned by Laura Alexander, the employer of of Alberta Garland Bender (public domain, circa early 1900s).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250513_101309.jpgCumberland Valley Railroad Station, Carlisle, PA, 1909_pubdomCumberland Valley Railroad Station, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1909 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250513_100318.jpgTrain Station, New Bloomfield, PA, c. late 1800s_pubdomTrain Station, New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania, circa late 1800s (public domain).2025-07-07T20:26:58+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2025/07/02/reconstruction-and-diplomacy-the-47th-pennsylvania-in-georgia-summer-1865/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250701_121408.jpgPulaski Hotel, Savannah, Georgia, c. 1906_USLOC_pubdomThe 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry's Regimental performed an impromptu concert for James Johnson, provincial governor of the State of Georgia, at the Pulaski Hotel in Savannah on June 30, 1865 (Pulaski Hotel, Savannah, Georgia, circa 1906, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_20250701_165735.jpgJames Johnson, Provisional Governor of Georgia, 1865_Evans' A History of Georgia for Use in Schools_pubdomJames Johnson, provisional governor of the State of Georgia, 1865 (Lawton B. Evans, A History of Georgia for Use in Schools, 1898, public domain).2025-07-02T19:50:19+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2025/06/03/reconstruction-and-provost-duties-the-47th-pennsylvania-heads-for-georgia-early-to-late-june-1865/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250602_134304.jpgU.S.S. North Star, Harper's Weekly, 10 Jan 1863_pubdomU.S.S. North Star, circa 1863 (Harper's Weekly, January 10, 1863, public domain).2025-07-01T20:41:18+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-john-francis-egolf-a-survivor-of-domestic-violence-who-protected-his-mom/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250629_101348.jpgDrumgold Corner, Shermans Dale, PA, c. 1870_pubdomThree decades after the birth of John Egolf, Shermans Dale was still bucolic (Drumgold Corner, Shermans Dale, Perry County, Pennsylvania, circa 1870, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250629_082345.jpgDomestic Violence Prevention, Power and Control Wheel_publicdomainJohn F. Egolf and his mom, Susan, were able to escape their family's cycle of domestic violence with the support of friends and neighbors (domestic violence power and control wheel, public domain image; click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250629_003313.jpgMilitary Headstone, William H. Egolf, Signal Corps, U.S. Volunteers, Pinecrest Memorial Park, Mena, AK_pubdomMilitary headstone of 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer John F. Egolf's younger brother, William Henry Egolf, Signal Corps, U.S. Volunteers, Pinecrest Memorial Cemetery, Mena, Arkansas (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250629_000502.jpgSouder Affidavit, U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension File, Susan Egolf, Mother of Pvt. John F. Egolf_May1869, p. 1, excerpt_NARA_pubdomExcerpt from an affidavit filed by George and Agnes Souder in 1869, supporting the U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension application of Susan Egolf, the mother of 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer John F. Egolf (affidavit, May 1869, p. 1, U.S. Civil War Pension Files, Susan and John Egolf, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain; click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250628_225045-e1751181615954.jpgAffidavit by Lewis and William Egolf, U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension File of Susan Egolf, Mother of John F. Egolf, 20 Aug 1866, p. 1, excerpt_NARA_pubdomExcerpt from an affidavit filed by Lewis and William Egolf in 1866, supporting the U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension application of Susan Egolf, the mother of 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer John F. Egolf (affidavit, 20 August 1866, p. 1, U.S. Civil War Pension Files, Susan and John Egolf, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250626_152550.jpgGravestone, George W. Egolf, Aged 10, 1859, Landisville Cemetery, Perry County, PA_pubdomGravestone of John F. Egolf's ten-year-old brother, George, Landisville Cemetery, Perry County, Pennsylvania (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250626_145200.jpgNew Bloomfield, Perry County, PA, c. 1915_pubdomEven in 1913, New Bloomfield retained the feel of a small town in rural Pennsylvania (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250626_123651.jpgPvt. John F. Egolf, 47th PA Vols, Last Will and Testament, Beaufort, SC, 23 Nov 1862_NARA_pubdomLast will and testament of Private John F. Egolf, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Beaufort, South Carolina, 23 November 1862 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250623_101641.jpgJoseph Egolf (1841-1920), 36th PA Vols, c. 1910_pubdomJoseph Egolf (1841-1920), shown here circa 1910, who was a younger brother of John F. Egolf, was a veteran of the 36th Pennsylvania Volunteers (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250623_113946.jpgMilitary Headstone, Pvt. John F. Egolf, Co. D, 47th PA Vols., Winchester National Cemetery, Virginia_courtesyofJonelleTrimmer, 2014, usedwithpermissionGrave of Private John Francis Egolf, Company D, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Winchester National Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia (Jonelle Trimmer, 2014; used with permission).2025-06-29T19:41:03+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2025/06/28/observing-pennsylvania-german-day-on-june-28/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250628_100829.jpgPennsylvania German Flag, Peter V. Fritsch, c. 1989_pubdomThe Pennsylvania German Flag, which was created by Peter V. Fritsch, was officially dedicated at the Allentown Court House in 1989 (public domain).2025-06-28T20:14:18+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/reconstruction-and-migration-from-pennsylvania/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_20250128_130944.jpgPacific Railroad, Central Branch, Atchison, Kansas, c. 1870s_pubdomPacific Railroad, Central Branch, Atchison, Kansas, circa 1870s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_20250118_111824.jpgBristor Gethers' Attestation to the Correct Spelling of His Name, U.S. Civil War Pension File, 24 Jan 1893_NARA_pubdomAttestation by 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Bristor Gethers and his attorney, 24 January 1893, confirming the correct spelling of his name (U.S. Civil War Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_20250125_144033.jpgHomestead Claim Affidavit, William H. Dech, 10 Apr 1872_NARA_pubomHomestead claim affidavit filed by William Dech, a brother of 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Alfred Dech, for land in Nebraska (U.S. Homestead Records, 10 April 1872, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/cost_of_a_homestead_indiana_pennsylvania_the_indiana_progress_oct_24_1872.jpgCost_of_a_Homestead_Indiana_Pennsylvania_The_Indiana_Progress_Oct_24_1872"Cost of a Homestead," in The Indiana Progress, Indiana, Pennsylvania, 24 October 1872 (public domain).2025-06-25T13:56:27+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-george-washington-topley-a-tinner-who-lost-his-hearing-and-then-his-life/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_20250424_135402.jpgJubilee Celebration, Baltimore, Maryland, 1906_pubdomJubilee Celebration, Baltimore, Maryland, 1906 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_20250424_133212.jpgAddie F. Topley Sheibley's Death Certificate, Philadelphia, PA, 1880_pubdomPhysician's death certificate for Addie F. (Topley) Sheibley, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1880 (Philadelphia City Archives, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_20250424_132103.jpgPvt. George W. Topley's Grave, Poplar Grove Nat'l Cemetery, Virginia_pubdomPrivate George W. Topley's grave, Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Dinwiddie County, Virginia (public domain).2025-06-23T17:39:48+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/small-jerome-y-private/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/small-j-y-gravestone_winchester.jpgPvt. Jerome Y. Small, 47th Pennsylvania (military headstone closeup, Winchester National Cemetery, public domain)Pvt. Jerome Y. Small, 47th Pennsylvania (military headstone closeup, Winchester National Cemetery, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/crop_small-jerome-y-1863-civil-war-draft-ledger-2.jpgSmall, Jerome Y. (1863 Civil War Draft Ledger Entry)Small, Jerome Y. (1863 Civil War draft ledger entry, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/perry-co-courthouse-new-bloomfield_hains-history-of-perry-county.jpgPerry County Courthouse, New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania (Hain's History of Perry County, 1922, public domain)Perry County Courthouse, New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania, circa 1860s (Hain's History of Perry County, 1922, public domain).2025-06-18T20:20:09+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2024/04/10/battle-of-pleasant-hill-louisiana-april-9-1864-casualties-and-pows-from-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteer-infantry/2025-06-18T19:30:19+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-washington-alexander-power-a-colorado-mining-pioneer-whose-future-was-golden/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_20250108_193125.jpgGolden, Colorado, c. 1900_pubdomGolden, Colorado, circa 1900 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_20250108_183329.jpgTrinidad, Colirado, c. late 1880s-early 1890s_pubdomTrinidad, Colorado, circa 1890s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_20250108_182619.jpgTrinidad, Colorado, c. 1890s_pubdomTrinidad, Colorado, circa 1890s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_20250108_180810.jpgGolden Smelter, Golden, Colorado, c.1880s_pubdomGolden Smelter, Golden, Colorado, circa 1890s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_20250108_172208.jpgValley Smelter, Golden, Colorado, c. 1870_pubdomValley Smelter, Golden, Colorado, circa 1870s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_20250108_170015.jpgAltoona, Pennsylvania, 1867_USLOC_pubdomAltoona, Pennsylvania, 1867 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_20250104_124519.jpgWashington A. Power, c. early 1900s_pubdomWashington A. Power, circa early 1900s (The Colorado Transcript, 10 September 1908, public domain).2025-06-18T18:52:58+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/james-downs-from-private-to-pow-to-corporal/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_20250115_191325.jpgCorporal James Downs, Co. D, 47th PA Vols, 1865_pubdomCorporal James Downs, Company D, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, sometime after his July 1865 promotion (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/pennsylvania-memorial-home-brookeville-jefferson-co-pennsylvania-c-1909_pubdomain.jpgPennsylvania Memorial Home, Brookville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania (c. 1909, public domain)Pennsylvania Memorial Home, Brookville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania (c. 1909, public domain)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/james-downs-cdv-front.jpgJames Downs, c. 1880s (carte de visite, front, public domain)James Downs (c. 1880s, public domain).2025-06-18T18:34:05+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-brady-bunch-of-company-d-privates/2025-06-18T18:28:40+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-kosiers-and-krosiers-of-company-d/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/crop_natchitoches-louisiana-frank-leslies-illustrated-newspaper-7-may-1864_usloc_pubdom.pngNatchitoches, Louisiana, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 7 May 1864_USLOC_pubdomNatchitoches, Louisiana (Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 7 May 1864, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/crop_kosier-george-c.-1863.jpgGeorge Kosier, Co. D, 47th PA Vols, c. 1863George Kosier, Company D, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa 1863 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/kosier-jesse_antietamreburialfromweverton_antietamledgerentry.jpgPrivate Jesse Kosier (Reburial Ledger Entry, Antietam National Cemetery)This notation in the Antietam National Cemetery burial ledgers also confirms the initial burial at Weverton, Maryland, and exhumation and reinterment at Antietam of the remains of Private Jesse Kosier, 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers.https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/kosier-jesse_weverton.jpgPrivate Jesse Kosier's Initial and Final Resting Places (Weaverton and Antietam, MD)The National Cemetery Interment Control Form for Private Jesse Kosier, Company D, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, confirms that he died in 1864, was initially buried at Weverton, Maryland, and then exhumed and reinterred at the Antietam National Cemetery.https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/kosier-jesse_pleurisy-death_sandyhookmd_30aug1864_volsdeathledger.jpgPrivate Jesse Kosier, Volunteers Death Ledger Entry, 30 August 1864This entry in the Union Army's death ledger for volunteer soldiers confirms that Private Jesse Kosier, Company D, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, died from pleurisy at the Union Field Hospital at Sandy Hook, Maryland on 30 August 1864. (Click once or twice to enlarge.)2025-06-18T17:57:45+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/captain-george-stroop-a-splendid-citizen/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2nd-lt-george-stroop-co-d-47th-pa-vols-c-1863.jpg2nd Lieutenant George Stroop, Co. D, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (c. 1863, public domain)2nd Lieutenant George Stroop, Co. D, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (c. 1863, public domain).2025-06-18T17:55:50+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/captain-henry-durant-h-d-woodruff/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/captain-henry-durant-woodruff.jpgCaptain Henry Durant Woodruff (c. 1864)Captain Henry Durant ("H.D.") Woodruff, commanding officer of Company D, 2nd Pennsylvania Volunteers (April-July 1861) and Company D, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (31 August 1861 - 18 September 1864); public domain.2025-06-18T17:53:27+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/2025-06-18T17:49:57+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-james-mccroskey/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250617_114724.jpgSteel Company Employee Housing, E Street, Sparrows Point, MD, July 4, 1900_pubdomSteel company workers and their families celebrating the Fourth of July on E Street in Sparrows Point, Maryland, 1900 (public domain).2025-06-17T19:20:21+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-george-washington-dill/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250616_153314.jpgHeadstone of Pvt. George Washington Dill, Duncannon Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Duncannon, PA_pubdomGeorge Washington Dill's Headstone, Duncannon Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Duncannon, Pennsylvania (public domain).2025-06-17T16:54:35+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/officers/roster-field-and-staff-officers-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/2025-06-15T23:13:38+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-joseph-benson-shaver-from-farmer-to-soldier-to-prominent-pastor/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250608_175712.jpgSt. Patrick's Day Parade, St. Gabriel's Church, Hazleton, PA, c. 1889_pubdomSt. Patrick's Day parade participants pass in front of St. Gabriel's Church in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, March 1899 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250608_181154.jpgSt. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, Hazleton, PA, c. 1910_pubdomSt. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, Hazleton, Pennsylvania, circa 1910 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250608_163356.jpgMarket Day, Mill St., Danville, PA, c. 1890s_pubdomMarket Day on Mill Street in Danville, Pennsylvania, circa 1890s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250608_155536.jpgHollidaysburg, PA, c. 1880s_pubdomHollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, circa 1880s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250608_152053.jpgTrain Station, Thompsontown, PA, c. late 1800s_pubdomTrain station, Thompsontown, Pennsylvania, circa late 1800s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250608_134821.jpgLow Library, Columbia University, New York, NY, 1903_USLOC, pubdomThe dome of Columbia University's Low Library towered over the campus and the Hudson River well before Mary Mumper Shaver began working there (Low Library, Columbia University, New York City, New York, 1903, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250608_132149.jpgDickinson Seminary, Williamsport, PA, c. 1905_pubdomDickinson Seminary, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, circa 1905 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250608_132032.jpgDickinson Seminary, Williamsport, PA, c. 1860s_pubdomDickinson Seminary, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, circa 1860s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250528_110214.jpgRev. Joseph Benson Shaver, c. 1890s_pubdomThe Reverend Joseph Benson Shaver, shown here circa the 1890s, was a veteran of the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (public domain).2025-06-12T15:50:19+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/bernhard-jairus-private/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/bernhard-jairus-state-of-birth-1885-entry-us-civil-svc-and-post-office.jpgJairus Bernhard, letter carrier, U.S. Postal Service, 1885-1886 (U.S. House of Representatives, July 1885)Jairus Bernhard, letter carrier, U.S. Postal Service, 1885-1886 (U.S. House of Representatives, July 1885).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/jairus-bernhard-1930_pubdomain.jpgJairus Bernhard, 1930 (public domain)Jairus Bernhard, 1930 (public domain).2025-06-10T22:09:40+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-joseph-benson-shaver-from-farmer-to-soldier-to-prominent-pastor/memorial-oration-by-the-reverend-joseph-benson-shaver-30-may-1889/2025-06-09T23:36:33+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/officers/roster-field-and-staff-officers-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/lieutenant-colonel-george-warren-g-w-alexander/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/crop_lt.-col.-g.-w.-alexander-c.-1863_courtesy-of-david-sloan.jpegLt.-Col. G. W. Alexander, c. 1863_courtesy of David SloanLieutenant-Colonel George Warren Alexander, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa 1861 (courtesy of David Sloan).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/g.w.-alexander-co.-franklin-st.-west-reading-pa-1887_sanborn-fire-insurance-map.jpgG.W. Alexander & Co., Franklin St., West Reading, PA, 1887_Sanborn Fire Insurance Map (pubdom)G. W. Alexander & Co., Franklin Street, West Reading, 1887 (Sanborn Map & Publishing Co., public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/charles-evans-cemetery-map-of-berks-county-pa-h-f-bridgens-1862_us-loc-pubdomain.jpgCharles Evans Cemetery, Map of Berks County, PA, H.F. Bridgens, 1862 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Charles Evans Cemetery, c. 1862 (excerpt from a map of Berks County, Pennsylvania drawn by H.F. Bridgens, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/g-w-alexander-son-_-west-reading-pa-factory_c-1928.jpgG.W. Alexander & Co., c. 1900s (1928 advertisement, public domain)This 1928 newspaper advertisement copy was topped by a photo from the earlier 1900s of the hat factory founded by George Warren Alexander (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/reading-pa_1881_usloc_pubdomain.jpgReading, Pennsylvania, 1881 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1881 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/lieut-col-g-w-alexander-fort-jefferson-fl-c-1863_pubdomain.jpgLieut. Col. G.W. Alexander, 47th PA Volunteers, Fort Jefferson, FL (c. 1863-1864, public domain)Lieutenant Colonel George Warren Alexander, second in command, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Fort Jefferson, Florida (c. 1863-1864, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/gw-alexander-takes-command-of-ft-jefferson-12-dec-1862.jpgGW Alexander Takes Command of Ft Jefferson 12 Dec 1862Excerpt from 47th PA Volunteers' Civil War muster roll documenting Brig. Gen. J.M. Brannan's directive for Lt. Col. G.W. Alexander to assume command of Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida, December 1862.2025-06-09T04:57:53+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-h/roster-company-h-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-battered-saylors-and-sailors-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-and-their-baldwin-kin/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/main-and-market-street_ottumwa-iowa-c-1907_loc_pubdomain.jpgMain and Market Streets, Ottumwa, Iowa, circa 1907 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).Main and Market Streets, Ottumwa, Iowa, circa 1907 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1870s_church_street_ottumwa.jpgChurch Street, Ottumwa, Iowa, circa 1870s (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).Church Street, Ottumwa, Iowa, circa 1870s (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2025-06-06T01:56:21+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-e/roster-company-e-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-jacob-tilghman-ochs-laboring-to-survive/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/jacob-ochs_co.-e-47th-pa-muster-roll-entry-for-1863-reenlist-1864-foot-wound-1865-surg-cert-discharge.jpgJacob Ochs_Co. E, 47th PA Muster Roll Entry for 1863 Reenlist, 1864 Foot Wound, 1865 Surg Cert Discharge47th Pennsylvania Volunteers' muster roll documenting the foot wound sustained on 19 October 1864 by Private Jacob T. Ochs and his medical discharge in 1865 (U.S. National Archives, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/crop_jacobochs_47thpa_musterroll-enlistment.jpgJacobOchs_47thPA_MusterRoll-Enlistment47th Pennsylvania Volunteers' muster roll excerpt, documenting the 1863 reenlistment of Private Jacob T. Ochs (U.S. National Archives, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/img_1688.jpegJacob Ochs' Headstone_John Rohal, 2020Jacob T. Ochs' headstone, Trinity UCC Cemetery, Freemansburg, Pennsylvania (John Rohal, 2020; used with permission).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/stone-masons-arm_illustration_pubdom.jpgStone Mason's Arm_illustration_pubdomhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/jacob-ochs_1776-1866_grandfather-of-jacob-ochs-47th-pa-vols.jpegJacob Ochs_1776-1866_grandfather of Jacob Ochs, 47th PA VolsJacob Ochs, grandfather of Jacob T. Ochs (“Proceedings of the Re-union of Apple’s Church and of the Boehm Family," 1902, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/fort-taylor-key-west-florida-1861-state-archives-of-florida-florida-memory-pubdom.jpgFort Taylor, Key West, Florida, 1861 (courtesy, State Archives of Florida)Fort Taylor, Key West, Florida, circa 1861 (courtesy, State Archives of Florida).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/union-navy-base_mayport-mills_harpers-weekly_5-oct-1862_pub-domain.jpgUnion Navy Base_Mayport Mills_Harper's Weekly_5 Oct 1862_pub domainUnion Navy Base, Mayport Mills, Florida (Harper's Weekly, 5 October 1862, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/confederate-steamer-gov.-milton-captured-by-the-u.s.-flotilla_oct-1862.jpgConfederate Steamer, Gov. Milton, Captured by the U.S. Flotilla_Oct 1862Confederate Steamer, Gov. Milton, which was captured by Companies E and K, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, October 1862 (Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/charleston-savannah-railroad_harpers-weekly_4-march-1865.jpgcharleston-savannah-railroad_Harper's Weekly_4 March 1865Charleston & Savannah Railroad, South Carolina (Harper's Weekly, 4 March 1865, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/eaton-mehles-map_pocotaligo-coosawhatchie-expedition-route_22oct1862_usnara.jpgEaton-Mehles Map_Pocotaligo-Coosawhatchie Expedition Route_22Oct1862_USNara2025-06-06T01:44:02+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-e/roster-company-e-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-joseph-slayer-dead-eye-dick-or-e-j-mcmeeser-the-most-mysterious-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-mystery-men/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/crop_slayer-joseph_aka-eugene-j.-mcmeezer_headstone-st.-marys-cemetery-bismarck-n.-dakota_pubdpm.jpgJoseph Slayer's Headstone, St. Mary's Cemetery, Bismarck, N. Dakota_pubdpmJoseph Slayer's Headstone, St. Marys Cemetery, Bismarck, North Dakota (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/crop_mcneeser-eugene-j._napkin-holder_u.s.-patent-747467-filed-1-apr-1903_pubdom.jpgEugene J. McNeeser's Napkin-Holder_U.S. Patent 747,467, filed 1 Apr 1903_pubdom1903 illustration of a napkin holder that was included with the U.S. Patent application filed by Joseph Slayer, also known as Eugene J. McMeeser (U.S. Patent No., 747,467, filed 1 Apr 1903, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/crop_g.a.r-ribbon_hazlett-post-no.-81-zanesville-ohio_pubdom-1.jpgG.A.R. Ribbon_Hazlett Post No. 81, Zanesville, Ohio_pubdomThis Grand Army of the Republic ribbon was worn by an unidentified member of the Hazlett Post, No., 81, in Zanesville, Ohio during the 1870s-1880s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/crop_main-st.-looking-east-bismarck-north-dakota-1893_pubdom.jpgMain St. looking East, Bismarck, North Dakota, 1893_pubdomMain Street, Bismarck, North Dakota, 1893 (looking east, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/arthur-conan-doyle-the-adventure-of-the-red-circle-1911-illustration-by-h.-m.-brock-in-the-strand-magazine_pubdom.jpgArthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Red Circle (1911), Illustration by H. M. Brock, in The Strand Magazine_pubdomIllustration in Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Red Circle, 1911 (H. M. Brock, in The Strand Magazine, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/mystery-of-deceased-bismarck-daily-tribune-15-jan-1905_pubdom.jpgMystery of Deceased, Bismarck Tribune, 15 Jan 1905_pubdomOn 15 January 1905, residents of Bismarck, North Dakota woke up to the news that the inventor they had known as "E. J. McMeeser" had been living under an assumed name since at least the 1880s. In reality, he was Joseph Slayer, an American Civil War Veteran who had served with the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers ("Mystery of Deceased," Bismarck Tribune, 15 January 1905, public domain).2025-06-06T00:42:53+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-b/roster-company-b-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-seislove-brothers-of-company-b/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/moravian-church_emmaus-pa.jpgMoravian Church, Emmaus, PennsylvaniaMoravian Church, Emmaus, Pennsylvania2025-06-06T00:08:49+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-e/roster-company-e-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/rinek-henry-private/2025-06-05T23:25:06+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-f/roster-company-f-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-william-schuyler-reiser-from-farm-boy-to-pioneer/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/main-st-north-from-2nd-ave-mitchell-sd-c-1940s_pubdomain.jpgMain St. North from 2nd Ave., Mitchell, SD (c. 1950s, public domain)Main Street looking north from 2nd Avenue, Mitchell, South Dakota (c. 1950s, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/it-rests-upon-yourself-to-win-success_t-roosevelt-to-mitchell-sd-crowds-28-jul-1903_pubdomain.jpgYou Can Lift Up a Man if He Stumble_T. Roosevelt to Mitchell, SD Crowds, 28 Jul 1903_pubdomain"You can lift up a man if he stumble," said Teddy Roosevelt in a speech before a large crowd in Mitchell, South Dakota on 6 April 1903 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/main-building-iowa-college-for-the-blind-vinton-1895_pubdomain.jpgMain Building, Iowa College for the Blind (Vinton, Iowa, 1895, public domain)The main building of the Iowa College for the Blind in Vinton, Iowa (shown in this 1895 public domain photo) would figure prominently in the life of William Reeser's family during the late 19th century.https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/corn-palace-built-from-3500-bushels-of-corn_mitchell-sd-c-1909_pubdomain.jpgCorn Palace Built from 3500 Bushels of Corn (Mitchell, SD, c. 1909, public domain)The Corn palace built from 3500 bushels of corn in Mitchell, South Dakota became a familiar sight to members of the Reiser/Reeser family (photo c. 1909, public domain).2025-06-05T23:00:32+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-h/roster-company-h-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-edward-newman-a-german-immigrant-defends-the-union-of-his-adopted-homeland/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/newman-edward-photo-courtesy-of-wendy-hockenberry_apr2016_pubdomain.jpgPvt. Edward Newman (c. 1820-1886), Co. H, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Military Headstone, Dayton National Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio (image provided by and used with permission of photographer, Wendy S. Hockenberry, copyright 2016)Pvt. Edward Newman (c. 1820-1886), Co. H, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Military Headstone, Dayton National Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio (image provided by and used with permission of photographer, Wendy S. Hockenberry, copyright 2016).2025-06-05T22:29:33+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-benjamin-s-koons-a-plumber-whose-life-force-was-drained-away-by-disease/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1921_-_600_block_hamilton_street_-_allentown_pa.jpg600 Block of Hamilton Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania, c. 1921 (public domain)600 Block of Hamilton Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania, circa 1921 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/jpg-crop_kramers-corner-store-across-from-lentz-building-hamilton-street-allentown-1891-pubdomain1.jpgJPG Crop_Kramer's Corner Store Across from Lentz Building, Hamilton Street, Allentown, 1891-pubdomainhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/jpg-crop_kramers-corner-store-across-from-lentz-building-hamilton-street-allentown-1891-pubdomain.jpgKramer's Corner Store Across from Lentz Building, Hamilton Street, Allentown (1891, public domain)Kramer's Corner Store Across from Lentz Building, Hamilton Street, Allentown (1891, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/norristown-pa-c-mid-1800s-public-domain.jpgNorristown, PA, c. mid-1800s, public domainNorristown, Pennsylvania, c. mid-1800s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/allentown-c-1840_pubdomain.jpgAllentown, c. 1840 (public domain)Allentown, circa 1840 (public domain).2025-06-05T21:17:27+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-f/roster-company-f-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-lawrence-mcbride-an-immigrant-who-departed-this-world-with-just-twenty-five-cents-to-his-name/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/red-hook-brooklyn-ny-c-1875_currier-ives_pubdomain.gifRed Hook, Brooklyn, NY (c. 1875, Currier and Ives, public domain)The Red Hook section of Brooklyn, New York – from the Brooklyn Bridge to the tip of the island circa 1875 – was captured in this Currier & Ives illustration. Note Statue of Liberty on the tip of Manhattan Island, lower right (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/crop_mcbride-lawrence-u-s-national-home-for-disabled-volunteer-soldiers_admissions-ledger-entries-and-death.jpgLawrence McBride, Admssions Ledger Record, U.S. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Dayton, Ohio (1885-1889, public domain)Admssions ledger entries for Lawrence McBride, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, U.S. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Dayton, Ohio (1885-1889, public domain).2025-06-05T20:09:34+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-i/roster-company-i-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-jacob-petre-from-germany-to-easton-pennsylvania/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/main-building-national-home-for-disabled-volunteer-soldiers-hampton-va-c.-1902_usloc_pubdom.jpgMain Building, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Hampton, VA, c. 1902_USLOC_pubdomMain Building, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Hampton, Virginia, circa 1902 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/crop_dining-hall-national-home-for-disabled-volunteer-soldiers-dayton-ohio-c.-1890s.jpgDining Hall, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Dayton, Ohio, c. 1890s_pubdomUnion Army veterans ate together in the dining hall at the U.S. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Dayton, Ohio, circa 1890s (U.S. National Park Service, [ublic domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/easton-pa-c.-1896_usloc_pubdom.jpgEaston, PA, c. 1896_USLOC_pubdomEaston, Pennsylvania, circa 1896 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2025-06-05T19:33:01+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-i/roster-company-i-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/mccape-sylvester-private/2025-06-05T01:12:52+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/privates-levinus-and-solomon-hillegass-brothers-in-arms/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/crop_main-street-east-greenvillemontgomery-county-pa-c-1900.jpgMain Street, East Greenville,Montgomery County, PA (c. 1900, public domain)Main Street, East Greenville,Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (circa 1900, public domain).2025-06-04T20:45:02+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-i/roster-company-i-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-albert-hiller-a-sad-ending-to-a-short-life-filled-with-upheaval/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_20241212_162323.jpgWest Branch Canal Near Lock Haven, PA, mid-late 1800s_pubdomWest Branch Canal operations near Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, circa mid-1800s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_20241212_130010.jpgU.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, c. 1862-1865_Matthew Brady, USLOC_pubdomU.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stantion, circa 1862-1865 (Matthew Brady, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_20241211_121333.jpgLog Rafts, Susquehanna River's West Branch, Lock Haven, PA_John W.C. Floyd, c. 1880s_pubdomLog rafts floating in the Susquehanna River's west branch through Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, circa 1880s (John W. C. Floyd, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_20241211_100444.jpgA View of Lock Haven_John Bachelder, 1854_pubdom"A View of Lock Haven" (John B. Bachelder, 1854, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_20241210_140143.jpgSt. Michael's and Zion Church, Philadelphia, PA, c. 1828_pubdomSt. Michael's and Zion Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1828 (publuc domain).2025-06-04T20:09:10+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-f/roster-company-f-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-william-franklin-hollenbach-christened-on-the-fourth-of-july/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/first-street-lehighton-pa_c-early-1900s_pubdomain.jpgFirst Street, Lehighton, Pennsylvania (c. early 1900s, public domain)First Street, Lehighton, Pennsylvania (c. early 1900s, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/unidentified-miner-with-mule-at-lansford-shaft-1-c-1888_pubdomain.jpgUnidentified Miner with Mule at Lansford Shaft 1, (c. 1888, public domain)Unidentified miner with mules at Lansford coal mine's shaft no. 1, (c. 1888, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/unidentified-miners-who-helped-dig-lansford-shaft-1-c-1888_pubdomain.jpgUnidentified Miners Who Helped Dig Lansford Shaft 1 (c. 1888, public domain)William F. Hollenbach was a coal miner residing in Lansford, Pennsylvania at the time this photo of a group of miners who helped dig shaft no. 1 at the Lansford coal mine was taken (c. 1888, public domain).2025-06-04T20:01:25+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-h/roster-company-h-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-daniel-fusselman-a-union-army-draftee-who-chose-to-re-enlist/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_20250322_201302.jpgAdministration Bldg., White Memorial Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, c. 1926_pubdomAdministration Building, White Memorial Hospital, Los Angeles, California, circa 1926 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_20250322_195902.jpgMichigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, c. 1890_pubdomMichigan Avenue, facing north, near Jackson in Chicago, Illinois, circa 1890 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_20250322_193000.jpgConstruction Work, New Marysville-Rockville, PA Bridge, c. 1900_pubdomConstruction work on the new Marysville Bridge (also known as the Rockville Bridge) in Pennsylvania, circa 1900 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_20250322_184010.jpgMcCullochs Mills, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, circa 1870s-1880s_pubdomMcCullochs Mills, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, circa 1870s-1880s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_20250322_181641.jpgPennsylvania Railroad Station, Harrisburg, PA, c. 1870s-1880s_pubdomHarrisburg Station, Pennsylvania Railroad Company (P.R.R.), circa 1870s-1880s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_20250322_132324.jpgNew Bern, NC, April 1862_pubdomNew Bern, North Carolina, April 1862 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_20250322_122843.jpgShelling of Rebel Batteries, Washington, N.C., April 16, 1863_pubdom"Shelling of Rebel Batteries in the Woods Oppos. Washington N.C. April 16th 1863" (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_20250321_174924.jpgCatharine (Fleck) Fusselman, widow of Daniel Fusselman, c. 1910_usedwithpermissionofJoanneFarrellCatharine (Fleck) Fusselman, the widow of Daniel Fusselman, circa 1910 (used with permission, courtesy of Joanne Farrell).2025-06-04T18:22:12+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/kochenderfer-george-washington-private/2025-06-04T18:17:32+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/zook-daniel-s-private/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/lewistown-mifflin-county-pa_c-1886_ellis-history-of-that-part-of-the-susquehanna-and-juniata-valleys_pubdom.jpgLewistown, Mifflin County, PA (c. 1886_Ellis' History of That Part of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys, public domain)Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (circa 1886, Ellis' History of That Part of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys, public domain).2025-06-04T17:55:02+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-keims-a-son-following-his-father-into-war/2025-06-04T17:45:41+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-william-earhart-a-marylander-who-fought-for-pennsylvania/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250514_153227.jpgWilliam Earhart, 1890 U.S. Vets' Census Listing_U.S. NARA_pubdomThe 1890 U.S. Veterans' Census documented William Earhart's battle wound during his service with the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250514_152356.jpgLinglestown, PA, c. 1880s_pubdomLinglestown, Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, circa 1880s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250514_151533.jpgCenter Square, Hagerstown, MD, 1872_pubdomHagerstown, Maryland still had the feel of a small town during the early 1870s (Center Square, Hagerstown, Maryland, 1872, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250514_143340.jpgGraceham, MD, c. 1913_Oerter's History of Graceham_pubdomThe village of Graceham, Maryland retained its rural atmosphere as late as the early 1900s (Rev. A. L. Oerter, Graceham, Frederick County, Md.: An Historical Sketch, 1913, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250514_141645.jpgGravestone of 47th Pennsylvania Veteran William Earhart and Family, Willow Grove Cemetery, Linglestown, PA_pubdomGravestone of 47th Pennsylvanian veteran William Earhart and his family (Willow Grove Cemetery, Linglestown, Pennsylvania, public domain).2025-06-04T17:33:13+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-e/roster-company-e-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/clark-edward-l-private/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_20250403_103507.jpgEdward Ludlow Clark, Sr. (1842-1921), c. 1920_pubdomEdward Ludlow Clark, Sr., circa 1920 (public domain). 2025-06-04T17:27:29+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-i/roster-company-i-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-tempest-t-draubaugh-from-teacher-to-tubercular/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/victorian-era-classroom-c-1860s-public-domain.jpgVictorian School RoomVictorian-era teacher with students, c. 1860s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/hospital-sketches_louisa-may-alcott_illustration-of-john-a-va-blacksmith_publicdomain.jpgIllustration of John, an Ailing Virginia Blacksmith, Hospital Sketches, Louisa May Alcott, c. 1870s (public domain).Illustration of John, an Ailing Virginia Blacksmith, Hospital Sketches, Louisa May Alcott, c. 1870s (public domain).2025-06-04T17:12:41+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-i/roster-company-i-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-john-w-diaz-immigrant-defender-of-the-union-and-successful-small-businessman/what-happened-to-the-family-of-john-diaz/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/private-philip-diaz_grave-at-meuse-argonne-c-2012-public-domain-copy.jpgPrivate Philip Diaz, Grave at Meuse-Argonne Cemetery, c. 2012 (public domain)Private Philip Diaz, Grave at Meuse-Argonne Cemetery, c. 2012 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/death-of-john-diaz-5-sep-1915.jpgDeath of John Diaz, 5 Sep 1915 and Widow's Pension, Annie Diaz (U.S. Vets Admin Pension Payment Card, public domain)Death of John Diaz, 5 Septembr 1915 and Widow's Pension, Annie Diaz (U.S. Veterans Administration Pension Payment Card, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/state-house-and-independence-square-philadelphia-1868.jpgState House and Independence Square, Philadelphia, 1868 (public domain)State House and Independence Square, Philadelphia, 1868 (public domain)2025-06-04T16:10:45+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-i/roster-company-i-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-john-w-diaz-immigrant-defender-of-the-union-and-successful-small-businessman/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/pvt-philip-diaz-wwi-pubdomain.jpgPvt. Philip Diaz, U.S. Army, 312th Regiment, Co. C, 1917 (public domain)Pvt. Philip Diaz, U.S. Army, 312th Regiment, Co. C, 1917 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/john-diazs-sons-cigars_boyds-philadelphia-directory_1910.jpgJohn Diaz's Sons Cigar Business (Boyd's Philadelphia Directory, 1910, public domain)John Diaz's Sons Cigar Business (Boyd's Philadelphia Directory, 1910, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/street-scene-philadelphia-1897-b-w-kilburn-u-s-loc-pubdomain.jpgStreet Scene, Philadelphia, 1897 (B.W. Kilburn, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Street Scene, Philadelphia, 1897 (B.W. Kilburn, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/death-of-john-and-annies-son-john-philadelphia-1875.jpgDeath of John and Annie Diaz's Son, John (Philadelphia Death and Burial Record, 1875, public domain)Death of John and Annie Diaz's Son, John (Philadelphia death and burial record, 1875, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/crop_diaz-john_april-1868-rubeola-recovery_philly-city-hosp-discharge-ledger-2.jpgJohn Diaz, April 1868 Rubeola Recovery (Philadelphia City Hospital Discharge Ledger, 29 April 1868, public domain)John Diaz, April 1868 Rubeola Recovery (Philadelphia City Hospital Discharge Ledger, 29 April 1868, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dias-or-diaz-john-civil-war-vets-card-file-entry.jpgJohn Diaz (aka Dias), Pennsylvania Civil War Veterans' Card File Entry (public domain)John Diaz (aka Dias), Pennsylvania Civil War Veterans' Card File Entry (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/canary-islands-in-relation-to-africa_1758-map_pubdomain.jpgCanary Islands in Relation to Africa (1758 Map, public domain)Canary Islands in Relation to Africa (1758 Map, public domain).2025-06-04T15:56:49+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-h/roster-company-h-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-luther-peter-bernheisel-successful-small-businessman-and-father-of-civic-leaders/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/view-from-the-capitol-harrisburg-pa-c-1930s.jpgView from the Capitol, Harrisburg, PA, c. 1930s, public domainHarrisburg, Pennsylvania as viewed from the Capitol Building, circa 1930s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/miners-berwind-white-mine-windber-pa-c-1906-pubdomain.jpgMiners, Berwind-White Mine, Windber, PA (c. 1906, public domain)As an inspector for Berwind-White Coal, Louis Bernheisel would have interacted with miners like those photographed at Berwind's Winber, Pennsylvania mine (c. 1906, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/bernys-poems_cover_jesse-l-bernheisel_1927_pubdomain.jpgBerny's Poems, Jesse L. Bernheisel (cover, 1927, public domain)Berny's Poems, Jesse L. Bernheisel (cover, 1927, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/horse-drawn-trolleys-2nd-and-market-harrisburg-c-1890.jpgHorse Drawn Trolleys, 2nd and Market, Harrisburg, PA (c. 1890, public domain)Horse Drawn Trolleys, 2nd and Market, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (c. 1890, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/train-station-new-bloomfield-pa-c-late-1800s-pubdomain.jpgTrain Station, New Bloomfield, PA (c. late 1800s, pubic domain)Unidentified men at the New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania train station (c. late 1800s, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/crop2_bridge-and-canal-williamsburg-pa_c-early-1900s_pubdomain-copy.jpgBridge and Canal, Williamsburg, PA (c. early 1900s, public domain)More than 50 years after Luther Bernheisel worked for master tailor Christian Metz near the bridge and canal works on the Juniata River, the community of Williamsburg still retained its rural character (public domain, c. early 1900s).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/sun-through-the-clouds_shenandoah-national-park_nps_pubdomain.jpgSun Through the Clouds, Shenandoah National Park (U.S. National Park Service, public domain)Sun Through the Clouds, Shenandoah National Park (U.S. National Park Service, public domain).2025-06-03T18:54:18+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-barber-brothers-scions-of-iron-part-one/private-william-harrison-barber-an-iron-man-by-trade-not-body/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_20250329_204540.jpgWilliam Harrison Barber (1843-1883), c. 1862-1865_pubdomWilliam Harrison Barber (1843-1883), shown here circa 1862-1865 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_20250327_163710.jpgCottage No. 1, White Haven Sanatorium, Luzerne County, PA, c.1905_pubdomCottage No. 1, White Haven Sanatorium, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_20250327_142127.jpgHerbst School, 5th Ward, Allentown, PA, 1880_pubdomThe Herbst School, Fifth Ward, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1880 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_20250327_133746.jpgAllentown Boiler Works, Allentown, PA, 1883_pubdomJoseph Barber once worked at the Allentown Boiler Works, which was founded by Charles Collum and John D. Knouse in 1883 (Allentown Boiler Works, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1883, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_20250327_101312.jpgMatilda Barber's Gravestone, Oakwood Cemetery, Geneseo, IL_pubdomMatilda Barber used her own gravestone at the Oakwood Cemetery in Geneseo, Henry County, Illinois to document her two most important personal relationships (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_20250326_144133.jpgOakes Home for Consumptives, Denver, CO, 1905 (public domain).William Harrison Barber, Jr. sought treatment for tuberculosis at the Oakes Home Colorado twice between 1902 and 1906, and died there in 1906 (Oakes Home, Denver, Colorado, 1905, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_20250324_123922.jpgLt. Robert Archibald Barber, Co. C, 109th Machine Gun Battalion, U.S. Army's 28th Div., c. 1918, The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, 12 Mar 1932_pubdomLieutenant Robert A. Barber, Company C, 109th Machine Gun Battalion, 28th Division, U.S. Army, circa 1918 (The Allentown Morning Call, 12 March 1932).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_20250326_113607.jpgGeorge Romig Barber (1871-1894), Co. B, 4th Rgt., c. 1894_pubdomGeorge Romig Barber, Company B, 4th Regiment, circa 1894 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_20250326_111723.jpgJoseph Barber, The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, 24 August 1889_pubdomJoseph Barber, circa 1880s The Morning Call, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 24 August 1889, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_20250317_104856.jpgWilliam H. Barber, Sr.'s Plaque, Barber Family Monument, Fairview Cemetery, Allentown, PA_pubdomWilliam H. Barber, Sr.'s plaque, Barber Family Monument, Fairview Cemetery, Allentown, Pennsylvania (public domain).2025-06-03T18:10:34+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-k/roster-company-k-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-benjamin-amey-a-voice-changed-by-war/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_20241115_175240.jpg1,000 Veterans at Dinner, U.S. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Leavenworth, Kansas, 1900_pubdomVeterans at dinner, U.S. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Leavenworth, Kansas, 1895 (Matthew H. Jamison, Fort Leavenworth and the Soldiers' Home, 1895, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_20241115_172737.jpgView of Mess Hall from Cupola, U.S. National Soldiers' Home, Danville, IL, c. 1900_pubdomView of Mess Hall from Cupola, U.S. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Danville, Illinois, circa 1900 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_20241115_122328.jpgIMG_20241115_1223282025-06-03T17:53:20+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/mckee-william-alfred-private/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_20250317_162606.jpgMain Street, Buda, Bureau County, Illinois, circa 1890s_pubdomMain Street, Buda, Illinois, circa 1890s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_20250317_160613.jpgMain Street, Buda, Illinois, c. early 1900s_pubdomMain Street in Buda, Illinois, circa early 1900s (public domain).2025-06-03T17:40:41+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-k/roster-company-k-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/correcting-the-record-the-carl-brothers-of-company-k-william-and-manoah-carl/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1-phoebus-gate-u-s-national-home-for-disabled-vol-soldiers-hampton-va-c-1910-2.jpgPhoebus Gate, U.S. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Hampton, Virginia (circa 1910, public domain)Unidentified veteran and visitors at the Phoebus Gate, U.S. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Hampton, Virginia (circa 1910, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/penn-street-looking-east-twd-whats-now-4th-st-reading-pa-c-1900-pubdomain.jpgPenn Street, Reading, Pennsylvania (circa 1900, public domain)Penn Street looking East toward what is presently 4th Street, Reading, Pennsylvania (circa 1900, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/train-station-topton-longswamp-township-berks-county-c-late-1800s.jpgTrain Station, Topton, Longswamp Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (circa late 1800s, public domain)Train Station, Topton, Longswamp Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (circa late 1800s, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/longswamp-union-church-longswamp-township-berks-county-c-1923.jpgLongswamp Union Church, Longswamp Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (circa 1923, public domain).Longswamp Union Church, Longswamp Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (circa 1923, public domain).2025-06-03T17:38:32+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-e/roster-company-e-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/lowery-thomas-corporal/2025-06-03T17:32:09+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-h/roster-company-h-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/clemmens-john-h-corporal/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/pennsylvania-railroad-depot_harrisburg_c-1874_loc_pubdomain.jpgPennsylvania Railroad Depot, Harrisburg, PA, c. 1874 (public domain)Pennsylvania Railroad Depot, Harrisburg, PA, c. 1874 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2025-06-03T17:28:58+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-i/roster-company-i-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-fighting-fatzingers-tilghman-w-and-franklin-george-washington-fatzinger/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/tiffin-ohio-c-1890s_pubdomain.jpgTiffin, Seneca County, Ohio (circa 1890s, public domain)Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio (circa 1890s, public domain).2025-06-03T17:23:18+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-baltozers-of-company-d-corporal-and-privates/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/pvt.-jacob-baltozer-company-d-47th-pa-volunteers-c.-1863_courtesy-of-julian-burley.jpgPvt. Jacob Baltozer, Company D, 47th PA Volunteers, c. 1863_courtesy of Julian BurleyPrivate Jacob Baltozer, Company D, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (courtesu of Julian Burley; used with permission).2025-06-03T17:18:10+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/history-of-company-a-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteers/roster-company-a-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/sponheimer-lewis-private/2025-06-02T19:42:00+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/history-of-company-a-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteers/roster-company-a-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/hall-george-w-private/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/george-w-hall_47th-pennsylvania-volunteers.jpgGeorge W. Hall, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company A (c. 1864, public domain)2025-06-02T19:15:05+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/crownover-james-1st-sergeant/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/braddocks-field-c-early-1900s-public-domain.jpgBraddock's Field, Braddock, Allegheny County, PA (c. early 1900s, public domain)Braddock's Field, Braddock, Allegheny County, PA (c. early 1900s, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/blain-train-station-c-late-1800-early1900s-public-domain.jpgTrain Station, Blain, Perry County, Pennsylvania (c. late 1800s-early 1900s, public domain)Train Station, Blain, Perry County, Pennsylvania (c. late 1800s-early 1900s, public domain)2025-06-02T19:02:50+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-e/roster-company-e-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/menner-edward-w-2nd-lieutenant/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/chain-bridge-across-potomac-above-georgetown-looking-twd-va-1861_the-illustrated-london-news.jpgChain Bridge Across Potomac above Georgetown Looking Twd VA, 1861 (The Illustrated London News, public domain)Chain Bridge across the Potomac above Georgetown looking toward Virginia, 1861 (The Illustrated London News, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bethlehem-steel_c-1896_william-h-rau_loc_pubdom.jpgBethlehem Steel, c. 1896 (William H. Rau, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Bethlehem Steel, c. 1896 (William H. Rau, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bethlehem-steel-works_joseph-pennell_may-1881_loc_pubdom.jpgBethlehem Iron Company (aka Bethlehem Steel Works, Joseph Pennell, May 1881, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Bethlehem Steel Works (aka Bethlehem Steel Works, Joseph Pennell, May 1881, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/joliet-iron-and-steel_c-1870s_poors-manual-of-the-railroads-of-the-u-s-_pubdomain.jpgJoliet Iron and Steel Works, c. 1870s (Poor's Manual of the Railroads of the U.S., public domain)Joliet Iron and Steel Works, c. 1870s (Poor's Manual of the Railroads of the U.S., public domain).2025-06-02T17:52:53+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-f/roster-company-f-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/twists-and-turns-the-tettemer-familys-journey-from-new-jersey-to-missouri-and-beyond/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/rev-john-moynihan-tettemer_aka-father-alphonsus-c-1910_pubdom.jpgRev. John Moynihan Tettemer (aka Father Alphonsus, c. 1910_pubdom)Rev. John Moynihan Tettemer (also known as Father Alphonsus, c. 1910, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/rev-joseph-harvey-tetteman-c-1920s_pubdom.jpgRev. Joseph Harvey Tetteman (c. 1920s_pubdom)Father Joseph Harvey Tetteman (c. 1920s, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/mountain-home-east-section-of-center-square-baxter-co-arkansas-c-early-1900s.jpgMountain Home-east section of center square, Baxter Co., Arkansas (c. early 1900s_pubdom)Mountain Home, Baxter County, Arkansas (east section of Center Square (c. early 1900s, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/mountain-home-south-side-of-square-looking-east-baxter-co-arkansas-c-1910_pubdom.jpgMountain Home-south side of square looking east, Baxter Co., Arkansas (c. 1910_pubdom)Mountain Home, Baxter County, Arkansas (south side of square looking east, c. 1910, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/wabash-depot-montgomery-city-montgomery-county-missouri_c-late-1800s-early-1900s_pubdom.jpgWabash Depot, Montgomery City, Montgomery County, Missouri (c. late 1800s-early 1900s_pubdom)Wabash Depot, Montgomery City, Missouri (c. late 1800s-early 1900s, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/lehigh-crane-iron-co-c-1860s_pubdom.jpgLehigh Crane Iron Co. (c. 1860s_pubdom)Lehigh Crane Iron Works, Catasauqua, Pennsylvania (c. 1860s, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/musconetcong-river_falls-near-bloomsbury-njc-1810_pubdom.jpgMusconetcong River_Falls near Bloomsbury, NJ (c. 1810, pubdom)Musconetcong River at the falls near Bloomsbury, New Jersey (c. 1810, public domain).2025-06-02T04:53:04+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/regimental-band/roster-regimental-band-47th-pennsylvania/drum-major-daniel-lewis-dachrodt-the-last-member-of-the-regiment-to-die/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_20241125_093725.jpgJacob Dachrodt, c. 1889_pubdomJacob Dachrodt, circa 1880s (Rev. Uzal W. Condit, A.M., The History of Easton, Penn'a, 1889, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_20241123_052149-1.jpgDaniel Dachrodt, 94, Drumming, Easton High School Stadium_Morning Call, Allentown, PA, Aug 1939_pubdomDaniel Dachrodt, aged ninety-four, performs for a crowd of six thousand, Easton High School Stadium, Easton Pennsylvania (Morning Call, 22 August 1939, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_20241123_101645.jpgDaniel Dachrodt, Easton, Pennsylvania, c. 1940_pubdomDaniel Lewis Dachrodt, Easton, Pennsylvania, circa 1940 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_20241123_052149.jpgIMG_20241123_052149https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/screenshot_20241123-103006-e1732386932973.pngGrand Army of the Republic, Lafayette Post, Soldiers' Home, Easton, PA, c. 1930s_pubdomDaniel Dachrodt (at left, with drum) and other members of the Grand Army of the Republic's Lafayette Post, Soldiers' Home, Easton, Pennsylvania, circa 1930s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_20241123_094111.jpg47th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers' Annual Reunion, centergroup_Allentown, PA_Oct1930_pubdomDaniel Dachrodt (center, with drum), 47th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers' Annual Reunion, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1930 (The Morning Call, 26 October 1930, public domain).2025-06-02T04:12:17+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-h/roster-company-h-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-sweger-soldiers-of-perry-county-cousins-and-brothers-in-arms/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/crop_soldiers-and-sailors-monument-new-bloomfield-pa-c.-1900s.jpgsoldiers' and sailors' monument, new bloomfield, pa, c. 1900s_pubdomSoldiers' and Sailors' Monument, New Bloomfield, Perry County, Pennsylvania, circa early 1900s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/newport-perry-county-pa-1873-pubdom.jpgNewport, Perry County, PA, 1873-pubdomNewport, Perry County, Pennsylvania, circa 1873 (Silas Wright, History of Perry County in Pennsylvania, 1873, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/crop_main-st.-marysville-perry-county-pa-c.-1910.jpgMain St., Marysville, Perry County, PA, c. 1910_pubdomMain Street, Marysville, Perry County, Pennsylvania, circa 1910 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/main-and-carlisle-landisburg-perry-co.-pa_c.-1900_pubdom.jpgMain and Carlisle, Landisburg, Perry Co., PA_c. 1900_pubdomThis building at the corner of Main and Carlisle Streets in Landisburg, Perry County, Pennsylvania served as a stop on the Underground Railroad before and during the American Civil War (photo circa 1900, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/crop_sweger-elkanah-co.-h-47th-pa-vols-c.-1863.jpgElkanah Sweger, Co. H, 47th PA Vols, c. 1864_pubdomCorporal Elkanah Sweger, Company H, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa 1864 (public domain).2025-06-02T04:10:56+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/history-of-company-a-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteers/roster-company-a-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-william-williamson-a-drummer-who-wasnt-a-boy/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/crop_belfast-hotel-belfast-pa-c.-late-1800s_pubdom.jpgBelfast Hotel, Belfast, PA, c. late 1800s_pubdomWilliam Williamson spent his later years as a hotel keeper, possibly at the Belfast Hotel in Belfast, Pennsylvania (Belfast Hotel, Belfast, Pennsylvania, circa late 1890s, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/crop_belfast-slate-co.-quarry-c.-late-1800s.jpgBelfast Slate Co. Quarry, c. late 1800s_pubdomUnidentified workers at the Belfast Company Slate Quarry, Nazareth, Pennsylvania, circa late 1800s (public domain).2025-06-02T04:06:39+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2025/06/01/camp-brightwood-washington-d-c-medical-issues-and-personnel-changes-april-early-june-1865/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250601_161942.jpgRuins of Houses, Savannah, GA, 1865_Sam Cooley, US Army_USLOC_pubdomWar-damaged houses in Savannah, Georgia, 1865 (Sam Cooley, U.S. Army, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20250601_105715.jpgTrain Depot Ruins, Atlanta, GA, 1864_George N. Barnard_USLOC_pubdomRuins of the train depot in Atlanta, Georgia, following the demolition by Union Army troops (George N. Barnard, 1864, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2025-06-01T23:24:42+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/religion-and-spirituality/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/rodrock-report-excerpt-post-cedar-creek_oct-1864_pubdomain.jpgReport of Rev. W.D.C. Rodrock, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Post-Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia (excerpt, October 1864, public domain)Report of Rev. W.D.C. Rodrock, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Post-Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia (excerpt, October 1864, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/chaplains-crop-9th-corps-petersburg-va-oct-1864_loc_pubdomain-2.jpgChaplains, 9th Corps, U.S. Army, Petersburg, Virginia, October 1864 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Chaplains, 9th Corps, U.S. Army, Petersburg, Virginia, October 1864. Although none of the chaplains were identified in this photo, the man standing second from left may be Rev. W. D. C. Rodrock, Chaplain, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers. This man's image bears a striking similarity to Rodrock's December 1863 carte de visite (public domain, U.S. Library of Congress).2025-06-01T16:20:14+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/history-of-company-a-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteers/roster-company-a-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/privates-edwin-and-william-schweitzer-brothers-in-arms-in-search-of-better-lives/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/uss-laurel-hill.jpgUSS Laurel Hill, 26 May 1862_pubdomUSS Laurel Hill, 26 May 1862 (Baldwin Lithograph, Collection of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hyde Park, New York, 1936, U.S. Naval Heritage Command, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/crowd-gathered-outside-of-the-old-stone-hotel-operated-by-peter-schweitzer-in-glendon-pennsylvania-circa-1900_pubdom.jpegCrowd gathered outside of the Old Stone Hotel operated by Peter Schweitzer in Glendon, Pennsylvania, circa 1900_pubdomCrowd gathered outside of the Old Stone Hotel operated by Peter Schweitzer in Glendon, Pennsylvania, circa 1900 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/elizabeth-schweitzers-u.s.-civil-war-mothers-pension-claim_claim-history-1865-1870.jpgElizabeth Schweitzer's U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension Claim_Claim History, 1865-1870_pubdomU.S. Civil War Mother's Pension of Elizabeth Schweitzer (claim history form, p. 1, 1865-1870, U.S. Civil War Widows' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/salem-church-forks-township-northampton-county-pa-late-1860s-early-1870s_pubdom.jpgSalem Church, Forks Township, Northampton County, PA, late 1860s-early 1870s_pubdomSalem Church, Forks Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania (late 1860s to early 1870s, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/crop_schweitzer-brothers-money-transfer-to-parents-oct-1862_pubdom.jpgSchweitzer Brothers' Money Transfer to Parents, Oct 1862_pubdomFragment of receipt given to Corporal William Schweitzer, Company A, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, for his money transfer to his parents, October 1862 (U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension File of Elizabeth Schweitzer, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/lighthouse-key-west-florida-c.-early-to-mid-1800s_florida-for-tourists-invalids-and-settlers-by-george-m.-barbour-1881_pubdom.jpgLighthouse, Key West, Florida, c. early to mid-1800s_Florida for Tourists, Invalids, and Settlers by George M. Barbour, 1881_pubdomLighthouse, Key West, Florida, early to mid-1800s (Florida for Tourists, Invalids, and Settlers, George M. Barbour, 1881, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/crop_glanz-and-kueblers-brewery-easton-pa-c.-1860_pubdom.jpgGlanz and Kuebler's Brewery, Easton, PA, c. 1860_pubdomBeer from the Glanz and Kuebler Brewery in Easton, Pennsylvania played a key role in the recruitment of men for Company A of the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in 1864 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/henry-gun-factory-belfast-northampton-county-pennsylvania-c.-late-1800s_u.s.-loc_pubdom.jpgHenry Gun Factory, Belfast, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, c. late 1800s_U.S. LOC_pubdomThis photo of the Henry Gun Factory in Belfast illustrates how rural Northampton County, Pennsylvania still was in the late 1800s (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/schweitzer-brothers-letter-21-sep-1863-p.-1.jpgSchweitzer Brothers' Letter, 21 Sep 1863, p. 1_pubdomExcerpt of a letter sent by Corporal William Schweitzer, Company A, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, to his parents on September 1, 1863 (U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension File of Elizabeth Schweitzer, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).2025-05-30T19:42:08+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/roth-john-e-l-corporal/2025-05-30T19:30:26+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/regimental-band/roster-regimental-band-47th-pennsylvania/joseph-eugene-walter-from-medical-student-to-musician-to-machinist/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/crop_roger-noble-burnham-sculpting-frances-whitesell-c-1935-1939-ucla-digital-latimes-pubdomain.jpgRoger Noble Burnham Sculpting Frances Whitesell, c. 1935-1939, UCLA Digital-LATimes (public domain)Renowned American artist Roger Noble Burnham was photographed sculpting a bust of Frances Whitesell, a granddaughter of Civil War musician J. Eugene Walter (c. 1935-1939, UCLA Digital-Los Angeles Times collection, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/153rd-pa-vols-camp-brooks-station-va-11-apr-1863_sketch_pvt-newton-h-mark-co-k_pubdomain.jpg153rd PA Vols' Camp, Brooks Station, VA, 11 Apr 1863 (Pvt. Newton Mack, Co. K, pubdomain)Sketch by Private Newton H. Mark, Co. K, 153rd Pennsylvania Volunteers, c. 1863, of the 153rd's winter quarters, Brooks Station, Virginia (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/nazareth-hall-northampton-co-pa-c-1850s-pubdomain.jpgNazareth Hall, Northampton Co., PA, c. 1850s (public domain)Nazareth Hall, Northampton County, Pennsylvania (c. 1850s, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/joseph-eugene-walter-c-1863-pub-domain.jpgJoseph Eugene Walter, c. 1863 (public domain)Joseph Eugene Walter, a cornetist with Pomp's Cornet Band of Easton, Pennsylvania (c. 1863, public domain).2025-05-30T18:51:08+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/officers/roster-field-and-staff-officers-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/regimental-quartermaster-sergeant-charles-h-small/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/downtown-rochester-ny_late_1930s_pubdom.jpgDowntown Rochester, NY_Late_1930s_pubdomDowntown area of Rochester, New York, late 1930s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/electric-trolleys-market-st.-looking-east-harrisburg-c.-1900.jpgElectric Trolleys, Market St., Harrisburg, PA, c. 1900_pubdomElectric trolleys, Market Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, circa 1900 (public domain).2025-05-29T17:27:07+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-k/roster-company-k-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-benjamin-franklin-zellner-indomitable-valor/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/zellner-benjamin-u-s-pension-payment-card-documenting-his-4-wounds-and-what-caused-them.jpgBenjamin Zellner, Pension Payment Card Documenting His 4 Wounds (U.S. Veterans Administration, public domain)Benjamin Zellner's pension payment card documented his Civil War battle wounds (U.S. Veterans Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/crop_andersonville-prison-georgia_issuing-rations_view-from-main-gate_17-aug-1864_loc.jpgIssuing Rations at the Andersonville POW Camp, 17 August 1864 (view from Main Gate, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Issuing Rations at the Andersonville POW Camp, 17 August 1864 (view from Main Gate, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/zellner-benjamin-167th-pa-drafted-militia-muster-roll-entry.jpgBenjamin Zellner's Civil War Service, 167th Pennsylvania Drafted Militia (muster roll entry, Co. G, 1862, public domain)Benjamin Zellner's Civil War Service, 167th Pennsylvania Drafted Militia (muster roll entry, Company G, 1862, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ben-zellner-1914_pubdom.jpgBenjamin Franklin Zellner, c. 1914 (public domain)Benjamin Franklin Zellner, circa 1914 (public domain).2025-05-29T17:00:16+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-e/roster-company-e-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/todd-james-knox-polk-private/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250529_085531.jpgGravestone of James Knox Polk Todd, Easton Cemetery, Easton, PA_pubdomGravestone of 47th Pennsylvania veteran James Knox Polk Todd, Easton Cemetery, Easton, Pennsylvania (public domain).2025-05-29T16:20:44+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-k/roster-company-k-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/sterner-william-private/2025-05-29T02:32:30+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-h/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/new-iberia-la_crop_1866_alfred-waud_harpers-weekly_11-aug-1866_pubdomain.jpgNew Iberia, LA, 1866_Alfred Waud_Harper's Weekly_11 Aug 1866_pubdomainNew Iberia, Louisiana (Alfred Waud, Harper's Weekly, 11 August 1866, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/battle-of-opequan_header-crop1.jpgbattle-of-opequan_header-crop1.jpg2025-05-29T01:28:03+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-e/roster-company-e-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/simons-frank-private/2025-05-29T00:48:40+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-fertig-brothers-visible-scars-of-valor/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_20250319_144315.jpgMilan, Missouri, c. late 1800s-early1900s_pubdomMilan, Missouri, circa late 1800s to early 1900s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_20250319_135312.jpgSoldiers' and Sailors Monument, Lewistown, Mifflin County, PA, c. late 1890s_pubdomThe Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument and the Mifflin County Courthouse, Lewistown, Pennsylvania, circa late 1890s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/battle-of-cold-harbor_library-of-congress_public-domain.jpgBattle of Cold Harbor_Library of Congress_public domainBattle of Cold Harbor (Library of Congress, public domain).2025-05-29T00:35:56+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-e/roster-company-e-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/william-rockafellow-sergeant/2025-05-29T00:31:33+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/officers/roster-field-and-staff-officers-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/lieutenant-w-scott-johnston/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/crop_w.-scott-johnston-c.-1863_courtesy-of-david-sloan.jpgW. Scott Johnston, c. 1863_courtesy of David SloanW. Scott, Johnston, circa 1863 (courtesy of David Sloan).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/lafayette-college-delaware-bridge-from-philipsburg-rock-nj-james-fuller-queen-1850.jpgLafayette College, Delaware Bridge from Philipsburg Rock, NJ, James Fuller Queen, 1850Lafayette College, Delaware Bridge from Philipsburg Rock, NJ, James Fuller Queen, 18502025-05-29T00:26:02+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-b/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mitchelville.jpgMitchelvilleBuilt on the Drayton Plantation on land known today as Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, Mitchelville turned a cotton field formerly tended by slaves into the first self-governed community of freedmen. Photograph: Samuel Cooley, U.S. National Archives (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ormsby_mitchel.jpgMajor-General Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel, Commanding Officer, U.S. Department of the South, circa 1862 (public domain)Major-General Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel, Commanding Officer, U.S. Department of the South, circa 1862 (public domain).2025-05-28T23:52:27+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/history-of-company-a-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteers/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/confederate-flag-flying-over-fort-sumter_16-april-1861_alma-pelot.jpgConfederate Flag Flying Over Fort Sumter (16 April 1861, Alma Pelot)Alma Pelot's photo showing the Confederate flag flying over Fort Sumter, 16 April 1861 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2025-05-28T23:49:43+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/history-of-company-a-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteers/roster-company-a-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/tag-john-g-private/2025-05-28T23:47:19+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-i/roster-company-i-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/sergeant-thomas-n-burke-a-first-generation-american-who-defended-the-union-before-building-a-life-in-iowa/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/main-and-garnavillo-street-anamosa-iowa-c-late-1890s-early-1900s_pubdom.jpgMain and Garnavillo Street, Anamosa, Iowa (c. late 1890s-early 1900s, public domain)Main and Garnavillo Street, Anamosa, Iowa (c. late 1890s-early 1900s, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/crop_garnavillo-street-anamosa-iowa-c-1891_pubdom.jpgGarnavillo Street, Anamosa, Iowa (c. 1891, public domain)Garnavillo Street, Anamosa, Iowa (c. 1891, public domain).2025-05-28T23:39:20+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-e/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/confederate-steamer-gov-milton-captured-by-the-u-s-flotilla_oct-1862.jpgConfederate Steamer, Gov. Milton, Captured by the U.S. Flotilla (October 1862)The rebel steamer Governor Milton, captured by the U.S. flotilla in St. John's River, Florida, Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper). Courtesy: State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory Project (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cssdarlington_rebel-steamer-then-union-gunboat.jpgThe Darlington, From Confederate Steamer to Union GunboatIllustration of the Darlington, a former Confederate steamer turned Union gunboat (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/battery-on-saint-johns-bluff-taken-by-our-forces_jh-schell_1862.jpgBattery on Saint John's Bluff Taken by Our Forces (J.H Schell, 1862)Earthworks surrounding the Confederate battery atop Saint John's Bluff along the Saint John's River in Florida (J. H. Schell, 1862, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/union-navy-base_mayport-mills_harpers-weekly_pub-domain.jpgUnion Navy's Base at Mayport Mills, circa 1862Union Navy's base of operations, Mayport Mills, circa 1862 (public domain).2025-05-28T23:30:42+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/medical/roster-surgeons-and-other-medical-personnel-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/samuel-burton-sturdevant-m-d/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/battle_of_the_wilderness.pngBattle of the Wilderness, 6 May 1864_Kurz and Allison, 1887_USLOC_pubdomBattle of the Wilderness near Todd's Tavern, Virginia, 6 May 1864 (Kurz & Allison, 1887, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/little-round-top-gettysburg-pa-july-1863_timothy-osullivan-u.s.-army_pubdom.jpgLittle Round Top, Gettysburg, PA, July 1863_Timothy O'Sullivan, U.S. Army_pubdomLittle Round Top, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1863 (Timothy O'Sullivan, U.S. Army, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/confederate-dead-behind-the-stone-wall-maryes-heights-virginia-3-may-1863_u.s.-army_pubdom.jpgConfederate Dead Behind Stone Wall_Battle of Marye's Heights, VA, 3 May 1863_US Army_pubdomConfederate dead behind the stone wall, following the Battle of Marye's Heights, Virginia, 3 May 1863 (U.S. Army, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/crop_samuel-b.-sturdevant-md-1865_courtesy-of-david-sloan.jpegSamuel B. Sturdevant, MD, 47th PA Vols, 20 Mar 1865_courtesy of David SloanSamuel B. Sturdevant, MD, Surgeon, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 20 March 1865 (courtesy of David Sloan).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/wilkes-barre-pa_s-main-st-from-public-square-c-1906_pubdomain.jpgWilkes-Barre, PA_S. Main St. from Public Square, c. 1906_pubdomainSouth Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania as seen from Public Square, c. 1906 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/wilkes-barre_c-1889_panoramic-map_pubdomain.jpgWilkes-Barre_c. 1889_Panoramic Map_pubdomainWilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, c. 1889 (public domain).2025-05-28T23:21:17+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-k/roster-company-k-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/second-lieutenant-elias-franklin-benner-from-enlisted-man-to-commissioned-officer-and-beyond/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/street_scene_on_broadway_1907_-_gary_indiana_32002497323-e1728678904937.jpgBroadway, Gary, Indiana, circa 1906-pubdomBroadway, Gary, Indiana, circa 1906 (public domain).2025-05-28T23:06:37+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/brevet-captain-william-henry-steckel/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/portland-cement-kilns-owned-by-david-o-saylor-coplay-lehigh-county-pa_1876_pubdomain.jpgPortland Cement Kilns Owned by David O. Saylor (Coplay, Lehigh County, PA, 1876, public domain)These Portland Cement kilns owned by David O. Saylor were a familiar sight to Steckel family members residing in Coplay, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (1876, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/ruins-of-the-catholic-cathedral-charleston-sc_george-n-barnard_1865_usloc_pubdomain.jpgRuins of the Catholic Cathedral, Charleston, South Carolina, 1865 (George N. Barnard. U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Ruins of the Catholic Cathedral, Charleston, South Carolina, 1865 (George N. Barnard. U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/copy_steckel-william-loss-of-sight-and-rank-reclass-1890-us-vets-schedule-2.jpg1st Lt. William Steckel's Partial Loss of Sight (U.S. Veterans' Schedule, 1890, excerpt, public domain)Partial lost of sight in November 1865 by 1st Lieutenant William Steckel, Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (U.S. Veterans' Schedule, 1890, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/stone-church-egypt-lehigh-county-pennsylvania_built-1785_taken-c-1914_pubdomain.jpgStone Church, Egypt, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (built 1785, photo c. 1914, public domain)The Stone Church in Egypt, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania was built in 1785 (photo c. 1914, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/crop_1st-lt-william-h-steckel-painting-with-caption.jpg1st Lt. William H. Steckel, Co. G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (c. 1863, public domain)1st Lieutenant William Henry Steckel, Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (circa 1863, public domain).2025-05-28T22:48:33+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/officers/roster-field-and-staff-officers-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/lieutenant-colonel-charles-william-abbott/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/crop_charles-w.-abbotts-business-ad_the-lehigh-register-25-oct-1871.jpgcrop_Charles W. Abbott's Business Ad_The Lehigh Register, 25 Oct 1871Advertisement for Charles W. Abbott's business (The Lehigh Register, 25 Oct 1871, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/abbott-charles-full-bw.jpgAbbott, Charles, full bw"Lieutenant-Colonel Charles W. Abbott, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers , 1865 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/lt.-col.-charles-william-abbott_head2.jpgLt. Col. Charles William Abbott_head22025-05-28T22:43:31+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-f/roster-company-f-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/william-hiram-bartholomew-newspaperman-and-leading-hotelier/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/hotel-penn_allentown_c-1910_pubdomain.jpgHotel Penn, Allentown, PA, c. 1910 (public domain)Hotel Penn, Allentown, PA, c. 1910 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/eagle-hotel_catasauqua-pa_c-1900s.jpgEagle Hotel, Catasauqua, PA. c. 1900sEagle Hotel, Catasauqua, PA. c. 1900s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bartholomew-william-hiram1.jpgWilliam Hiram Bartholomew, c. 1915 (public domain)William Hiram Bartholomew, c. 1915 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bartholomew-william-hiram.jpgWilliam Hiram Bartholomew, c. 1915 (public domain)William Hiram Bartholomew, c. 1915 (public domain).2025-05-28T22:39:50+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/religion-and-spirituality/chaplain-william-dewitt-clinton-rodrocks-civil-war-letters-and-reports-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-1862-1865/chaplain-william-dewitt-clinton-rodrocks-civil-war-letters-and-reports-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-1865/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/rodrock-30-nov-1865-report-to-brig-gen-l-thomas-adj-gen-p-2_nara_pubdom.jpgW.D.C. Rodrock's 30 November 1865 Chaplain's Report to Brig. Gen. L. Thomas, Adj. Gen, p. 2_NARA_pubdomhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/rodrock-30-nov-1865-report-to-brig-gen-l-thomas-adj-gen-p-1_nara_pubdom.jpgW.D.C. Rodrock's 30 November 1865 Chaplain's Report to Brig. Gen. L. Thomas, Adj. Gen, p. 1_NARA_pubdomhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/rodrock-30-nov-1865-report-to-brig-gen-l-thomas-adj-gen_cover-letter_nara_pubdom-3.jpgW.D.C. Rodrock's 30 November 1865 Chaplain's Report to Brig. Gen. L. Thomas, Adj. Gen_Cover Letter_NARA_pubdomhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/rodrocks-31-august-1865-report-to-brig-gen-l-thomas-adj-gen-p-3_nara_pubdom.jpgW.D.C. Rodrock's 31 Aug 1865 Chaplain's Report to Brig. Gen. L. Thomas, Adj. Gen, p. 3_NARA_pubdomhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/rodrocks-31-august-1865-report-to-brig-gen-l-thomas-adj-gen-p-2_nara_pubdom.jpgW.D.C. Rodrock's 31 Aug 1865 Chaplain's Report to Brig. Gen. L. Thomas, Adj. Gen, p. 2_NARA_pubdomhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/rodrocks-31-august-1865-report-to-brig-gen-l-thomas-adj-gen-p-1_nara_pubdom.jpgW.D.C. Rodrock's 31 August 1865 Chaplain's Report to Brig. Gen. L. Thomas, Adj. Gen, p. 1_NARA_pubdomhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/rodrocks-31-august-1865-report-to-brig-gen-l-thomas-adj-gen_cover-letter_nara_pubdom.jpgW.D.C. Rodrock's 31 Aug 1865 Chaplain's Report to Brig. Gen. L. Thomas, Adj. Gen_Cover Letter_NARA_pubdomhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/rodrocks-31-july-1865-report-to-brig-gen-l-thomas-adj-gen-p-3_nara_pubdom.jpgW.D.C. Rodrock's 31 July 1865 Chaplain's Report to Brig. Gen. L. Thomas, Adj. Gen, p. 3_NARA_pubdomhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/rodrocks-31-july-1865-report-to-brig-gen-l-thomas-adj-gen-p-2_nara_pubdom.jpgW.D.C. Rodrock's 31 July 1865 Chaplain's Report to Brig. Gen. L. Thomas, Adj. Gen, p. 2_NARA_pubdomhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/rodrocks-31-july-1865-report-to-brig-gen-l-thomas-adj-gen-p-1_nara_pubdom.jpgW.D.C. Rodrock's 31 July 1865 Chaplain's Report to Brig. Gen. L. Thomas, Adj. Gen, p. 1_NARA_pubdom2025-05-28T22:16:56+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-b/roster-company-b-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/captain-william-h-kleckner/2025-05-28T22:14:28+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-f/roster-company-f-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/captain-edwin-gilbert-a-soldiers-soldier/2025-05-28T22:04:37+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/religion-and-spirituality/in-the-valley-of-the-shadow-the-rev-william-dewitt-clinton-rodrock-a-m-chaplain-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-part-one/in-the-valley-of-the-shadow-the-rev-william-dewitt-clinton-rodrock-a-m-chaplain-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-part-two/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/excerpt_rodrocks-30-apr-1865-report-to-brig-gen-l-thomas_pubdom.jpgW.D. C. Rodrock's 30 Apr 1865 Commentary re Lincoln Assassination (Report to Brig. Gen. L. Thomas_pubdom)Excerpt of Rev. William Rodrock's 30 April 1865 chaplain's report to Brigadier-General L. Thomas with commentary regarding President Abraham Lincoln's assassination (U.S. National Archives, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/excerpt-rodrocks-31-jan-1865-report-to-brig-gen-l-thomas-pubdom.jpgW. D. C. Rodrock's 31 Jan 1865 Chaplain's Report to Brig. Gen. L. Thomas (excpt, pubdom)Excerpt of Rev. W. D. C. Rodrock's 31 January 1865 chaplain's report to Brigadier-General L. Thomas U.S. National Archives, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/excerpt_rodrocks-31-dec-1864-report-to-brig-gen-l-thomas_pubdom.jpgW. D. C. Rodrock's 31 Dec 1864 Chaplain's Report to Brig. Gen. L. Thomas (excpt, pubdomExcerpt of Rev. W. D. C. Rodrock's 31 December 1864 Chaplain's report to Brigadier-General L. Thomas (U.S. National Archives, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/u-s-military-and-new-orleans-opelousas-great-western-trains_algiers-rr-shop_1865_pubdomain.jpgU.S. Military and New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Trains, Algiers RR Shop (1865, pubdomain_U.S. Military and New Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western trains (Algiers railroad shop, Louisiana, c. 1865, public domain).2025-05-28T21:53:01+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2025/05/22/camp-brightwood-washington-d-c-mid-april-june-2-1865/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250521_180909.jpgThe Trial of the Conspirstors_Benn Pitman, 1865_USLOC_pubdomThe key conspirators involved in President Abraham Lincoln's assassination (Benn Pitman, The Assassination of President Lincoln and the Trial of the Conspirators," 1865, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250521_165440.jpgWashington Arsenal Penitentiary, Washington, D.C._Joseph Hanshew, 1865_pubdomWashington Arsenal Penitentiary, Washington, D.C., 1865 (Joseph Hanshew, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250521_110315.jpgUnidentified Union Infantry Regiment, Camp Brightwood, Washington, D.C., c. 1865_pubdomUnidentified Union infantry regiment, Camp Brightwood, Washington, D.C., circa 1865 (public domain).2025-05-28T21:45:15+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-h/roster-company-h-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-valentine-andreas-a-brave-heart-stilled-too-soon/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250527_164935.jpgLock Tender's House, Lehigh Canal, Freemansburg, PA, c. late 1800s_pubdomLock tender's house, Lehigh Canal, Freemansburg, Pennsylvania, circa late 1800s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250527_145835.jpgIMG_20250527_145835https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250527_150804-1.jpgPvt. Valentine Andreas, aka Valentine Andrews, Death and Burial Details, Winchester National Cemetery, VA, 1864_NARA_pubdomDeath and burial location details for Private Valentine Andreas, also known as Valentine Andrews, Company H, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1864 (U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250527_150804.jpgPvt. Valentine Andrews, aka Walaren Andreas,,Winchester National Cemetery,,Winchester, VA_courtesyofJonelleTrimmer_usedwithpermissionMilitary headstone of Private Valentine Andreas, also known as Valentine Andrews, Company H, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (Winchester National Cemetery, 2012; used with permission, courtesy of Jonelle Trimmer).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250527_135943.jpgWalaren Andreas and Parents, U.S. Census, Upper Towamensing, Carbon Co., PA, 1850_NARA_pubdom"Walaren Andreas," later known as Valentine Andrews, and his family were residents of Carbon County, Pennsylvania, according to the 1850 federal census (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).2025-05-28T16:46:08+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-h/roster-company-h-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/dependable-men-the-gardner-brothers-of-perry-county-pennsylvania-part-one/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/gardner-jacob-s-r-wc103395-and-elizabeth-gardner_u.s.-civil-war-mothers-pension-1867.jpgGardner, Jacob S R (WC103395) and Elizabeth Gardner_U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension 1867_pubdomCertificate documenting the award of a U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension to Elizabeth (Shatto) Gardner of $8 per month, following the death of her son, Private Jacob S. R. Gardner, Company H, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, in January 1862 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/26-nov-1848-perry-co.-land-purchase-by-john-k.-gardner-and-david-horting-p.-2_pubdom.jpg26 Nov 1848 Perry Co. Land Purchase by John K. Gardner and David Horting, p. 2_pubdomCertificate of Perry County, Pennsylvania land purchase on 26 November 1942 by John K. Gardner and David Horting (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/capt.-reuben-shatto-gardner-c.-1863_pubdom.jpegCapt. Reuben Shatto Gardner, c. 1863_pubdomCaptain Reuben Shatto Gardner, Company H, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa 1863 (public domain).2025-05-28T00:03:46+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-harrison-jones-a-farmers-son-goes-to-war/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250525_203646.jpgMerchant Street, Warrensburg, IL, c. late 1800s-early1900s_pubdomWarrensburg, Illinois, circa late 1800s-early 1900s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250525_203141.jpgEast High Street, Carlisle, PA, c. 1872_pubdomEast High Street, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, circa 1872 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250525_091817.jpgPvt. Harrison Jones, Co. D, 47th PA Vols_RegistersOfDeathsOfVolunteerSoldiers_19Oct1864_NARA_pubdomThe simple phrase "Killed in Action" in a federal burial death ledger memorialized the 19 October 1864 death of Private Harrison Jones, Company D, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers during the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia (Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, U.S. Army, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250518_185701.jpgPvt. Harrison Jones and Father, Robert, U.S. Civil War Pension Gen'l Index Card_US NARA_pubdomPrivate Harrison Jones, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, and his father, Robert Jones (U.S. Civil War Pension General Index Cards, 8 October 1869, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).2025-05-26T03:42:14+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2025/04/15/april-15th-a-date-of-decision-and-death-for-president-abraham-lincoln/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_20250415_144824.jpgPresident Lincoln On His Deathbed, Apr 15, 1865_Harper's Weekly, 1865_pubdomPresident Abraham Lincoln on his deathbed at the Petersen House in Washington, D.C., April 15, 1865 (Harper's Weekly, 1865, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_20250415_123031.jpgLincoln's Presidential Proclamation Calling for 75,000 State Militia Troops, 15 Apr 1861_U.S. National Archives_pubdomProclamation issued by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, calling for seventy-five thousand state militia troops to bring an end to the secession of, and insurrection by, eleven of fifteen southern slaveholding states, April 15, 1861 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain; click to enlarge).2025-05-25T16:39:36+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2025/05/23/propitious-weather-and-a-splendid-spectacle-the-united-states-of-americas-grand-review-of-the-armies-may-23-1865/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250519_143954.jpgXIX Corps, Army of the United States, Grand Review of the National Armies, Washington, D.C., May 23, 1865_USLOC_pubdom19th Corps, Army of the United States, Grand Review of the National Armies, Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C., May 23, 1865 (Matthew Brady, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250519_140606.jpgLt.-Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Pres. Andrew Johnson, Presidential Reviewing Stand, Grand Review of the National Armies, 23 May 1865_USLOC_pubdomLieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant leans forward to have a better look at a Union regiment approaching the presidential reviewing stand, President Andrew Johnson to his left, Grand Review of the National Armies, Washington, D.C., May 23, 1865 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2025-05-23T17:22:06+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2025/05/22/a-musical-tribute-to-beloved-commanding-officers-the-47th-pennsylvanias-regimental-band-serenades-generals-grant-and-sheridan-may-22-1865/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250520_115156.jpgLt.-Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, c. 1865_pubdomLieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant (public domain)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250520_084259.jpgWillard's Hotel, Washington, D.C., c. 1860-1865_pubdomWillard's Hotel, Washington, D.C., circa 1860-1865 (public domain).2025-05-22T21:49:29+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/officers/2025-05-22T16:45:50+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/key-battles-transports-and-duty-stations/2025-05-22T14:56:17+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/regimental-band/roster-regimental-band-47th-pennsylvania/corporal-william-henry-nagle-musician-2nd-class/2025-05-12T22:45:39+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-i/roster-company-i-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-thomas-ziegler-a-patriots-descendant-and-forefather-of-civic-leaders/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_20250319_110914.jpgBrashear City, Louisiana, circa 1860s (public domain)Brashear City, Louisiana, circa 1860s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/allentown-general-hospital-c-1940s.jpgAllentown General Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania (circa 1930s, public domain)Allentown General Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania (circa 1930s, public domain).2025-05-11T23:29:54+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-i/roster-company-i-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-edwin-dreisbach-the-heavy-heart-of-a-tinman/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/lehigh-county-almshouse-2-pennsylvania-1885-public-domain.jpgLehigh County Almshouse, Washington Township, Pennsylvania (1885, view 2, public domain)Lehigh County Almshouse, Washington Township, Pennsylvania (1885, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/lehigh-county-almshouse-pennsylvania-1885-public-domain.jpgLehigh County Almshouse, Washington Township, Pennsylvania (1885, view 1, public domain)Lehigh County Almshouse, Washington Township, Pennsylvania (1885, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/crop_marriage-of-edward-dreisbach-to-clarissa-burger_der-lecha-caunty-patriot_16dec1863.jpgMarriage of Edward Dreisbach to Clarissa Burger (Der Lecha Caunty Patriot_16Dec1863)The marriage of "Edward" Dreisbach was announced in Der Lecha Caunty Patriot on 16 December 1863. Rough Translation: “Last Friday, by Justice of the Peace Witman, Mr. Edward Dreisbach, of the 47th Regiment, with Miss Clarissa Burger, of Allentown, Pennsylvania....”2025-05-11T23:26:51+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/officers/roster-field-and-staff-officers-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/first-lieutenant-and-regimental-quartermaster-william-h-ginkinger-a-good-son/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/erie-soldiers-and-sailors-home-c.-1900s.jpgSoldiers and Sailors Home, Erie, PA, c. 1900_pubdomSoldiers and Sailors Home, Erie, Pennsylvania, circa 1900 (public domain).2025-05-11T23:23:20+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-i/roster-company-i-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/captain-coleman-a-g-keck-touched-by-the-cold-hand-of-death/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/eugene-h-c-keck-and-minnie-nagle_allentown-marriage-license-ledger-entry_dec-1886_pubdomain.jpgEugene H.C. Keck and Minnie Nagle, Allentown Marriage License Ledger Entry (excerpt, Dec 1886, public domain)Eugene H.C. Keck and Minnie Nagle, Allentown Marriage License Ledger Entry (excerpt, December 1886, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/allentown-aka-northampton-towne-1851_frederick-wulff_pubdomain.jpgAllentown (aka Northampton Towne, 1851, Frederick Wulff, public domain)Allentown (aka Northampton Towne, 1851, Frederick Wulff, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/lehigh-county-court-house-5th-and-hamilton-allentown-c-1850_pubdomain1.jpgLehigh County Court House, 5th and Hamilton, Allentown, c. 1850_pubdomainLehigh County Court House, 5th and Hamilton, Allentown, Pennsylvania, circa 1850 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/lehigh-county-court-house-allentown-1835_pubdomain.jpgLehigh County Courthouse, Allentown, Pennsylvania (c. 1835, public domain)Lehigh County Courthouse, Allentown, Pennsylvania (c. 1835, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/capt-coleman-a-g-keck-head-copy-co-i-47th-pa-vols.jpgCaptain Coleman A.G. Keck, Company I, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (c. 1863, public domain)Captain Coleman A. G. Keck, Company I, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (c. 1863, public domain).2025-05-11T23:19:42+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-i/roster-company-i-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-james-b-cole-a-prominent-liberal-industrialist/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250511_160108.jpgObelisk Inscription, Grave of James B. and Julia Cole, Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA_pubdomObelisk Inscription, Grave of James B. and Julia Cole, Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, Pennsylvania (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250511_145833.jpgTamaqua, PA, 1843_ShermanDay_pubdomTamaqua, Pennsylvania, 1843 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250505_102509.jpgCole Family Obelisk, Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA_courtesyofJerryHaas_usedwithpermissionCole Family Obelisk, Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, Pennsylvania (photographer: Jerry Haas, 2019, used with permission).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250505_100812.jpgObelisk, Grave of James B. Cole, Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA_pubdomObelisk, grave of industrialist James B. Cole and his wife, Julia, Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, Pennsylvania (public domain).2025-05-11T23:15:53+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-h/roster-company-h-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-alex-biger-journeyman-tanner/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_20250402_151034.jpgCorp. Alexander Biger, Co. H, 47th PA Vols., c. Aug. 1862_pubdomCorporal Alexander Biger, Company H, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Beaufort, South Carolina, circa August 1862 (public domain).2025-05-10T19:32:46+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/first-lieutenant-samuel-s-auchmuty-a-worthy-citizen/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/crop_doyle-hotel-market-street-square-duncannon-pa-c.-early-1900s.jpgDoyle Hotel, Market Street Square, Duncannon, PA, c. early 1900s-pubdomDoyle Hotel, Market Street Square, Duncannon, Pennsylvania (early 1900s, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/crop-duncannon-presbyterian-church-c.-early-1900s.jpgDuncannon Presbyterian Church, c. early 1900s-pubdomThe Duncannon Presbyterian Church was one of the structures Samuel S. Auchmuty helped to build in Perry County, Pennsylvania during the 1880s (image circa early 1900s, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/battle-of-chapultepec-mexican-american-war-1847-carl-nebel-1851-public-domain.jpgBattle of Chapultepec, Mexican-American War, 1847 (Carl Nebel, 1851, public domain)Battle of Chapultepec, Mexican-American War, 1847 (Carl Nebel, 1851, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/amphibious-landing-battle-of-vera-cruz-mexican-american-war-1846-n.-currier-c.-1840s-pubdom.jpgAmphibious Landing, Battle of Vera Cruz, Mexican-American War, 1846 (N. Currier, c. 1840s, pubdom)Amphibious landing, Battle of Vera Cruz, Mexican-American War, 1847 (N. Currier, c. 1840s, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/fort-jackson-new-orleans-la-c.-1846-1860_courtesy-of-louisiana-digital-library.jpgFort Jackson, New Orleans, LA, c. 1845-1860_courtesy of Louisiana Digital LibraryFort Jackson, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1845-1860 (courtesy of Louisiana Digital Library, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/u.s.-war-dept.-requisition-for-troops-18-nov-1846-mexican-american-war-somerset-herald-1-dec-1846.jpegU.S. War Dept., Requisition for Troops, 18 Nov 1846, Mexican-American War, Somerset Herald, 1 Dec 1846_pubdomU.S. War Department's Requisition for Mexican-American War Troops, 18 November 1846 (Somerset Herald, 1 December 1846, public domain.)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/crop_u.s.-potus-and-congress-declare-war-on-mexico-may-1846_sunbury-american-16-may-1846-1.jpgU.S. President and Congress Declare War on Mexico, May 1846_Sunbury American, 16 May 1846_pubdomAnnouncement of America's 13 May 1846 Declaration of War Against Mexico (Sunbury American, 16 May 1846, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/crop_duncannon-pa_taken-from-orchard-hill-c.-1900.jpgDuncannon, PA_taken from Orchard Hill, c. 1900_pubdomEven in the early 1900s, Duncannon, Pennsylvania retained its rural character (view from Orchard Hill, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/crop_auchmuty-samuel-co.-d-c.-1863.jpg1st Lt. Samuel S. Auchmuty, Co. D, 47th PA Vols, c. 1863 (courtesy of David Sloan)First Lieutenant Samuel S. Auchmuty, Company D, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa 1863 (courtesy of David Sloan).2025-05-02T23:24:22+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/corporal-james-t-williamson-a-soldier-who-reached-home-and-died-among-friends/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250502_141437.jpgCorp. James T. Williamson's Grave, Landisburg Cemetery, Landisburg, PA_courtesyofJudithWarnerBookwalter_usedwithpermissionCorporal James T. Williamson's military headstone, Landisburg Cemetery, Landisburg, Pennsylvania, 2002 (used with permission, courtesy of Judith Warner Bookwalter).2025-05-02T23:10:20+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/religion-and-spirituality/in-the-valley-of-the-shadow-the-rev-william-dewitt-clinton-rodrock-a-m-chaplain-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-part-one/in-the-valley-of-the-shadow-the-rev-william-dewitt-clinton-rodrock-a-m-chaplain-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-part-two/in-the-valley-of-the-shadow-the-rev-william-dewitt-clinton-rodrock-a-m-chaplain-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-part-three/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/crop_westside-park-bridge-paterson-nj-c-1900-pubdom-2.jpgWest Side Park Bridge, Paterson, NJ, c. 1900, pubdomWest Side Park Bridge, Paterson, New Jersey (c. 1900, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/central-business-district-market-and-main-streets-paterson-nj-c-1911-pubdom.jpgCentral Business District, Market and Main Streets, Paterson, NJ, c. 1911, pubdomCentral business district, Market and Main Streets, Paterson, New Jersey (c. 1911, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/crop_main-street-at-ellison-paterson-nj-c-1903_pubdomain-2.jpgCrop_Main Street at Ellison, Paterson, NJ, c. 1903_pubdomain (2)Main Street at Ellison, Paterson, New Jersey (c. 1903, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/paterson-passaic-county-new-jersey-map-1880-usloc_pubdomain.jpgPaterson, Passaic County, New Jersey Map, 1880, USLOC_pubdomainMap of Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, 1880 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2025-05-01T22:08:57+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wars-end-and-reconstruction/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_20250415_035416.jpgAnnouncement of Lee's Surrender at Appomattox, The Gazette, Sunbury, PA, 15Apr1865_pubdomExcerpt of the announcement of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House (The Gazette, Sunbury, Pennsylvania, 15 April 1865, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/capitulation-surrender-of-robt-e-lee-his-army-at-appomattox-c-h-va-to-lt-genl-u-s-grant-april-9th-1865_kurz-allison-16-sep-1885.jpgCapitulation and surrender of Robt. E. Lee and his army at Appomattox C.H., Va. to Lt. Genl. U.S. Grant. April 9th 1865_Kurz & Allison, 16 Sep 1885The capitulation and surrender of Robt. E. Lee and his army at Appomattox C.H., Va. to Lt. Gen. U.S. Grant. April 9th 1865 (Kurz & Allison, 16 September 1885, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/surrender-of-general-lee-and-his-entire-army-to-lieut-general-grant-april-9th-1865_john-smith-philadelphia-c-1865_usloc-pubdomain.jpgSurrender of General Lee and his entire army to Lieut General Grant, April 9th 1865 (John Smith, Philadelphia, c. 1865, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Surrender of General Lee and his entire army to Lieut General Grant, April 9th 1865 (John Smith, Philadelphia, c. 1865, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/room-mclean-house-at-appomattox-c-h-in-which-gen-lee-surrendered-to-gen-grant_major-knapp_usloc_pubdomain.jpgRoom, McLean House at Appomattox C.H. in which Gen. Lee surrendered to Gen. Grant (Major & Knapp, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Scene in the room at McLean House, Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, where General Lee surrendered to General Grant (Major & Knapp, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/surrender-of-genl-lee-at-appomattox-c-h-va-april-9th-1865-currier-ives-c-1865_usloc_pubdomain.jpgSurrender of Genl. Lee, at Appomattox C.H. Va. April 9th. 1865, Currier & Ives, c. 1865 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Surrender of General Lee at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, 9 April 1865, Currier & Ives, c. 1865 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/mcleans-house-appomattox-va-scene-of-general-lees-surrender_timothy-h-osullivan-apr-1865_usloc_pubdomain.jpgMcLean's House, Appomattox, Va., scene of General Lee's surrender_Timothy H. O'Sullivan, Apr 1865 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)McClean House, the house in Appomattox, Virginia where the terms of surrender between Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee were signed. The family of the owner of the house, Wilmer McLean, are seated on the steps (Timothy H. O'Sullivan, April 1865, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cutting-up-the-tree-under-which-grant-and-lee-met-for-trophies_alfred-waud-c-9-april-1865_usloc_pubdomain.jpgCutting up the tree under which Grant and Lee met, for trophies_Alfred Waud, c. 9 April 1865 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Cutting up the tree under which Grant and Lee met, for trophies (Alfred Waud, c. 9 April 1865, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/robert-e-lee-leaving-mclean-house-following-surrender-to-ulysses-s-grant_alfred-waud_9-apr-1865_usloc_pubdomain.jpgRobert E. Lee leaving McLean House following surrender to Ulysses S. Grant_Alfred Waud_9 Apr 1865 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Robert E. Lee leaving McLean House following his surrender to Ulysses S. Grant (Alfred Waud, 9 April 1865, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/appomattox-surrender_palm-sunday-9-april-1865_thomas-nast_harpers-weekly_pubdomain.jpgAppomattox Surrender_Palm Sunday, 9 April 1865_Thomas Nast_Harper's Weekly_pubdomainAppomattox Surrender, 9 April 1865, by Thomas Nast (Harper's Weekly, public domain).2025-05-01T02:16:02+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/the-outbreak-of-the-rebellion/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/the-union-is-dissolved_charleston-mercury-poster_20-dec-1860_smithsonian-nmah_pubdom.jpg2004-20297.jpg"The Union Is Dissolved" (announcement of South Carolina's secession from the United States, broadside, Charleston Mercury, 20 December 1860, U.S. Library of Congress and National Museum of American History, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/confederate-flag-flying-over-fort-sumter_16-april-1861_alma-pelot.jpgConfederate Flag Flying Over Fort Sumter (16 April 1861, Alma Pelot)Alma Pelot's photo of the Confederate flag flying above Fort Sumter 16 April 1861 (public domain, Library of Congress).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/outbreak-of-the-rebellion-in-the-united-states.jpgOutbreak of the Rebellion in the United States 1861Liberty (center, crowned with laurel wreath and Phryghian cap) was guarded by President Abraham Lincoln (right) and a figure of Justice (standing clear-eyed, without blindfold at left, wielding scales and sword) while President James Buchanan slept at the feet of Justice, Buchanan’s secretary of war greedily grabbed at coins, Confederate President Jefferson Davis stood by a tree ensnared by a snake (left), and a sunrise (upper right) offers a glimmer of hope in this 1866 lithograph by Charles Kimmel. Source: U.S. Library of Congress (public domain).2025-04-28T03:16:38+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2025/04/28/national-poetry-month-the-meaning-of-life-during-war-and-peace/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_20250427_171908.jpgInkwell and Book, F. Y. Cory, 1893_pubdomInkwell and book (excerpt of an illustration by F. Y. Cory, in Memoirs of a Baby, Josephine Daskam, author, 1893, public domain).2025-04-28T02:25:13+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/support-us-3/supporters/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/heart-and-hand_1896_littleton-view_loc_pubdomain.jpgHeart and Hand (1896, Littleton View, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Heart and Hand (1896, Littleton View, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2025-04-27T14:19:52+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-i/roster-company-i-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-jonas-snyder-a-powder-maker-buried-at-sea/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/crop_jonas-snyders-death-and-burial-at-sea.jpgPvt. Jonas Snyder's Death, Burial at Sea_U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension, 1867_NARA_pubdomConfirmation by the U.S. Office of the Adjutant General of the death and burial at sea of Private Jonas Snyder, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1867 (U.S. National Archives, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/jonas-and-maria-snyder_u.s.-civil-war-widows-pension.jpgJonas and Maria Snyder_U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension,1865_NARA_pubdomDocument excerpt from U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension file documenting the death of Maria (Miller) Snyder's husband, Private Jonas Snyder 1865 (U.S. National Archives, public domain).2025-04-27T00:21:18+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-b/roster-company-b-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/assenheimer-godfrey-private/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cpl-seip-prosecuted-for-theft-from-pvt-assenheimer_sep-1865_charleston-daily-news.jpgCpl. Lewis H. Seip Prosecuted for Theft from Pvt. Godfrey Assenheimer (Sep 1865, Charleston Daily News)Court martial of Corporal Lewis H. Seip for September 1865 thefts from Private Godfrey Assenheimer, both members of the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (11 October 1865, Charleston Daily News, South Carolina, public domain).2025-04-27T00:07:55+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-f/roster-company-f-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/captain-henry-samuel-harte-a-legacy-of-hospitality/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/crop_harte-capt.-henry-s.-c.-1863_courtesy-of-david-sloan.jpgCapt. Henry S. Harte, c. 1863_courtesy of David SloanCaptain Henry S. Harte, Company F, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa 1863 (courtesy of David Sloan).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/harte-capt-henry-s.jpgCaptain Henry Samuel Harte (public domain)Captain Henry Samuel Harte, Company F, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (c. 1861-1864, public domain).2025-04-26T23:02:24+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-f/roster-company-f-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-godfrey-betz-a-wurttemberg-emigrant-at-rest-in-louisiana/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_20250426_142129.jpgLiberty Fire Co. No. 2, South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, c. 1890s_pubdomUnidentified members of the Liberty Fire Company No. 2, South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, circa 1890s, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_20250426_134931.jpgSouth Side, Bethlehem, PA, 1872_Levering's A History of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1741-1892_pubdomSouth side of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1872 (Joseph Mortimer Levering, A History of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1741-1892, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_20250426_114730.jpgGotfired and Cecikua Betz, U.S. Civil War Pension General Index Card, 1865_US Nat'l Archives_pubdomU.S. Civil War Pension general index card confirming the marriage of Cecilia Betz and Private Godfrey Betz, Company F, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_20250424_163140.jpgPvt. Godfrey Betz's Headstone, Chalmette Nat'l Cemetery, Louisiana_JosephMann, 2014_usedwithpermissionMilitary headstone of Private Godfrey Betz, Chalmette National Cemetery, Louisiana (Joseph Mann, 2014, used with permission).2025-04-26T22:54:50+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/isett-george-s-private/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/isett-george-1862-acute-dysentery-death-vols-death-ledger.jpgIsett, George - 1862 Acute Dysentery Death - Vols Death Ledger2025-04-24T21:58:14+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-h/roster-company-h-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/seeing-through-a-soldiers-eyes-the-life-of-perry-countys-jerome-bryner/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/photo-by-jerome-bryner-of-sad-faced-perry-county-pa-woman-c-1870.jpgPhoto by Jerome Bryner of Sad-Faced Perry County, PA Woman ( c. 1870, public domain)Photo by Jerome Bryner of sad Perry County, Pennsylvania woman (c. 1870, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/jerome-bryners-photography-studio_carte-de-visite-back_pubdomain.jpgJerome Bryner's Photography Studio (carte de visite back, c. 1870, public domain)Back of carte de visite produced by Jerome Bryner's photography studio (c. 1870, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bryner-letter-crop_15-jan-1862_p-1_pubdomain.jpgPvt. Jerome Bryner's Letter (15 January 1862, p. 1 excerpt, public domain)Excerpt from Pvt. Jerome Bryner's letter to his cousin, George M. Bryner (15 January 1862, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/jerome-bryner-co-h-47th-pa-vols-key-west-fl-1863.jpgPrivate Jerome Bryner, Co. H, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, c. 1864 (public domain)Private Jerome Bryner, Co. H, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, c. 1864 (public domain).2025-04-24T21:44:23+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-john-alexander-humes-a-blacksmith-by-trade/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_20250416_190153.jpgNorthern Central Railway Bridge, Marysville, PA, c. late1860s-early 1870s_pubdomNorthern Central Railway bridge, Marysville, Pennsylvania, circa late 1860s-early 1870s (public domain).2025-04-18T21:00:05+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2024/04/17/april-16-1865-u-s-secretary-of-war-edwin-stanton-and-lieutenant-general-ulysses-s-grant-inform-the-union-army-about-president-lincolns-assassination-and-the-proper-procedures-for-mourning/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/crop_stantons-general-orders-no.-66-informing-the-union-army-of-lincolns-death_broadside-image.jpgGeneral Orders, No. 66, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton's April 16, 1865 Notification of the Union Army About President Lincoln's Assassination_pubdomBroadside showing the text of General Orders, No. 66 issued by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton and Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant on 16 April 1865 to inform Union Army troops about the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and provide instructions regarding the appropriate procedures for mourning (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2025-04-15T10:44:57+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2025/04/13/april-12th-this-date-in-47th-pennsylvania-volunteer-infantry-history/2025-04-13T04:06:23+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-h/roster-company-h-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-nicholas-orris-the-face-of-another-unknown-soldier/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ickesburg-pa-c.-1922_h.w.-flickinger_hains-history-of-perry-county.jpgIckesburg, PA, c. 1922_H.W. Flickinger_Hain's History of Perry CountyIckesburg still retained its rural character when this photo was taken in 1922 by H. W. Flickinger (Hain's "History of Perry County, Pennsylvania," public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/crop_orris-nicholas-c.-1863_head-bw.jpgPvt. Nicholas Orris, Co. H, 47th PA Vols_c. 1863_head bwPrivate Nicholas Orris, Company H, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa 1863 (public domain).2025-04-11T17:24:53+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-rafael-perez-one-cuban-immigrants-story/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/the-perez-homicide_charleston-daily-news_12-nov-1872_pubdomain.jpgThe Perez Homicide, Charleston Daily News (12 Nov 1872, public domain)The Perez Homicide, Charleston Daily News (12 November 1872, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/raphael-perez_1882-philadelphia-city-directory-entry_pubdomain.jpgRafael Perez's Cigar Company (1882 Philadelphia City Directory entry, public domain)Rafael Perez's Cigar Company (1882 Philadelphia City Directory entry, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/crop_perez-rafael-10-sep-1866-enlistment-and-16-may-1867-desertion_19th-and-28th-infantry_u-s-army-registers-of-enlistment.jpgRafael aPerez, 10 September 1866 Service, 19th and 28th Infantry, U.S. Army Registers of Enlistment (public domain)Rafael aPerez, 10 September 1866 Service, 19th and 28th Infantry, U.S. Army Registers of Enlistment (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/pereze-raphael-7th-pa-cavalry-co-m-1864-1865-service.jpgPvt. Raphael Perez, 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Co. M (1864-1865, PA Civil War Veterans' Card File Entry, public domain)Private Raphael Perez, 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Co. M (1864-1865, Pennsylvania Civil War Veterans' Card File entry, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/7th-pa-cavalry-80th-pa-vols_2nd-state-colors_pubdomain.jpg2nd State Colors, 7th PA Cavalry, 80th PA Vols (public domain)2nd State Colors, 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry/80th Pennsylvania Volunteers (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/perez-raphael-and-oyster-brothers-co-f-muster-in_36th-pa-militia_july-1863.jpgRaphael Perez and John and Edward Oyster, Muster Roll Entries, Company F, 36th PA Militia, July 1863 (public domain)Raphael Perez and John and Edward Oyster, Muster Roll Entries, Company F, 36th Pennsylvania Militia, Emergency of 1863 (July 1863, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/perez-raphel_47th-pa-vols-muster-roll-entry_1863.jpgRaphael Perez, Muster Roll, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (excerpt, May 1863, public domain)Raphael Perez, Muster Roll, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (excerpt, May 1863, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cigar-makers_key-west_c-1900_floridamemproj_pubdom.jpgCigar Makers, Key West, Florida, c. 1900 (courtesy of Florida Memory Project)Cigar Makers, Key West, Florida, c. 1900 (courtesy of Florida Memory Project).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/key-west_c-1850_flormemproj_pubdom.jpgKey West, Florida, c. 1850 (courtesy of Florida Memory Project)Key West, Florida, c. 1850 (courtesy of Florida Memory Project).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/birds-eye-view_havana-cuba_1854.jpgBird's Eye View of Havana, Cuba, c. 1854 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Bird's Eye View of Havana, Cuba, c. 1854 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2025-04-11T17:22:09+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-e/roster-company-e-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/2025-04-03T19:30:51+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-h/roster-company-h-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/captain-james-kacy-and-son-corporal-james-jones-kacy/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/captain-james-kacy.jpgCaptain James Kacy, Commanding Officer, Company H, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (1861-1864, public domain)Captain James Kacy, Commanding Officer, Company H, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (1861-1864, public domain).2025-04-03T02:28:00+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2025/03/31/womens-history-month-a-look-back-at-the-mothers-wives-widows-daughters-and-granddaughters-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/2025-03-31T23:49:22+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/stewart-cornelius-baskins-corporal/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_20250320_183454.jpgWilkinsburg, PA, c. late 1890s-early 1900s_pubdomWilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, circa late 1890s to early 1900s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/u-s-army-hospital_hilton-head-sc.jpgU.S. Army Hospital, Hilton Head, SC (c. 1861-1865)U.S. General Hospital, Hilton Head, South Carolina, c. 1861-1865. Built facing the ocean/Port Royal Bay (Broad River). Hospital medical director's residence, left foreground. Source: Library of Congress, public domain.https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/minie_balls.jpgMinie Balls (samples circa 2008)This public domain image of Minie balls, created by Mike Crumpston in 2008, shows the size of the objects which pierced the bodies of so many Union soldiers during the Civil War.2025-03-21T02:01:49+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/history-of-company-a-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteers/roster-company-a-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/captain-richard-a-graeffe/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/crop_capt.-richard-a.-graeffe-co.-a-c.-1863_courtesy-of-david-sloan.jpegCapt. Richard A. Graeffe, Co. A, c. 1864_courtesy of David SloanCaptain Richard A. Graeffe, Company A, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa 1864 (courtesy of David Sloan).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/capt.-richard-a.-graeffe-co.-a-full.jpgCapt. Richard A. Graeffe, Co. A-full_pubdomCaptain Richard A. Graeffe, Company A, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa 1862 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/capt-richard-a-graeffe_vintage-postcard.jpgCapt. Richard A. Graeffe, Co. A, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (c. 1863, public domain)Capt. Richard A. Graeffe, Co. A, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (c. 1863, public domain)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/blockhouse_fortmyers-fl_floridastatearchives.jpgBlockhouse, Fort Myers (circa 1850s), FloridaStateArchiveshttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/fort-taylor-key-west-florida_woodcut.jpgFort Taylor, Key West, Florida (Woodcut)Woodcut depicting the harsh climate at Fort Taylor in Key West, Florida during the Civil War. (Public domain, U.S. Library of Congress.)2025-03-16T21:24:54+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2025/02/17/honoring-president-george-washington-fort-taylor-key-west-florida-february-22-1862/2025-02-22T21:13:00+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2025/02/04/black-history-month-ratification-of-the-15th-amendment-to-the-united-states-constitution-february-3-1870/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_20250204_051819.jpgThe Fifteenth Amendment and Its Results, G. F. Kahl, c. 1870_USLOC_pubdom"The Fifteenth Amendment and Its Results" (G. F. Kahl for E. Sachse & Co., lithographer, circa 1870, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain). https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/doc-044-big.jpg15th Amendment, United States Constitution, U.S. Congress, 26 Feb 1869 and 3 Feb 1870_NARA_pubdomThe 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which ensured voting access for all American male citizens, regardless of race, color or previous condition of servitude, was passed by the United States Congress on February 26, 1869 and ratified on February 3, 1870 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).2025-02-04T14:15:13+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/reily-m-fornwald-from-farmer-to-railroader/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/millersville-academy-and-millersville-state-normal-school-c-1850s-public-domain.jpgMillersville Academy and Millersville State Normal School, c. 1850s (public domain)Millersville Academy and Millersville State Normal School, c. 1850s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/stdanielsstonechurch_robesonia-pac-late-1800s_pubdomain.jpgSt. Daniel's Stone Church (CornerChurch) and Cemetery, Robesonia, Pennsylvania,c. mid to late 1800s (public domain)St. Daniel's Stone Church (CornerChurch) and Cemetery, Robesonia, Pennsylvania,c. mid to late 1800s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/eagle-hotel_sw-corner-of-penn-and-robeson_robesonia-pa-c-1915_pubdomain.jpgEagle Hotel, SW Corner of Penn and Robeson, Robesonia, Pennsylvania, c. 1915 (pubdomain)Eagle Hotel, SW Corner of Penn and Robeson, Robesonia, Pennsylvania, c. 1920 (public domain).2025-01-27T03:57:27+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/ewing-william-h-private/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_20250126_185011.jpgHomestead Patent, William H. Ewing, 160 Acres, Kansas, 10 Dec 1880_U.S. Bureau of Land Management_pubdomWilliam H. Ewing's Homestead Patent for one hundred and sixty acres of land in Kansas, 10 December 1880 (U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, patent database, public domain, retrieved online 27 January 2025).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/crop_william-henry-ewing-47th-pa-vols-co.-d-c.-1910_pubdom.jpegWilliam Henry Ewing, 47th PA Vols, Co. 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John H. Troell and Conrad Troell, Camp Griffin, 5 Jan 1862, v. 2_pubdom.Privates John H. Troell, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (left, wearing a kepi), and his brother, Private Conrad Troell, 74th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Camp Griffin, Virginia, 5 January 1862 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_20241205_184013-2.jpgJohn H. and Conrad Troell, profile, San Francisco Call, 16 Apr 1903_pubdom"Brothers, one a well known resident of this city, the other a resident of Ohio, as they appeared on the field during the Civil War and as they are to-day, after being separated forty-one years.https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_20241205_172427.jpgPrivates John and Conrad Troell, January 5, 1862 (public domain).Private John H. Troell, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (left, wearing kepi) and his brother, Private Conrad Troell, 74th Pennsylvania Volunteers, visited at Camp Griffin near Langley, Virginia, January 5, 1862.https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_20241204_135302.jpgJohn H. Troell, c. 1910_pubdomJohn H. Troell, circa 1910 (public domain).2025-01-24T05:07:33+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/officers/roster-field-and-staff-officers-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/charles-bachman-from-pennsylvania-native-to-neighborly-iowan/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/charles-bachmans-jewelry-shop_main-street-ottumwa-iowa-1906_pubdomain.jpgCharles Bachman's Jewelry Shop, Main Street, Ottumwa, Iowa (1906, public domain)Charles Bachman's Jewelry Shop, Main Street, Ottumwa, Iowa (1906, public domain).2025-01-24T03:17:56+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-george-dillwyn-john-an-abolitionists-son-who-was-a-friend-to-all/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/george-d-john_3rd-from-left_g-a-r-reunion-sterling-illinois-c-1926-copy.jpgGeorge Dillwyn John, et. al., Grand Army of the Republic, Will Robinson Post, c. 1926 (public domain)George Dillwyn John (third from left; formerly, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers), Grand Army of the Republic, Will Robinson Post, Illinois, c. 1926.https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/george-d-john-and-wife-et-al1.jpgGeorge D. John and Wife, et. al.George Dillwyn John, his wife, Mary Alice, and their family (used with permission).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/george-d-john-and-wife-et-al.jpgGeorge D. and Mary Alice John and Family (used with permission)George D. and Mary Alice John and Family (used with permission).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/sheridan-rallying-his-troops_battle-of-cedar-creek-va_u-s-library-of-congress_pubdomain.jpgSheridan Rallying His Troops, Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, 19 October 1864 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Sheridan Rallying His Troops, Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, 19 October 1864 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/battle-of-mansfield_frank-leslies-illustrated-newspaper_14-may-1864_pub-domain.jpgBattle of Mansfield, Louisiana (Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 14 May 1864, public domain)Battle of Sabine Cross Roads/Mansfield, Louisiana (Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 14 May 1864, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/eliza-sarah-john-1812-1863_paternal-aunt-of-george-dillwyn-john-c-1850s_pubdoman.jpgEliza Sarah John (1812-1863)Eliza Sarah John (1812-1863).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/elida-john_view-2.jpgElida John (1805-1883)Elida John (1805-1883).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/george-d-john_crop.jpgGeorge Dillwyn John (c. 1920s)George Dillwyn John (circa 1920s).2025-01-24T00:17:01+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2019/02/03/a-nations-slow-march-toward-freedom-the-key-steps-taken-by-america-to-abolish-slavery/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/crop_an-act-for-the-gradual-abolition-of-slavery_pennsylvania-assembly-march-1-1780_phmc_pubdom-2.jpgAn Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery_Pennsylvania Assembly, March 1, 1780 (PHMC_pubdom)An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery was passed by the Pennsylvania Assembly on March 1, 1780 (Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/crop_13th-amendment-passed-by-u.s.-congress-1.31.1865-abolishing-u.s.-slavery_nara_pubdom-2.jpg13th Amendment Passed by U.S. Congress 1.31.1865, abolishing U.S. Slavery (NARA, pubdom)On January 31, 1865, the United States Congress approved the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, abolishing slavery in America. President Abraham Lincoln added his signature on February 1, 1865. (U.S. National Archives, public domain).2025-01-21T02:54:05+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2019/08/05/august-5-1861-a-new-pennsylvania-volunteer-regiment-is-born/2025-01-21T02:49:15+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2019/08/31/september-1861-a-new-pennsylvania-regiment-heads-for-washington-d-c-and-war/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/simon-cameron-u.s.-secretary-of-war-from-1861-1862-pictured-c.-1860-1870-pubdom.jpgSimon Cameron, U.S. Secretary of War from 1861-1862, pictured c. 1860-1870, pubdomSimon Cameron, President Lincoln's first Secretary of War, pictured between 1860-1870 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/inauguration-of-president-lincoln.-u.s.-capitol-dome-under-construction-in-background.-1861.jpgInauguration of President Lincoln. U.S. Capitol dome under construction in background. 1861The U.S. Capitol Building, unfinished at the time of President Abraham Lincoln's inauguration, was still not completed when the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers arrived in Washington, D.C. in September 1861 (public domain). https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/gen.-george-mcclellan-on-horseback_harpers-weekly_jan-1862_pubdom.jpgGen. George McClellan on Horseback_Harper's Weekly_Jan 1862_pubdomUnion General George B. McClellan on Horseback (Harper's Weekly, January 1862, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/soldiers-rest-washington-d.c.-c.-1860s-u.s.-library-of-congress-public-domain.jpgSoldier's Rest, Washington, D.C., c. 1860s (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Soldier's Rest, Washington, D.C., circa 1860s (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2025-01-21T02:45:08+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2019/10/30/october-1861-drummer-boys-disease-and-death/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/crop_union-hotel-general-hospital_georgetown_c.-1861-1865_loc_pubdomain.jpgUnion Hotel General Hospital_Georgetown_c. 1861-1865_LOC_pubdomainThe Union Hotel in Georgetown, District of Columbia became one of the U.S. Army's general hospitals during the American Civil War (image circa 1861-1865, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/salmonella-typhi_u.s.-armed-forces_division-of-pathology_pubdomain.jpgSalmonella typhi_U.S. Armed Forces_Institute of Pathology_pubdomainAn image of Salmonella typhi, the bacteria which causes typhoid fever (U.S. Armed Forces. Institute of Pathology, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/smallpox_virus_virions_tem_phil_1849_pubdom.jpgSmallpox_virus_virions_TEM_PHIL_1849_pubdomThis transmission electron micrograph of an 1849 strain of Variola depicts several smallpox virions. Note the "dumbbell-shaped" structure. Located inside the virion, this is the viral core, and contains the DNA of the virus (Temple University, public domain via Wikipedia).2025-01-21T02:34:23+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2020/07/12/spring-and-summer-of-1862-disease-duty-and-another-departure/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/crop-2-slaves-owned-by-mrs.-barnwell-beaufort-sc-c.-1860.jpgEnslaved Men and Women, Mrs. Barnwell's Home, Beaufort, SC, c. 1860Enslaved men and women, grounds of Mrs. Barnwell's home, Beaufort, South Carolina, circa 1860 U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/crop_secession-house-1113-craven-street-beaufort-sc-c.-1950s_historic-american-bldgs-surv_usloc_pubdom.jpgSecession House, 1113 Craven Street, Beaufort, SC, c. 1950s_Historic American Bldgs Surv_USLOC_pubdomSecession House, 1113 Craven Street, Beaufort, South Carolina, circa post-1933 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/crop_fort-walker-hilton-head-c.-1861_pubdom.jpgFort Walker, Hilton Head, c. 1861_FrankLeslie'sIllustrated_pubdomFort Walker, Hilton Head, South Carolina, circa 1861 (Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/u.s.-x-army-corps-badge_pubdom.jpgU.S. X Army Corps Badge_pubdomDesign of the U.S. Army's insignia for the Tenth (X) Army Corps, which would have been sewn onto uniforms of the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry as a badge and displayed on a flag carried by the regiment.https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/crop_dock-at-hilton-head-sc_sam-cooley-c.-1862-1865_pubdom_usloc.jpgDock at Hilton Head, SC_Sam Cooley, c. 1862-1865_pubdom_USLOCDock, Hilton Head, South Carolina, circa 1862 (Sam Cooley, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/crop_dipple-lewis-death-vols-death-ledger-entry-2.jpgPvt. Lewis Dipple, Co. K, 47th PA Vols_Death Ledger Entry, 1862 (pubdom)Death ledger entry for Private Lewis Dipple, Company K, "Registers of Deaths of Volunteers," U.S. Army, 1862 (U.S. National Archives, public domain).2025-01-21T02:18:22+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2021/01/03/st-charles-county-historical-society-donates-david-h-smith-papers-to-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-one-civil-war-regiments-story/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/crop_smith-david-h._co.-hm-47th-pa_honorable-discharge.jpgCrop_Smith, David H._Co. Hm 47th PA_Honorable DischargeHonorable Discharge (excerpt), First Sergeant David H. Smith, Company H, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 25 December 1865 (public domain).2025-01-21T02:13:39+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2021/01/19/early-to-mid-october-1862-jacksonville-a-confederate-steamer-and-a-regiments-historic-integration/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/jassum-abraham-and-edward-co.-f.-47th-pa.jpgJassum, Abraham and Edward, Co. F., 47th PA Vols (pubdom)Roster entries for Privates Abraham and Edward Jassum, Company F, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (Registers of Pennsylvania Volunteers, Pennsylvania State Archives, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/crop_southern-rights-jacksonville_4-oct-1864.jpgSouthern Rights, Jacksonville_4 Oct 1864_pubdomThis special edition of a pro-Union edition of Jacksonville, Florida's formerly pro-Confederate Southern Rights newspaper was written and printed by Henry Wharton and other members of the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers on October 4, 1862 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/provos2.jpgProvost Marshal's Guardhouse, Jacksonville, Florida, 1864 (public domain)Provost Marshal's guardhouse, Jacksonville, Florida, 1864 (public domain).2025-01-21T02:11:50+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2021/04/14/the-lincoln-assassination-a-union-army-chaplains-angry-heartsick-response/2025-01-21T02:10:13+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2022/09/05/new-website-tells-the-story-of-nine-black-soldiers-of-the-american-civil-war/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/crop_freedmen-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-website-home-page.jpgFreedmen of the 47th Pennsylvania - website home page2025-01-21T02:07:01+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2024/01/16/research-update-additional-new-details-learned-about-bristor-gethers-one-of-the-nine-formerly-enslaved-men-who-enlisted-with-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/gettes-presto_co.-f-47th-pa-vols-registers-of-pa-volunteers-1861-1865-p.-11024_1.jpggettes, presto_co. f, 47th PA Vols, registers of pa volunteers, 1861-1865, p. 11024_1Bristor Gethers was listed as a private on the final version of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's "Registers of Volunteers, 1861-1865" for Company F of the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (Pennsylvania State Archives, public domain; click to enlarge and scroll down).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/crop_general-orders-323-u.s.-adjutant-general_under-cooks_9.28.1863.jpgGeneral Orders 323-U.S. Adjutant-General_Under Cooks_9.28.1863General Orders No. 323 (enlistment and pay of undercooks of African descent), U.S. War Department and Office of the Adjutant General, September 28, 1863 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/gethers-bristor_aka-presto-garris_u.s.-army-civil-war-enlistment-papers-47th-pa-vols-p.-1-oct-1862_pubdom.jpgGethers, Bristor_aka Presto Garris_U.S. Army Civil War Enlistment Papers, 47th PA Vols, p. 1, Oct 1862_pubdomPage one of the U.S. Army's Civil War Enlistment Paperwork for Bristor Gethers (mistakenly listed as "Presto Garris"), 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Company F, October 5, 1862 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain; click to enlarge).2025-01-21T01:53:00+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2024/02/01/black-history-month-paving-the-way-for-the-integration-of-the-union-army/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ho-for-florida_recruits-wanted_47th-pa-vols_1863.jpgHo for Florida_Recruits Wanted_47th PA Vols_1863_BW version_pubdomhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/lincolns-preliminary-emancipation-proclamation-p.-1_nara_pubdom.jpgLincoln's preliminary emancipation proclamation, p. 1_NARA_pubdomPresident Abraham Lincoln's Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, September 22, 1862, p. 1 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).2025-01-21T01:51:38+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2024/02/23/black-history-month-the-authorization-duties-and-pay-of-under-cooks/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/jones-samuel-undercook-and-private-co.-c-47th-pa-vols-registers-of-pennsylvania-volunteers-1861-1865-p.-1.jpgJones, Samuel, Undercook and Private, Co. C, 47th PA Vols, Registers of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865, p. 1Samuel Jones was an enslaved Black man who enlisted as an Under-Cook with Company C of the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in Natchitoches, Louisiana on April 5, 1864. Official regimental muster rolls confirmed that he was a private at the time of his honorable discharge in 1865 (Registers of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865: 47th Regiment, in “Records of the Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs," Pennsylvania State Archives, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/blanchard-hamilton-and-bullard-aaron-cooks_co.-d-47th-pa_u.s.-civil-war-pension-index-card.jpgBlanchard, Hamilton and Bullard, Aaron, Cooks_Co. D, 47th PA_U.S. Civil War Pension Index Card2025-01-21T01:44:12+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2024/08/16/catching-dogs-and-hogs-during-the-dog-days-of-summer-charleston-south-carolina-1865/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/crop_line-street-charleston-sc_thomas-fetters-the-charleston-hamburg.jpgLine Street, Charleston, SC_Thomas Fetters, The Charleston and Hamburg_pubdomThe Line Street area of Charleston, South Carolina, where a public pound was established in July 1865 (Thomas Fetters, The Charleston & Hamburg, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/crop_charleston-s.c.-meeting-street-near-broad-st.-michaels-church-distant-middle_u.s.-navy-1863-1865_usloc_pub.jpgSt. Michael's Episcopal Church, Meeting and Broad Streets, Charleston, SC_U.S. Navy, c. 1863-1865_USLOC_pubdomMeeting and Broad Streets, Charleston, South Carolina, St. Michael's Episcopal Church in the distance (U.S. Navy, circa 1863-1865, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2025-01-21T01:35:36+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2024/09/01/the-backbones-of-a-nation-the-laborers-who-enlisted-with-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteer-infantry/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/labor-day-postage-stamp_usloc_pubdom.jpgLabor Day Postage Stamp_USLOC_pubdom"Labor Is Life" (U.S. Postal Service Stamp, 1956, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/crop_daub-jacob-co.-a-field-musician.jpgcrop_daub-jacob-co.-a-field-musician2025-01-21T01:33:12+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2016/04/16/o-captain-my-captain-american-artists-and-the-apotheosis-of-abraham-lincoln/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/the-apotheosis-of-abraham-lincoln-c-1860s-pubdomain.jpgWashington & Lincoln (Apotheosis), J.A. Arthur, 1865 (public domain)Washington & Lincoln (Apotheosis), J. A. Arthur, 1865 (public domain).2025-01-21T01:30:28+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2016/07/11/a-voyage-north-and-a-memorable-encounter-with-abraham-lincoln/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/lincoln-2.jpgLincoln Arriving on Horseback at Fort Stevens, 8 July 1864 (Frank Leslie's Illustrated Nespaper, 13 August 1864, public domain)Lincoln Arriving on Horseback at Fort Stevens, 8 July 1864 (Frank Leslie's Illustrated Nespaper, 13 August 1864, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/lincoln-fort-stevens-jul1864.jpgPres. Abraham Lincoln at Fort Stevens, July 1864 (public domain illustration)Pres. Abraham Lincoln at Fort Stevens, July 1864 (public domain illustration).2025-01-21T01:27:25+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2017/04/11/president-abraham-lincolns-final-public-address-11-april-1865/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/lincolns-final-photo_1865_pubdomain.jpgLincoln's Final Photo (Alexander Gardner, 1865, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)This 1865 photograph of President Abraham Lincoln by Alexander Gardner is believed by historians to be the final photo taken of Lincoln (1865, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2025-01-21T01:23:58+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2020/03/05/with-malice-toward-none-abraham-lincolns-second-inaugural-address-march-4-1865/2025-01-21T01:19:11+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2023/11/06/abraham-lincolns-road-to-the-presidency/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/hand-sewn-political-banner-resembling-us-flag-for-lincolns-1860-campaign_liho7259_banner_lincoln-home_u.s.-nps_pubdom.jpgHand-sewn political banner resembling US flag for Lincoln's 1860 campaign_LIHO7259_banner_Lincoln Home_U.S. NPS_pubdomHand-sewn banner used in Abraham Lincoln's 1860 campaign for President of the United States (Lincoln Home, U.S. National Park Service, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/abraham-lincoln_new-york-city-monday-morning-february-27-1860-several-hours-before-he-delivered-his-cooper-union-address_matthew-brady_pubdom.jpgAbraham Lincoln_New York City, Monday morning, February 27, 1860, several hours before he delivered his Cooper Union address_Matthew Brady_pubdomAbraham Lincoln in New York City on Monday morning, February 27, 1860, several hours before he delivered his Cooper Union address (Matthew Brady, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2025-01-21T01:17:32+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2024/04/27/the-lieber-code-president-abraham-lincoln-formalizes-the-code-of-conduct-for-the-union-army-april-24-1863/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/prof.-frances-lieber-1850s-1860s_usloc_pubdom.jpgProf. Frances Lieber, 1850s-1860s_USLOC_pubdomProfessor Francis Lieber, circa 1860s (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2025-01-21T01:12:17+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2025/01/19/music-of-the-american-civil-war-era/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_20250119_121518-1.jpg"The Songs of the War," Winslow Homer, Harper's Weekly, Nov. 23, 1861_pubdom"The Songs of the War," Homer Winslow (Harper's Weekly, November 23, 1861, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_20250116_121556.jpg"Dixie," in "The Songs of the Civil War," Winslow Homer, Harper's Weekly, Nov. 23, 1861_pubdom"Dixie," excerpt from "The Songs of the War" (Winslow Homer, Harper's Weekly, November 23, 1861, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_20250118_204227.jpg"The Girl I Left Behind Me," in "The Songs of the Civil War," Winslow Homer, Harper's Weekly, Nov. 23, 1861_pubdom"The Girl I Left Behind Me," in "The Songs of War" (Winslow Homer, Harper's Weekly, November 23, 1861, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_20250116_121415.jpg"Glory Hallelujah," in "The Songs of the Civil War," Winslow Homer, Harper's Weekly, Nov. 23, 1861_pubdom"Glory Hallelujah," excerpt from "The Songs of the Civil War" (Winslow Homer, Harper's Weekly, November 23, 1861, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_20250116_121148.jpg"Rogue's March," in "The Songs of the Civil War," Winslow Homer, Harper's Weekly, Nov. 23, 1861_pubdom"Rogue's March," excerpt from "The Songs of the Civil War" (Winslow Homer, Harper's Weekly, November 23, 1861, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_20250116_121054-1.jpg"We'll Be Free and Easy Still," in "The Songs of the Civil War," Winslow Homer, Harper's Weekly, No. 23, 1861_pubdom"We'll Be Free and Easy Still," excerpt from "The Songs of the Civil War" (Winslow Homer, Harper's Weekly, November 23, 1861, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_20250116_121012-1.jpg"Hail to the Chief," in "The Songs of the Civil War," Winslow Homer, Harper's Weekly, Nov. 23, 1861_pubdom"Hail to the Chief," excerpt from "The Songs of the Civil War" (Winslow Homer, Harper's Weekly, November 23, 1861).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_20250116_120920-1.jpg"The Bold Soldier Boy," in "The Songs of the South," Winslow Homer, Harper's Weekly, Nov. 23, 1861_pubdom"The Bold Soldier Boy," excerpt from the illustration, "The Songs of the Civil War" (Winslow Homer, Harper's Weekly, November 23, 1861, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/battle_hymn_of_the_republic.jpgBattle_Hymn_of_the_Republic2025-01-19T21:09:47+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/heikel-henry-sergeant/2025-01-16T01:53:38+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2025/01/14/pardon-our-dust-periodic-website-page-updates-in-2025/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_20250114_114051.jpgScaffolding, U.S. Statue of Liberty's Midsection, 1985 Restoration_USLOC_pubdpmScaffolding, mid-section of the Statue of Liberty, 1985 restoration (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2025-01-14T20:30:54+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-k/roster-company-k-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/privates-john-and-hiram-kolb-a-father-and-son-head-off-to-war-together/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1842-marriage-of-john-kolb-and-hannah-imboden.jpg1842 Marriage of John Kolb and Hannah Imboden, Affidavit by Rev. Daniel Weiser, March 1865_pubdomMarch 1865 affidavit filed by the Rev. Daniel Weiser which affirmed the 1845 marriage of John Kolb to "Hannah Imbolden" (U.S. Civil War Widows' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/crop_slatington-pa-c.-1870s-1880s.jpgSlatington, PA, c. 1870s-1880s_pubdomSlatington, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, circa 1870s-1880s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hannah-kolb_u.s.-civil-war-widows-pension-claim-lt.-col.-charles-w.-abbotts-aug-1867-affidavit-p.-1.jpgHannah Kolb_U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension Claim, Lt.-Col. Charles W. Abbott's Aug 1867 Affidavit, p. 1_pubdomPage one of the August 1867 affidavit filed by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles W. Abbott, 47th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers on behalf of the pension claim made by Hanna Kolb ,the widow of his subordinate, Private John Kolb (U.S. Civil War Widows' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain; click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hannah-kolb_u.s.-civil-war-widows-pension-claim-history-february-1868.jpgHannah Kolb_U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension Claim History, February 1868_pubdomU.S. Civil War Widow's and Orphans' Pension claim history of Hannah Kolb, the widow of Private John Kolb, Company K, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, February 1868 (U.S. Civil War Widows' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/slatington-lehigh-county-pa-c.-1865.jpgSlatington, Lehigh County, PA, c. 1865Slatington, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, circa 1865 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/crop_kolb-john-as-kolp-john_21-oct-1864-death_u.s.-registers-of-deaths-of-volunteers.jpgDeath Ledger Entry for Pvt. John Kolb, as Kolp, John_21 Oct 1864_U.S. Registers of Deaths of Volunteers_pubdomU.S. Army death ledger entry for Private John Kolb, Company K, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, October 1864 (U.S. Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain; click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/new-goshenhoppen-church-1770-1857-a-history-of-the-goshenhoppen-reformed-charge_pubdom.jpgNew Goshenhoppen Church, 1770-1857, A History of the Goshenhoppen Reformed Charge_pubdomNew Goshenhoppen Church, 1770-1857 (William John Hinke, “A History of the Goshenhoppen Reformed Charge, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (1727-1819),” illustration adjoining p. 220; public domain).2025-01-09T19:59:33+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/medical/roster-surgeons-and-other-medical-personnel-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/john-young-shindel-m-d/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/crop_john-young-shindel-md-1865_pubdom-copy.jpegJohn Young Shindel, MD, Assistant Surgeon, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1865_pubdomJohn Young Shindel, M.D., Assistant Surgeon, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1865 (public domain)2025-01-07T19:03:30+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/medical/roster-surgeons-and-other-medical-personnel-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/william-f-reiber-m-d/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/william-f-reiber-md-47th-pa-volunteers_pubdomain.jpgWilliam F. Reiber, MD, Asst. Surgeon, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (c. 1863, public domain)William F. Reiber, MD, Assistant Surgeon, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (c. 1863, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/reiber-willam-crop-caring-for-jacob-appel.jpgReiber, Willam -Crop-Caring for Jacob Appel2025-01-07T18:47:23+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/medical/roster-surgeons-and-other-medical-personnel-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/elisha-w-baily-m-d/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/elisha-baily-m.d.-regimental-surgeon-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-c.-1863_courtesy-of-julian-burley.jpegElisha Wilson Baily, M.D., Regimental Surgeon, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, c. 1863_courtesy of Julian BurleyElisha Wilson Bailey, M.D., Regimental Surgeon, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, circa 1863 (used with permission; courtesy of Julian Burley).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/rod-of-aesclepius-with-books.jpgRod of Aesclepius with Books, (Detail from Edward Sibley's 1806 "Astrology", public domain)Rod of Aesclepius with Books, (Detail from Edward Sibley's Astrology (1806, public domain)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/jefferson-medical-college_exterior_c-1850_loc_pubdomain.jpgJefferson Medical College, c. 1850 (Library of Congress, public domain)Jefferson Medical College, c. 1850 (Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ew-baily-certifies-george-horners-vulnus-sclopet-death-at-key-west.jpgE. W. Bailey's Certification of George W. Horner's Death by Gunshot Following the Battle of Pocotaligo, SC, 22 October 1862, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers' Death Ledger EntryE. W. Bailey's Certification of George W. Horner's Death by Gunshot Following the Battle of Pocotaligo, SC, 22 October 1862, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers' (U.S. Army Death Ledger Entry, public domain).2025-01-07T18:37:52+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/medical/roster-surgeons-and-other-medical-personnel-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/lewis-harry-adler-sr-m-d/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/univ-of-maryland-school-of-medicine-c-1850s-2.jpgUniv. of Maryland School of Medicine c. 1850s (2)University of Maryland School of Medicine (circa 1850, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lewis-h-adler-c-1905.jpgLewis H. Adler Jr., M.D., c. 1905Lewis H. Adler, Jr., M.D. (circa 1905, public domain).2025-01-07T18:33:02+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/medical/roster-surgeons-and-other-medical-personnel-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/2025-01-07T18:24:00+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/letters-home/the-scribes-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/henry-d-wharton-journalist-soldier-and-public-servant/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/47th-ordered-to-florida_families-to-see-them-off_sunam18jan1862.jpg47th Pennsylvania Ordered to Florida; Families to See Them Off; Henry Wharton as Gen. Brannan's Clerk (Sunbury American, 18 January 1862)As the 47th Pennsylvania was ordered to Florida and Sunbury families traveled to bid them farewell, Henry Wharton clerked for Brigadier-General Brannan (Sunbury American, 18 January 1862, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/hdw_crop_campchestnut_13oct1861_sunam19oct1861_letterplusmasthead.jpgHenry Wharton's Letter Headline with Sunbury American Master, 19 October 1861Henry D. Wharton's Civil War letters became so popular with readers of the Sunbury American that they were often featured prominently - on the front page or with the publication's masthead (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/jp-shindel-gobin-william-c-goodrich-henry-d-wharton-civil-war-enlistment-sunbury-american-27-apri-1861.jpgJP Shindel Gobin, William C Goodrich, Henry D Wharton - Civil War Enlistment - Sunbury American 27 Apri 1861https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/war-commenced-fort-sumter-taken-by-secessionists-sunbury-american-20-apr-1861.jpgWar Commenced Fort Sumter Taken by Secessionists - Sunbury American 20 Apr 1861https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/bombardment-of-fort-sumter-75000-troops-called-for-sunbury-american-20-apr-1861.jpgBombardment of Fort Sumter - 75,000 Troops Called For - Sunbury American 20 Apr 18612025-01-03T20:38:42+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/letters-home/the-scribes-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/2025-01-03T18:50:39+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-e/roster-company-e-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-samuel-transue-a-brave-soldier-and-an-excellent-honest-and-industrious-workman/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_20241110_120115.jpgRobert "Red" Thomas, circa 1920sRobert "Red" Thomas, circa 1920shttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_20241109_192701.jpgMain Street, Lindsey, Ohio, circa early 1900s_pubdomMain Street, Lindsey, Ohio, circa early 1900s (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/screenshot_20241109-160904.pngPvt. Samuel Transue, Co. E, 47th PA Vol_courtesy of Julian BurleyPrivate Samuel Transue, Company E, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa 1863 (used with permission, courtesy of Julian Burley).2025-01-03T09:59:54+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2025/01/02/a-new-year-and-our-second-decade-of-storytelling/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_20250101_150700.jpgNew Year's, 1881_Thomas Nast, Harper's Weekly, 8 Jan 1881_pubdomNew Year's (Thomas Nast, Harper's Weekly, 8 January 1881, public domain).2025-01-02T23:10:05+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2024/12/31/a-decade-and-a-year-in-review/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_20241230_134912.jpgDetail_47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantryman's Letter, 1862_pubdomDetail from stationery used by a 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer to write a letter to his parents, 1862 (public domain).2024-12-31T22:32:48+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-h/roster-company-h-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-benjamin-missmer-a-nineteenth-century-gardener-memorialized-by-his-descendants-twenty-first-century-garden/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_20241218_131331.jpgSamuel Missimer's Gravestone, Fairview Cemetery, West Catasauqya, PA_used with permission, Christian N., 2014Samuel Missimer's gravestone, Fairview Cemetery, West Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, 2014 (used with permission, courtesy of Christian N.).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_20241217_113248.jpgEnlistment Papers, Pvt. Benjamin Missmer, 47th PA Vols, p. 1, excerpt_courtesy of Sylvia Matis De LucaExcerpt from the enlistment paperwork of Private Benjamin Missmer, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (used with permission, courtesy of Sylvia Matis De Luca).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_20241216_185253.jpgPvt. Benjamin Missmer's Death, St. Louis Hospital, New Orleans, LA, 7 Aug 1864_U.S. Registers of Deaths of Vol. Soldiers_pubdomHospitalization and death ledger entry for Private Benjamin Missmer, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 7 August 1864 (U.S. Registers of Deaths of Volunteer Soldiers, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_20241216_233347.jpgSt. Louis Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, c. 1875_pubdomThe Union Army's St. Louis General Hospital was housed in the former St. Louis Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana (St. Louis Hotel, circa 1875, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_20241216_152618-1.jpgGarden Tribute to Pvt. Benjamin Missmer_courtesy of Sylvia Matis De Luca, c. 2022A beautiful garden tribute to Private Benjamin Missmer, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers was created by his descendant, Sylvia Matis De Luca (photo used with permission of Sylvia Matis De Luca).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_20241216_140356.jpgNorth Catasauqua Police Chief Harvey E. Missmer, c. 1955_pubdomHarvey E. Missmer, a nephew of Private Benjamin Missmer, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, served as the chief of police in North Catasauqua, Pennsylvania for thirty years (photo circa 1955, public domain).2024-12-21T21:02:22+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-reuben-wetzel-a-split-second-decision-with-dire-consequences/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/wetzel-reuben-1861-tibia-fracture-and-death-registers-of-deaths-of-union-volunteers.jpgPvt. Reuben Wetzel, Co. G, 47th PA Volunteers, Tibia Fracture and Death, 17 Nov 1861 (Registers of Deaths of U.S. Volunteers, public domain)Private Reuben Wetzel, Co. G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Tibia Fracture and Death, 17 November 1861 (Registers of Deaths of U.S. Volunteers, public domain; click twice to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/volunteer-nurses-caring-for-sick-wounded_union-hotel-georgetown_6-july-1861_frank-leslies-illustrated-newspaper-no-294-vol-12.jpgVolunteer Nurses Caring for Sick and Wounded, Union Hotel, Georgetown, 6 July 1861 (Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. No. 294 Vol. 12, public domain)Volunteer Nurses Caring for the Sick and Wounded, Union Hotel, Georgetown, 6 July 1861 (Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. No. 294 Vol. 12, public domain).2024-12-19T17:17:19+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2024/12/14/poetry-of-the-american-civil-war-an-evening-in-camp-december-28-1861/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_20241213_173704.jpgOur Heaven Born Banner_William Bauky, 1861_USLIC_pubdom"Our Heaven Born Banner" (William Bauly, circa 1861, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2024-12-14T01:44:51+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-k/roster-company-k-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-werner-erbe-from-german-immigrant-to-naturalized-american-citizen/2024-12-03T22:24:14+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-i/roster-company-i-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-samuel-noss-from-47th-pennsylvania-volunteer-to-member-of-the-invalid-corps/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/img_20241019_193339.jpgElkhart County Courthouse, Goshen, Indiana, c. 1900_courtesy Indiana Historical SocietyElkhart County Courthouse, Goshen, Indiana, circa 1900 (used with permission; courtesy of the Indiana Historical Society).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/img_20241018_151112.jpgPvt. Samuel Noss, Co. I, 47th PA Vols_courtesy of Julian BurleyPrivate Samuel Noss, Company I, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa 1863-1864 (used with permission; courtesy of Julian Burley).2024-12-02T22:42:50+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/related-units/1st-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteers/2024-12-01T21:18:28+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2024/11/29/through-a-war-correspondents-eyes-the-art-of-winslow-homer/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_20241128_181421.jpgThe Life Line, Winslow Homer, 1884_pubdom"The Life Line" (Winslow Homer, 1884, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_20241128_174914.jpgThe Gulf Stream, Winslow Homer, 1899_pubdom"The Gulf Stream" (Winslow Homer, 1899, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_20241128_171614.jpgThe Cotton Pickers, Winslow Homer, 1876_pubdom"The Cotton Pickers" (Winslow Homer, 1876, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_20241128_144440.jpgThanksgiving in Camp, Winslow Homer, Harper's Weekly, 29 November 1862"Thanksgiving in Camp" (Winslow Homer, Harper's Weekly, 29 November 1862, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_20241128_144708.jpgWinslow Homer, 1880_pubdomWinslow Homer, 1880 (public domain).2024-11-29T02:30:39+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-e/roster-company-e-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/captain-charles-hickman-yard-sr/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/crop_capt.-charles-h.-yard-c.-1863_courtesy-of-david-sloan.jpegCapt. Charles H. Yard, Co. E, 47th PA Vols, c. 1863_courtesy of David SloanCaptain Charles H. Yard, Company E, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa 1863 (public domaim).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/capt-charles-h-yard-sr.jpgCaptain Charles Hickman Yard, Sr. (medium-sized, c. 1861)Capt. Charles H. Yard, Sr. (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/captain-charles-hickman-yard.jpgCaptain Charles Hickman Yard, Sr. (c. 1861)Captain Charles Hickman Yard, Sr., commanding officer, Company D, 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (c. 1861, public domain).2024-11-11T00:34:22+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2024/10/27/research-update-new-details-learned-about-abraham-jassum-one-of-nine-formerly-enslaved-men-who-enlisted-with-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/screenshot_20241026-200438.pngAbraham Jassum's Enlistment Papers, 47th PA Vols, p. 1_pubdomEnlistment form for Abraham Jassum, Undercook, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 5 October 1862, p. 1 (Compiled Military Service Records, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain; click to enlarge).2024-10-27T06:13:55+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2024/10/17/sheridans-ride-a-poem-commemorating-the-battle-of-cedar-creek-virginia/2024-10-17T20:00:12+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-b/roster-company-b-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-milton-peter-cashner-an-honorable-man-incorrectly-labeled-a-deserter/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/milton-p.-cashner_47th-pa-veteran-vols-reunion-ribbon-1914.jpgMilton P. Cashner_47th PA Veteran Vols' Reunion Ribbon, 1914The 47th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers honored Milton P. Cashner at the regiment's annual reunion in 1914 (public domain image).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cashner-milton-p-ellen-and-charles-u-s-passport-app-1914.jpgCashner, Milton P., Ellen and Charles, U.S. Passport App, 1914, pubdom)U.S. Passport application of Milton P. and Ellen Cashner, 1914 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/bethlehem-lithograph_1877_loc_pubdom.jpgBethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 1877 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 1877 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/milton-cashner_aka-kashner-milton_honorable-discharge-confirmation_pa-civil-war-vets-card-file.jpgMilton Cashner_aka Kashner, Milton, Honorable Discharge Confirmation (PA Civil War Vets' Card File, pubdom)Honorable Discharge Confirmation for Private Milton P. Cashner (as "Kashner, Milton", Pennsylvania Civil War Veterans' Card File, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/milton-p-cashners-gunshot-wound_us-vets-schedule-1890.jpgPrivate Milton P. Cashner's 1865 Gunshot Wound, 47th Penn Vols (U.S. Vets' Schedule, 1890)Documentation of the right leg gunshot wound sustained by Private Milton P. Cashner in 1865 while serving with th 47th Pennsylvania during the U.S. Civil War (U.S. Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War (1890, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cashner-milton-p-_1911_public-domain1.jpgMilton Peter Cashner, c. 1911 (public domain)Milton Peter Cashner (1847-1934), circa 1911 (public domain).2024-09-15T13:16:11+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-h/roster-company-h-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/campbell-oliver-private/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/crop_campbell-oliver_usloc_pubdom.jpgPvt. Oliver H. Campbell, Co. H, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers_pubdomPrivate Oliver H. Campbell, Company H, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1864 (public domain),2024-09-15T11:41:49+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/officers/roster-field-and-staff-officers-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/regimental-quartermaster-francis-z-heebner-everybodys-dad/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/crop_elizabeth-heebners-letters-re-francis-z.-heebners-estate-and-pension_jan-1897_heebner-probate-files.jpgElizabeth Heebner's letters re Francis Z. Heebner's Estate and Pension_Jan 1897_Heebner Probate FilesElizabeth Heebner's letters re: Francis Z. Heebner's estate and Civil War pension (F. Z. Heebner probate files, Lehigh County Register of Wills, January 1897, public domain).2024-07-23T18:03:56+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/officers/roster-field-and-staff-officers-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/hangen-washington-h-r-adjutant-and-1st-lieutenant/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/crop_1st-lt.-and-regimental-adjutant-washington-h.-r.-hangen-c.-1864_courtesy-of-david-sloan.jpeg1st Lt. and Regimental Adjutant Washington H. R. Hangen, c. 1864_courtesy of David SloanFirst Lieutenant and Regimental Adjutant Washington H. R. Hangen, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa 1864 (courtesy of David Sloan).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/hangen-death-notice_st-tammany-farmer_27-apr-1895.jpgWashington H. R. Hangen's Death Notice, St. Tammany Farmer, 27 April 1895 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Washington H. R. Hangen's Death Notice, St. Tammany Farmer, 27 April 1895 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/logs-by-raft-bayou-lacombe-st-tammany-parish-c-1890s-state-library-of-louisiana-pubdomain.jpgMoving Logs via Raft, Bayou Lacombe, St. Tammany Parish, LA (c. 1890s, State Library of Louisiana)Moving Logs via Raft, Bayou Lacombe, St. Tammany Parish, LA (c. 1890s, State Library of Louisiana, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/w-h-r-hangen-47th-pa-vols-and-1890-census-taker-st-tammany-la.jpgw-h-r-hangen-47th-pa-vols-and-1890-census-taker-st-tammany-lahttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/live-oak-trees-with-spanish-moss-st-tammany-parish-louisiana-c-1890s-state-library-of-louisiana-public-domain.jpgLive Oak Trees with Spanish Moss, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana (c. 1890s, State Library of Louisiana)Live Oak Trees with Spanish Moss, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana (c. 1890s, State Library of Louisiana, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/w-h-r-hangen-oct-1866-freedmens-bureau-appt.jpgWashington H. R. Hangen, U.S. Freedmen's Bureau, Madisonville, LA Appointment (Nov 1866, public domain)Washington H. R. Hangen's 6 November 1866 letter documenting his appointment as Agent for the U.S. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, St. Tammany and Washington Parishes, Louisiana (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/47thpavols_recruitingnotice_sunburyamerican_1aug1863.jpgRecruiting Notice, Adj. W. H. R. Hangen, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (Sunbury American, 1 Aug 1863, public domain)Recruiting notice published by Adjutant and 1st Lieutenant W. H. R. Hangen, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (Sunbury American, 1 August 1863, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/hangen-w-h-r-2.jpgAdjutant and 1st Lieutenant Washington H. R. Hangen (c. 1862-1864, public domain)Adjutant and 1st Lieutenant Washington H. R. Hangen (c. 1862-1864, public domain).2024-07-23T17:59:31+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/officers/roster-field-and-staff-officers-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/william-h-gausler/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/key-west-florida-1862_william-waud_frank-leslies-illustrated-news_19-apr-1862.jpgKey West, Florida, 1862_William Waud_Frank Leslie's Illustrated News_19 Apr 1862Alfred Waud's 1862 sketch of Fort Taylor and Key West, Florida (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/maj-wm-gausler_head-and-shoulders_carte-de-visite-c-1861.jpgMaj. Wm. Gausler (carte de visite, c. 1861, public domain).Maj. Wm. Gausler (carte de visite, c. 1861, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dismissals-for-cowardice-of-gausler-hangen-reese_eveningstar_washdc_11may1864.jpgDismissals for Cowardice of Gausler, Hangen, Reese_EveningStar_WashDC_11May1864Although the 11 May 1864 Evening Star reported Maj. William Gausler's dismissal, President Lincoln personally overturned the federal government's ruling against Gausler. Image: Public domain, U.S. Library of Congress.2024-07-23T17:53:52+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/snyder-emanuel-private/2024-07-23T16:43:22+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/samuel-m-kern-pow-and-private/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/shelbyville-illinois-c.-1869_pubdom.jpgShelbyville, Illinois, c. 1869_pubdomShelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois, circa 1869 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/camp-ford_tyler-tx_harpers-weekly_1865.jpgCamp Ford, Texas (Harper's Weekly (4 March 1865)This image from the 4 March 1865 edition of Harper's Weekly depicts life at Camp Ford. The largest Confederate Army prison camp west of the Mississippi. (Source: Harper's Weekly, 4 March 1865; public domain).2024-07-23T16:39:39+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/jury-george-washington-private/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/george-washington-jury_late-in-life.jpgGeorge Washington Jury, c. 1910George Washington Jury, c. 1910.2024-07-23T16:37:58+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/officers/roster-field-and-staff-officers-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/hangen-washington-h-r-adjutant-and-1st-lieutenant/freedmens-bureau-reports-of-washington-h-r-hangen-st-tammany-and-washington-parishes-louisiana-november-1866-may-1867/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/hangens-31-jan-1867-rep-40.jpgW. H. R. Hangen's Freedmen's Bureau Report re Multiple Criminal Cases Related to Freedmen and Woman in St. Tammany and Washington Parishes, Louisiana (31 January 1867, public domain)W. H. R. Hangen's Freedmen's Bureau Report re Multiple Criminal Cases Related to Freedmen and Woman in St. Tammany and Washington Parishes, Louisiana (31 January 1867, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/hangen-31-jan-1867-rep-39.jpgW. H. R. Hangen's Freedmen's Bureau Report re Alleged Assault by Freedman Tilberry Gray on White Covington, Louisiana Woman (31 January 1867, public domain)W. H. R. Hangen's Freedmen's Bureau Report re Alleged Assault by Freedman Tilberry Gray on White Covington, Louisiana Woman (31 January 1867, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/hangens-response-1-2-dec-1866-re-crime.jpgW. H. R. Hangen's Freedmen's Bureau Complaint Journal Updates re Batteries of Freedwoman Lucy Dixon by Myrod and of Freedman Daniel Prophet by Barley, Core an Harrison, St. Tammany Parish, LA (December 1867, public domain)W. H. R. Hangen's Freedmen's Bureau Complaint Journal Updates re Batteries of Freedwoman Lucy Dixon by Myrod and of Freedman Daniel Prophet by Barley, Core an Harrison, St. Tammany Parish, LA (December 1867, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/hangen-31-dec-1866.jpgW. H. R. Hangen's End-of-Year Assessment of Relations Between Local Whites and Freedmen and Woman and the Economic Climate, St. Tammany and Washington Parishes, Louisiana (31 Decembeer 1866, public domain)W. H. R. Hangen's End-of-Year Assessment of Relations Between Local Whites and Freedmen and Woman and the Economic Climate, St. Tammany and Washington Parishes, Louisiana (31 Decembeer 1866, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/hangens-response-20-jan-1867-re-crime.jpgW. H. R. Hangen's Freedmen's Bureau Complaint Journal Status Updates re Batteries by William Cooper of Freedwoman Louisa Chapel and by Mary Jane Davis of Freedman James Williams (January-May 1867, public domain)W. H. R. Hangen's Freedmen's Bureau Complaint Journal Status Updates re Batteries by William Cooper of Freedwoman Louisa Chapel and by Mary Jane Davis of Freedman James Williams (January-May 1867, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/hangens-response-5-jan-1867-re-crime.jpgW. H. R. Hangen's Freedmen's Bureau Complaint Ledger Entry re Bastardy Charges Alleged by Freedwoman Ophelia Smith Against Clay Bayhem (5 January 1867, public domain)W. H. R. Hangen's Freedmen's Bureau Complaint Ledger Entry re Bastardy Charges Alleged by Freedwoman Ophelia Smith Against Clay Bayhem (5 January 1867, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/hangens-response-23-nov-1866-re-crime.jpgW. H. R> Hangen's Freedmen's Bureau Complaint Ledger Entry re Battery by John Schatelier of Freedman Martin Owens (23 November 1866, public domain)W. H. R> Hangen's Freedmen's Bureau Complaint Ledger Entry re Battery by John Schatelier of Freedman Martin Owens (23 November 1866, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/superiors-to-hangen-12-nov-1866-re-complaints-crimes.jpgOrders by Capt. W. H. Sterling, Provost Marshal General, U.S. Freedmen's Bureau, Louisiana to Agent W. H. R. Hangen to Investigate Freedmen's Church Shooting by Myrod, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana (17 November 1866, public domain)Orders by Capt. W. H. Sterling, Provost Marshal General, U.S. Freedmen's Bureau, Louisiana to Agent W. H. R. Hangen to Investigate Freedmen's Church Shooting by Myrod, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana (17 November 1866, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/hangen-20-jan-1867.jpgW. H. R. Hange's Freedmen's Bureau Report re Batteries Committeed by William Cooper Against Freedwoman Louisa Chapel and by Mary Jane Davis Against Freedman James Williams' Wife (20 January 1867, public domain)W. H. R. Hange's Freedmen's Bureau Report re Batteries Committeed by William Cooper Against Freedwoman Louisa Chapel and by Mary Jane Davis Against Freedman James Williams' Wife (20 January 1867, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/hangen-10-may-1867.jpgW. H. R. Hangen's Recommendation to Indenture Freedwoman Emily Gordon to Henriette A. Porter (10 May 1867, public domain)W. H. R. Hangen's Recommendation to Indenture Freedwoman Emily Gordon to Henriette A. Porter (10 May 1867, public domain).2024-07-23T13:33:47+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-f/roster-company-f-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-john-weiss-from-european-immigrant-to-american-civil-war-pow/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/marriage-of-john-weiss-p.-1.jpg1853 Marriage of John Weiss to Andoras Müller, U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension File_pubdom1853 Marriage of John Weiss to Andoras Müller, U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension File (attestation before Pennsylvania Justice of the Peace, circa 1864, U.S. Civil War Widows' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/doras-weisss-u.s.-civil-war-widows-pension-claim-declaration.jpgDoras Weiss's U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension Claim, Declaration Form, Feb 1867_pubdomU.S. Civil War Widow's Pension Claim of Andoras Weiss, the widow of Private John Weiss, Company F, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (completed claim declaration form, 13 December 1864, U.S. Civil War Widows' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain; click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/stuhlweissenburg_theodor-von-hormann-1840-1895-20-september-1872_pubdom.jpgStuhlweissenburg_Theodor von Hörmann (1840 - 1895), 20 September 1872_pubdomStuhlweissenburg, Hungary, 1872 (Theodor von Hörmann (20 September 1872, public domain).2024-07-20T14:36:03+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/officers/roster-field-and-staff-officers-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/colonel-tilghman-h-good/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/t.-h.-good-47th-pa-vols-c.-1863.jpgT. H. Good, 47th PA Vols, c. 1863Colonel Tilghman H. Good, commanding officer, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (public domain image, circa 1863).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/good-elected-mayor-evening-telegraph-phila-ed4-p4-20-mar-1869.jpgTilghman H. Good Elected Mayor of Allentown (March1869)Tilghman H. Good was first elected to serve as the Mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania on 19 March 1869. Source: Evening Telegraph, Philadelphia edition, 20 March 1869 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/hotel-allen-c-1912.jpgHotel Allen c. 1912The Hotel Allen in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, c. 1912 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/good-tilghman-h.jpgGood, Tilghman H2024-07-20T14:25:00+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2024/07/03/reunited-in-death-the-virtual-cemetery-project-of-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-one-civil-war-regiments-story/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/john-m.-cohlers-grave-easton-cemetery_courtesy-of-julian-burley.jpegJohn M. Cohler's grave, Easton Cemetery_courtesy of Julian BurleyGravestone of Private John M. Cohler, Company A, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Easton Cemetery, Easton, Pennsylvania, June 2024 (used with permission of Julian Burley).2024-07-03T12:05:57+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2016/07/04/4777/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/former-pres-u-s-grant-and-gen-sheridan_russell-house-duval-st-key-west_jan1880_fl-memory_pubdomain.jpgFormer Pres. U.S. Grant and Gen. Sheridan, Russell House, Duval St., Key West, FL, January 1880 (Florida Memory Project, public domain)The 1863 Fourth of July celebrations in Key West, Florida likely resembled those captured in this image from January 1880 in which former U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant and General Philip Sheridan arrived at the Russell House on Duval Street (Florida Memory Project, public domain).2024-07-01T00:25:34+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/medical/rosters-of-wounded-deceased-and-sick-soldiers-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteer-infantry/2024-06-22T23:41:13+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/key-battles-transports-and-duty-stations/key-general-and-special-orders-issued-to-the-regiment-and-or-the-regiments-brigade-or-division/2024-06-14T00:20:25+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/key-battles-transports-and-duty-stations/camp-curtin-harrisburg-pennsylvania/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/camp-curtin_harpers-weekly_13-dec-1862.jpgCamp Curtin_Harrisburg, PA_Harpers Weekly, 13 Dec 1862_pubdomCamp Curtin, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Harper's Weekly, 13 December 1862, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/sepia_c.-day-rudy-christ-with-civil-war-soldier-camp-curtin-m.e.-church-harrisburg_harrisburg-telegraph-27-may-1916.jpgC. Day Rudy, Christ with Civil War soldier, Camp Curtin M.E. Church, Harrisburg_Harrisburg Telegraph, 27 May 1916_pubdomC. Day Rudy's mural of Christ comforting a Civil War soldier, Camp Curtin Methodist Episcopal Church, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Harrisburg Telegraph, 27 May 1916, public domain).2024-06-10T22:01:40+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/key-battles-transports-and-duty-stations/official-battle-reports/2024-06-10T22:00:09+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2021/01/08/late-september-to-early-october-1862-first-victory/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/uss-boston_pre-civil-war_pubdom.jpgUSS Boston_pre-Civil War_pubdomUSS Boston (pre-Civil War, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/crop_boat-landing-beaufort-sc-feb-1862_timothy-osullivan_loc_pubdomain.jpgBoat Landing, Beaufort, SC, Feb 1862_Timothy O'Sullivan_LOC_pubdomainBoat Landing, Beaufort, South Carolina, February 1862 (Timothy O'Sullivan, U.S. Army, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2024-06-10T21:58:20+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-jonathan-heller-cabinetmaker-carpenter-and-soldier/jonathan-heller-and-family-key-u-s-civil-war-military-and-pension-records/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pvt.-jonathan-heller-co.-g-47th-pa-vols_burial-at-monument-cemetery-louisiana-8-june-1864-p.-2-row-5.jpgPvt. Jonathan Heller, Co. G, 47th PA Vols_Burial at Monument Cemetery, Louisiana, 8 June 1864, p. 2, row 5U.S. Army's burial ledger entry for Private Jonathan Heller, Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Monument Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana, 8 June 1864, p. 2 (U.S. Army Burial Ledgers, Monument Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 1864, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pvt.-jonathan-heller-co.-g-47th-pa-vols_burial-at-monument-cemetery-louisiana-8-june-1864-p.-1.jpgPvt. Jonathan Heller, Co. G, 47th PA Vols_Burial at Monument Cemetery, Louisiana, 8 June 1864, pp. 1-2_pubdomU.S. Army's burial ledger entry for Private Jonathan Heller, Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Monument Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana, 8 June 1864, p. 1 (U.S. Army Burial Ledgers, Monument Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 1864, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/heller-pvt.-jonathan-co.-g-47th-pa-vols_registers-of-deaths-of-volunteers-june-1864.jpgPvt. Jonathan Heller, Co. G, 47th PA Vols_Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, June 1864_pubdomU.S. Army's death ledger entry for Private Jonathan Heller, Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (Registers of Deaths of U.S. Volunteers, June 1864, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).2024-05-26T00:10:01+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/history-of-company-a-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteers/roster-company-a-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/schweitzer-private-john/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/capt.-adolph-dennigs-attestation-re-nicholas-hoffmans-morganza-illness-laurel-hill-death.jpgCapt. Adolph Dennig's Attestation re Pvt. Nicholas Hoffman's Morganza Illness and Laurel Hill Death14 February 1866 Attestation by Captain Adolph Dennig, Company A, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Documenting Private Nicholas Hoffman's Confinement to, and Death Aboard, the Union's hospital ship, the USS Laurel Hill, in June 1864 (Elizabeth Hoffman's U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension File, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).2024-05-24T00:42:26+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/history-of-company-a-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteers/roster-company-a-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-nicholas-hoffman-from-the-kingdom-of-bavaria-to-company-a/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/elizabeth-hoffmans-4-nov-1864-attestation-p.-1.jpgElizabeth Hoffman's U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension Claim_Elizabeth's 4 Nov 1864 Attestation_NARA_pubdomAttestation submitted on 4 November 1864 by Elizabeth (Goodyear) Hoffman as part of her U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension application, which documented her marriage to, and children with, Private Nicholas Hoffman, Company A, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (Elizabeth Hoffman's U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension File, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/street-scene-nuremberg-germany-c.-1860_usloc.jpgStreet Scene, Nuremberg, Germany, c. 1860_USLOCDuring the mid-1800s, the Kingdom of Bavaria was a mixture of rural natural areas and prosperous cities and towns such as Nuremberg, one of the endpoints of the first railroad line built in Germany. (Street scene, Nuremberg, Germany, 1860, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2024-05-24T00:31:59+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/history-of-company-a-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteers/roster-company-a-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-nicholas-hoffman-from-the-kingdom-of-bavaria-to-company-a/nicholas-hoffman-and-elizabeth-goodyear-hoffman-and-family-key-personal-and-u-s-civil-war-military-and-pension-records/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/nicholas-hoffmans-children_claim-for-minors-pensions-p.-1.jpgU.S. Civil War Minor Children's Pension Claim for Pvt. Nicholas Hoffman's Children, 6 March 1868Completed U.S. Civil War Minor Children's Pension Claim for Private Nicholas Hoffman's Children, 16 March 1868 (Elizabeth's Hoffman's U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension File, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/1867-appointment-of-francis-goodyear-as-guardian-p.-1.jpgAppointment of Elizabeth (Goodyear) Hoffman's Brother, Francis Goodyear, as Guardian of Private Nicholas Hoffman's Children, 6 August 1867Appointment of Elizabeth (Goodyear) Hoffman's Brother, Francis Goodyear, as Guardian of Private Nicholas Hoffman's Children, 6 August 1867 (Elizabeth Hoffman's U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension File, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/hoffman-nicholas-_pa-civil-war-muster-roll.jpgPvt. Nicholas Hoffman _Civil War Muster Roll, 47th PA Vols, Co. AMuster roll for Company A, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers showing 1864 data for Private Nicholas Hoffman (Pennsylvania State Archives, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/rev.-frischs-27-may-1867-attestation-re-remarriage-of-nicholas-hoffmans-widow.jpgRev. Frisch's 27 May 1867 Attestation re Remarriage of Nicholas Hoffman's WidowRev. Frisch's 1867 Attestations to the 1865 Remarriage of Nicholas Hoffman's Widow, Elizabeth (Goodyear) Hoffman, to Charles Grimm, p. 2 (U.S. Civil War Pension File of Elizabeth Hoffman, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/rev.-freshs-17-july-1867-attestation-re-the-1865-remarriage-of-nicholas-hoffmans-widow.jpgRev. Fresh's May and July 1867 Attestations re the 1865 Remarriage of Nicholas Hoffman's Widow, Elizabeth (Goodyear) Hoffman to Charles GrimmRev. Frisch's 1867 Attestations to the 1865 Remarriage of Nicholas Hoffman's Widow, Elizabeth (Goodyear) Hoffman, to Charles Grimm, p.1 (U.S. Civil War Pension File of Elizabeth Hoffman, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/rev.-freshs-1867-attestations-re-the-remarriage-of-nicholas-hoffmans-widow-cover.jpgRev. Fresh's 1867 Attestations re the Remarriage of Nicholas Hoffman's Widow, coverRev. Frisch's 1867 Attestations Re: 1865 Remarriage of Nicholas Hoffman's Widow, Elizabeth (Goodyear) Hoffman and Charles Grimm, cover sheet (U.S. Civil War Pension File of Elizabeth Hoffman, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/rev.-frischs-2-november-1864-attestation-re-nicholas-hoffmans-widow-and-children-p.-2.jpgRev. Frisch's 2 November 1864 Attestation re Nicholas Hoffman's Widow and Children, p. 2Rev. Frisch's 2 November 1864 Attestation to the 1855 Marriage of Nicholas Hoffman and Elizabeth Goodyear and Births of Their Children, p. 2 (U.S. Civil War Pension File of Elizabeth Hoffman, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/rev.-frischs-2-november-1864-attestation-re-nicholas-hoffmans-widow-and-children.jpgRev. Frisch's 2 November 1864 Attestation re Nicholas Hoffman's Widow and ChildrenRev. Frisch's 2 November 1864 Attestation to the 1855 Marriage of Nicholas Hoffman and Elizabeth Goodyear and Births of Their Children, p. 1 (U.S. Civil War Pension File of Elizabeth Hoffman, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/rev.-frischs-17-july-1867-attestation-re-the-1855-marriage-of-nicholas-hoffman-and-elizabeth-goodyear.jpgRev. Frisch's 17 July 1867 Attestation Re the 1855 Marriage of Nicholas Hoffman and Elizabeth GoodyearRev. Frisch's 17 July 1867 Attestation to the 1855 Marriage of Nicholas Hoffman and Elizabeth Goodyear (U.S. Civil War Pension File of Elizabeth Hoffman, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/1855-marriage-of-nicholas-hoffman-and-elizabeth-goodear.jpgElizabeth Hoffman's U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension File_Cover Sheet for Paperwork re 1855 Marriage of Nicholas Hoffman and Elizabeth Goodear_pubdomCover sheet from Elizabeth's Hoffman's 1864 U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension File Paperwork Re: Her First Marriage to Nicholas Hoffman (U.S. Civil War Widows' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).2024-05-24T00:19:24+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2024/05/19/the-aftermath-of-combat-an-army-captain-reports-his-companys-losses-during-the-unions-1864-red-river-campaign-across-louisiana/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/capt.-c.-w.-abbotts-red-river-campaign-loss-report-grand-ecore-louisiana-12-april-1864_courtesy-of-julian-burley.jpgCapt. C. W. Abbott's Red River Campaign Loss Report, Grand Ecore, Louisiana, 12 April 1864_courtesy of Julian BurleyReport by Captain Charles W. Abbott, Company K, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Grand Ecore, Louisiana, 12 April 1864 (courtesy of Julian Burley, used with permission).2024-05-19T17:04:26+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2014/06/04/47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-civil-war-era-recruiting-flyer/2024-05-16T23:58:47+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2016/04/09/red-river-campaign-louisiana-march-to-may-1864/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/affair-at-monetts-bluff_23-apr-1864_map-from-banks-official-red-river-campaign-report_pubdomain.jpgAffair at Monett's Bluff. LA, 23 Apr 1864 (Banks' Official Red River Campaign Report, public domain)Affair at Monett's Bluff, Louisiana, 23 April 1864. (Source: Major General Nathaniel Banks' Official Red River Campaign Report, public domain.)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/positions-at-the-battle-of-cane-river-crossing_23-apr-1864_map-from-banks-red-river-campaign-report_pubdomain.jpgUnion Positions, Battle of Cane River Crossing, LA (23 Apr 1864, Banks' Official Red River Campaign Report Map, public domain)The 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers were stationed just to the left of the "Thick Woods" with Emory's 2nd Brigade, 1st Division as shown on this map of Union troop positions for the Battle of Cane River Crossing at Monett's Ferry, Louisiana, 23 April 1864. (Source: Major-General Nathaniel Banks' official Red River Campaign Report, public domain.)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/battle_of_pleasant_hill_louisiana_harpers-weekly_7-may-1864.jpgBattle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, 9 April 1864 (Harper's Weekly, 7 May 1864, public domain).Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, 9 April 1864 (Harper's Weekly, 7 May 1864, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/19th-u-s-army-3rd-phase-battlefield-sabine-cross-roads-mansifled-8-april-1864.jpg19th U.S. Army Map, Phase 3, Battle of Sabine Cross Roads/Mansifled (8 April 1864, public domain)19th U.S. Army Map, Phase 3, Battle of Sabine Cross Roads/Mansfield (8 April 1864, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/major-general-richard-taylor-csa-c-1860s-public-domain.jpgMajor General Richard Taylor, CSA (c. 1860s, public domain)Major General Richard Taylor, CSA (c. 1860s, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/nathaniel-p-banks_maj-gen-us-volunteers_1863_nara_pubdomain.jpgNathaniel P. Banks. Major General, U.S. Volunteers (1863, U.S. National Archives, public domain).Nathaniel P. Banks. Major General, U.S. Volunteers (1863, U.S. National Archives, public domain).2024-05-16T23:53:09+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2020/01/13/january-early-february-1862-new-year-new-civil-war-mission-a-pennsylvania-regiment-heads-for-florida/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/new-crop_u.s.-steamer-oriental-c.-1862_pubdom.jpgU.S. Steamer Oriental, c. 1862_pubdomThe 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers were transported to Florida aboard the steamship U.S. Oriental in January 1862 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/new-crop_city-of-richmond-steampship_pubdom.jpgCity of Richmond steampship_Maine_post-Civil War_pubdomThe City of Richmond, a sidewheel steamer, transported Union troops during the Civil War (Maine, c. late 1860s, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/crop_helfrich-letter-jan.-12-1862_p.-1.jpgJohn G. Helfrich_Letter, 1.12.1862, p. 1Excerpt of letter from Sergeant John Helfrich, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, January 12, 1861 (used with permission from Colin Colfield).2024-05-16T23:26:07+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2020/05/31/late-winter-through-spring-1862-florida-serving-as-soldiers-and-surrogates-for-family/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/crop1_w.d.c._rodrock_ambro_c.-1863_courtesy-of-champlin.jpgRev. W.D.C. Rodrock_chaplain, 47th PA_Ambro_c. 1863_courtesy of ChamplinRev. William DeWitt Clinton Rodrock, chaplain, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida, 1863 (courtesy of Robert Champlin, used with permission).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/crop-a-co.-williamson-drummer-boy-william-copy-1.jpgDrummer Boy William Williamson, 47th PA Vols, Co A, c. 1863_pubdomDrummer Boy William Williamson, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company A, circa 1863 (public domain).2024-05-16T23:23:08+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2021/02/24/black-history-month-new-details-uncovered-regarding-the-formerly-enslaved-black-men-who-enlisted-with-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteer-infantry/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/haywood-jackson-cook.jpgHaywood, Jackson (Cook)General Index Card for Jackson Haywood, who may have been a Black soldier who enlisted with the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (U.S. National Archives, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/haywoo3.jpgThomas Haywood and Hanna Jacobs,, 1890 U.S. CensusIn 1890, Thomas Haywood lived near Hanna Jacobs, the widow of Jack Jacobs, who may have been another Black soldier who enlisted with the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (U.S. Census, Sheldon Township, Beaufort County, South Carolina, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/haywood-thomas-u.s.-civil-war-pension-index-card.jpgHaywood, Thomas - U.S. Civil War Pension Index Cardhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/haywood-thomas_co.-h-47th-pa_muster-roll.jpgHaywood, Thomas_Co. H, 47th PA_Muster RollMuster roll entries of Thomas Haywood and Edward Jassum, Company H, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (U.S. National Archives, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/crop_aaron-french_issaquena-county-mississippi_1870-census.jpgCrop_Aaron French_Issaquena County, Mississippi_1870 CensusPost-Civil War, Aaron French and his family resided in Issaquena County, Mississippi (U.S. Census, 1870, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/crop_bullard-aaron-and-hamilton-blanchard_co.-d-47th-pa_muster-roll.jpgCrop_Bullard, Aaron and Hamilton Blanchard_Co. D, 47th PA_Muster RollMuster roll entries for Aaron Bullard and Hamilton Blanchard, Company D, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (U.S. National Archives, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/bullard-aaron-u.s.-civil-war-pension-index-card.jpgBullard, Aaron - U.S. Civil War Pension Index CardU.S. Civil War Pension Index Card for Aaron French, who enlisted with the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers in Louisiana in 1864.2024-05-16T23:14:18+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2021/09/03/research-update-more-new-details-regarding-the-lives-of-formerly-enslaved-black-men-who-enlisted-with-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteer-infantry/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/small-crop_blanchard-bullard-chapman_freedmens-bureau-inquiry-15-march-1866-2.jpgBlanchard-Bullard-Chapman_Treasury Inquiry, 10 Nov 1866Letter of inquiry from J. H. Chapman on behalf of Hamilton Blanchard to E. B. French, second auditor, U.S. Treasury Department, 10 November 1868 (Freedmen's Bureau records, U.S. National Archives).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/small-excerpt_blanchard-bullard_madison-co.-ms_freedmens-bureau-contract-feb-dec-1866-p.-1.jpgBlanchard-Bullard_Madison Co., MS_Freedmen's Bureau Contract, Feb-Dec 1866, p. 1Freedmen's Bureau contract between Madison County, Mississippi farm owner John P. Arvile [sic] and farm laborers Hamilton Blanchard, Aaron Bullard, et. al., Washington, D.C., 16 February 1866 (excerpt, p. 1, U.S. National Archives).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/union-army-at-morganza-bend-louisiana-c.-1863-1865_usloc-pubdom.jpgUnion Army at Morganza Bend, Louisiana, c. 1863-1865_USLOC, pubdomUnion Army base at Morganza Bend, Louisiana, circa 1863-1865 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2024-05-16T23:08:10+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2022/08/08/on-detached-duty-attempting-to-repair-the-cape-florida-lighthouse-key-biscayne-florida-april-1862/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cape-florida-lighthouse-key-biscayne-florida-c.-1996_pubdom-courtesy-of-the-florida-memory-project.jpgCape Florida Lighthouse, Key Biscayne, Florida, c. 1996_pubdom, courtesy of the Florida Memory ProjectCape Florida Lighthouse, Key Biscayne, Florida, circa 1996 (courtesy of the Florida Memory Project, public domain).2024-05-16T23:06:10+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2024/05/16/the-march-from-marksville-to-morganza-louisiana-and-the-battle-of-mansura-mid-to-late-may-1864/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/from-gen.-banks-army-new-york-tribune-3-june-1864.pngFrom Gen. Banks' Army, New York Tribune, 3 June 1864New York Tribune headline announces the U.S. Army of the Gulf's May 1864 victory near Marksville, Louisiana (New York Tribune, June 3, 1864, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/crop_1864-red-river-campaign-battle-and-encampment-sites-across-louisiana_dickinson-college-and-usloc_pubdom.jpg1864 Red River Campaign Battle and Encampment Sites Across Louisiana_Excerpt_Dickinson College and USLOC_pubdomMap of key 1864 Red River Campaign locations, showing the battle sites of Sabine Cross Roads, Pleasant Hill and Mansura in relation to the Union's occupation sites at Alexandria, Grand Ecore, Morganza, and New Orleans (excerpt from Dickinson College/U.S. Library of Congress map, public domain).2024-05-16T23:03:14+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2023/10/12/alpha-and-omega-the-first-and-last-duty-stations-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteer-infantry/2024-05-16T22:55:51+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2023/10/14/in-their-own-words-the-vocabulary-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteer-infantry-skedaddle/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/skedaddle-1.jpgSkedaddle Definition_courtesy of Merriam WebsterDefinition of "Skedaddle," a term frequently used by members of the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry when describing Confederate troop movements during the American Civil War (fair use screenshot, courtesy of Merriam Webster, 2022).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/skedaddle.jpgSkedaddle2024-05-16T22:53:46+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2023/10/20/first-blood-the-battle-of-pocotaligo-south-carolina-planning-and-preparation-mid-october-1862/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/charleston-and-savannah-railroad-map-1856_usloc_pubdom.jpgCharleston and Savannah Railroad Map, 1856_USLOC_pubdomThis 1856 map of the Charleston & Savannah Railroad shows the island of Hilton Head, South Carolina in relation to the town of Pocotaligo (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ben-deford_interior_after-cabin.jpgBen Deford_Interior_After Cabin_USLOC, pubdomThe after cabin inside of the U.S. Steamer Ben Deford, c. 1860s (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2024-05-16T22:48:09+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2023/10/27/uniforms-and-insignia-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteer-infantry/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/army-of-the-united-states-corps-badges-1865_usloc_pubdom.jpegArmy of the United States, Corps Badges, 1865_USLOC_pubdomArmy of the United States, Corps Badges, 1865 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2024-05-16T22:46:25+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2023/11/08/the-battle-of-pocotaligo-south-carolina-unpredictable-outcomes/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/atropos-cutting-the-thread-of-life-copy.jpgAtropos Cutting the Thread of Life - CopyAtropos, one of the Three Fates in Greek mythology, cuts the thread of life (bas relief image, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a-golden-thread-c.1885_john-melhuish-strudwick-copy.jpgA Golden Thread - c.1885_John Melhuish Strudwick_pubdomExcerpt from "A Golden Thread" (John Melhuish Strudwick, circa 1885, public domain).2024-05-16T22:45:47+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2023/11/27/make-a-difference-this-giving-tuesday-and-beyond-by-supporting-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-one-civil-war-regiments-story/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/338-resized-giving-tuesday.jpgGiving Tuesday Logo 2023_pubdom2024-05-16T22:45:11+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2023/12/27/sheridans-1864-shenandoah-valley-campaign-battlefield-and-follow-up-medical-care-sheridan-field-hospital/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/crop_union-army-doctors-performing-surgery-following-the-battle-of-cedar-creek_frank-leslies-illustrated.jpgUnion Army Doctors Performing Surgery Following the Battle of Cedar Creek_Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1864_pubdomRegimental and division surgeons from the Union Army treating Union soldiers inside of the St. Thomas Episcopal Church near Winchester. Virginia, following the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, 19 October 1864 (James E. Taylor, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1864, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/crop_thanksgiving-1864-raising-the-flag-at-the-sheridan-field-hospital-near-winchester-virginia_frank-leslies-illustrated-newspaper.jpgThanksgiving 1864 Raising the Flag at the Sheridan Field Hospital Near Winchester, Virginia_J.E. Taylor_Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1864_pubdom"Thanksgiving 1864: Raising the Flag at the Sheridan Field Hospital Near Winchester, Virginia," 1864 (James E. Taylor, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1864, public domain).2024-05-16T22:43:16+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2023/12/28/sheridans-1864-shenandoah-valley-campaign-camp-russell-stephens-city-virginia-november-1864-december-20-1864/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/crop_charlestown-west-virginia-c.-1863_pubdom.jpgCharlestown, West Virginia, c. 1863_pubdomCharlestown West Virginia, circa 1863 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/crop_camp-russell-virginia_frank-leslies-illustrated-newspaper-31-dec-1864.jpgCamp Russell, Virginia_Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 31 Dec 1864_pubdomGeneral J. D. Fessenden's headquarters, U.S. Army of the Shenandoah at Camp Russell near Stephens City (now Newtown) in Virginia (Lieutenant S. S. Davis, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, December 31, 1864, public domain).2024-05-16T22:42:45+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2024/01/01/new-year-familiar-duties-preventing-assaults-on-federal-forts-by-confederate-troops-and-foreign-powers-florida-late-december-1862-early-february-1864/2024-05-16T22:41:25+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2024/01/24/peeling-onions-researching-and-writing-the-biographies-you-read-at-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-one-civil-war-regiments-story/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/sandburg-onion.jpgSandburg Onion_LaurieSnyder, 20242024-05-16T22:40:00+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2024/03/29/sitting-in-judgment-four-officers-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-oversee-court-martial-proceedings-1862-1863/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/crop_maj.-william-gausler_courtesy-of-julian-burley.jpgMaj. William Gausler, 47th PA Vols_courtesy of Julian BurleyMajor William H. Gausler, third-in-command of the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1864 (photo used with permission, courtesy of Julian Burley).2024-05-16T22:38:46+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2024/04/03/occupation-and-garrison-duties-in-florida-march-through-june-1863/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/u.s.-army-department-of-the-gulf-1864-map_loc_pubdom.jpgCertificate_U.S. Consulate for Kingdom of Wurtemburg, 6 July 1867_pubdomAloisia Münch's U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension Claim (certificate, U.S. Consul to Kingdom of Wrtemberg, 6 July, 1867, 2024-05-16T22:38:11+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2024/04/09/battle-of-sabine-cross-roads-mansfield-louisiana-8-april-1864-casualties-and-pows-from-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteer-infantry/2024-05-16T22:37:13+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2024/04/22/battle-of-monetts-ferry-cane-river-louisiana-april-23-1864/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/alexandria-louisiana_harpers-weekly-pubdom.jpgalexandria, louisiana_harper's weekly, pubdomThe Union's Army of the Gulf marched into Alexandria, Louisiana, during the weekend of April 22, 1864 (Harper's Weekly, public domain; click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/union-gunboats-docked-at-alexandria-louisiana-1864_pubdom.jpgUnion Navy Gunboats Docked at Alexandria, Louisiana, 1864_pubdomUnion Navy gunboats, Alexandria, Louisiana, 1864 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sheaffer-reuben-moyer-c.-1863.jpegPvt. Reuben Moyer Sheaffer, Co. H, 47th PA Vols, c. 1860s-1870s_pubdomPrivate Reuben Moyer Sheaffer, Company H., 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (shown circa 1860s-1870s, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/banks-union-troops-cross-the-cane-river-23-apr-1864_harpers-weekly_pubdomain.jpgBanks' Union Troops Cross the Cane River 23 Apr 1864_Harper's Weekly_pubdomainU.S. Army of the Gulf crossing the Cane River following the Battle of Monett's Ferry, April 23, 1864 (Harper's Weekly, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/fortifications-at-grand-ecore-guarded-by-the-first-missouri-battery_c.e.h.-bonwill.jpgfortifications-at-grand-ecore-guarded-by-the-first-missouri-battery_C.E.H. Bonwill_pubdomEarthworks and other fortifications manned by the 1st Missouri Artillery, Grand Ecore, Louisiana (C. E. H. Bonwill, illustrator, public domain).2024-05-16T22:35:05+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2024/05/07/building-baileys-dam-on-the-red-river-alexandria-louisiana-late-april-to-mid-may-1864/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/passag1.jpgUnion Gunboat Passage Through Bailey's Dam, May 1865_Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, July 16, 1864, U.S. Library of Congress_pub"Passage of the Fleet of Gunboats Over the Falls at Alexandria, Louisiana, May 1864 (Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, July 16, 1864, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain; click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sketch-of-tree-dam-which-accompanied-colonel-baileys-report_u.s.-war-department-1891-1895-plate-53-3_pubdom.jpgSketch of tree dam which accompanied Colonel Bailey’s report_U.S. War Department 1891-1895, Plate 53-3_pubdomhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sketch-of-crib-dam-which-accompanied-colonel-baileys-report_u.s.-war-department-1891-1895-plate-53-3_pubdom.jpgSketches of Crib and Tree Dams, Lt. Col. Joseph Bailey’s 1864 Red River Campaign Report_U.S. War Department 1891-1895, Plates 53-3_pubdomSketches of the crib and tree dams designed by Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Bailey to improve the water levels of the Red River near Alexandria, Louisiana, spring 1864 (Joseph Bailey, "Report on the Construction of the Dam Across the Red River," 1865, public domain).2024-05-16T22:34:30+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-joseph-clewell-jr-from-prisoner-of-war-to-confederate-hospital-casualty/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/clervell-or-clervill-joseph-death-at-reb-hosp-vols-death-ledger-entry.jpgPrivate Joseph Clewell, Co. G, 47th PA Volunteers_Death at Confederate Hospital, Shreveport, Louisiana, June 1864_Registers of Deaths of Volunteers_pubdomThe June 1864 death of Private Joseph Clewell, Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, was documented by the U.S. Army as having occurred at the Confederate Army Hospital No. 59 in Shreveport, Louisiana (Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1864, U.S. Army and U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/clewell-joseph-unassigned-men-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-1863-1864_registers-of-pa-volunteers-1861-1865.jpgClewell, Joseph, Unassigned Men, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1863-1864_Registers of PA Volunteers, 1861-1865Excerpt of Private Joseph Clewell's entry on the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry's roster of Unassigned Men (Registers of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865, Pennsylvania State Archives, public domain; click to enlarge).2024-05-03T19:06:27+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/history-of-company-a-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteers/roster-company-a-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/privates-edwin-and-william-schweitzer-brothers-in-arms-in-search-of-better-lives/william-and-edwin-schweitzer-and-family-key-u-s-civil-war-military-and-pension-records/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/elizabeth-schweitzers-u.s.-civil-war-mothers-pension-claim_claim-history-pensioner-dropped-1899.jpgElizabeth Schweitzer's U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension Claim_Claim History, Pensioner Dropped 1899Elizabeth Schweitzer's U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension (Elizabeth's deletion from U.S. Pension Bureau rolls, 1899, p. 1, U.S. Civil War Mothers' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public 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public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/pauline-ritter-knausss-u.s.-civil-war-widows-pension-restoration-claim-schuon-affidavit-14-dec-1886-p.-2.jpgPauline Ritter Knauss's U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension Restoration Claim, Schuon Affidavit, 14 Dec 1886, p. 2Pauline Ritter Knauss's U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension Restoration Claim (Schuon affidavit, 14 December 1886, p. 2, U.S. Civil War Widows' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/pauline-ritter-knausss-u.s.-civil-war-widows-pension-restoration-claim-schuon-affidavit-14-dec-1886-p.-1.jpgPauline Ritter Knauss's U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension Restoration Claim, Schuon Affidavit, 14 Dec 1886, pp. 1-2_pubdomPauline Ritter Knauss's U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension Restoration Claim (Schuon affidavit, 14 December 1886, p. 1, U.S. Civil War Widows' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records 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James Ritter, 1863 Death, Fort Jefferson, U.S. Registers of Deaths of Volunteers_pubdomU.S. Army death ledger entry for Corporal James Ritter, Company F, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, by Assistant Regimental Surgeon Jacob H. 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James Ritter's Death Confirmed_Harte Affidavit, Apr 1865, p. 1_pubdomPage one of the April 1865 affidavit filed by Captain Henry Harte, Company F, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, which confirmed the October 1863 death of Corporal James Ritter at Fort Jefferson, Florida (U.S. Civil War Widows' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).2024-02-28T21:40:44+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-i/roster-company-i-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/sergeant-charles-noff-jr-the-vagaries-of-war/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/balliet-brings-bodies-of-nolf-ritter-scholl-and-others-home_2feb1864_derlechacauntypatriot.jpgBalliet Brings Bodies of Nolf, Ritter, Scholl and Others Home_2Feb1864_DerLechaCauntyPatriotRough Translation: Undertaker Brings Back Bodies. Dr. Paul Balliet, who traveled to key West, Florida, has completed his mission and arrived home on the previous Thursday, and has brought the bodies of the following persons who were buried there, and delivered to their respective hometowns: A. S. Pamle, Lowell, Massachusetts. Charles Nolf, Catasauqua. Alexander Rothrock, Chambersburg. James Ritter, Allentown. Edwin F. Scholl, do [Allentown]. Jesse Remmel, do [Allentown]. ______ Apple, do [John Apple, Allenown]. 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domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mary-worleys-u.s.-civil-war-widows-and-orphans-pension-claim-worley-bartholomew-yoder-affidavit-3-may-1869-p.-1.jpgMary Worley's U.S. Civil War Widow's and Orphans' Pension Claim, Worley-Bartholomew-Yoder Affidavit, 3 May 1869, pp. 1-2_pubdomMary Worley's U.S. Civil War Widow's and Orphans' Pension Claim (Worley-Bartholomew-Yoder Affidavit, 3 May 1869, p. 1, U.S. Civil War Widows' and Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mary-worleys-u.s.-civil-war-widows-and-orphans-pension-claim-marys-may-1869-affidavit-p.-2.jpgMary Worley's U.S. Civil War Widow's and Orphans' Pension Claim, Mary's May 1869 Affidavit, p. 2Mary Worley's U.S. Civil War Widow's and Orphans' Pension Claim (Mary's Affidavit, May 1869, p. 2, U.S. Civil War Widows' and Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mary-worleys-u.s.-civil-war-widows-and-orphans-pension-claim-marys-may-1869-affidavit-p.-1.jpgMary Worley's U.S. Civil War Widow's and Orphans' Pension Claim, Mary's May 1869 Affidavit, pp. 1-2_pubdomMary Worley's U.S. Civil War Widow's and Orphans' Pension Claim (Mary's Affidavit, May 1869, p. 1, U.S. Civil War Widows' and Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mary-worley-u.s.-civil-war-widows-and-orphans-pension-claim-p.-1.jpgMary Worley's U.S. Civil War Widow's and Orphans' Pension Claim_original form_pubdomMary Worley's U.S. Civil War Widow's and Orphans' Pension Claim (completed original form, U.S. Civil War Widows' and Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public 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domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mary-haupts-u.s.-civil-war-widows-pension-claim-mary-haupts-1918-death-pension-check-return.jpgMary Haupt's U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension Claim, Mary Haupt's 1918 Death-Pension Check ReturnMary Haupt's U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension Claim (returned pension check notice following Mary's death, U.S. Civil War Widows' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mary-haupts-u.s.-civil-war-widows-pension-claim-mary-haupts-1918-death-envelope.jpgMary Haupt's U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension Claim, Mary Haupt's 1918 Death-Returned Pension Check Notice with Envelope_pubdomMary Haupt's U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension Claim (Mary's death notation, returned pension check envelope, U.S. Civil War Widows' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mary-haupts-u.s.-civil-war-widows-pension-increase-claim-1886-pension-act-language-cert.jpgMary Haupt's U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension Increase Claim, 1886, Pension Act Language Cert_pubdomMary Haupt's U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension Claim (U.S. Pension Act language certificate, U.S. Civil War Widows' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mary-haupts-u.s.-civil-war-widows-pension-increase-claim-aug-1886.jpgMary Haupt's U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension Increase Claim, Aug 1886Mary Haupt's U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension Claim (request for pension increase, 21 September 1886, U.S. Civil War Widows' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public 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April 1869 (U.S. Civil War Mothers' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain). https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/susan-wolfs-u.s.-civil-war-mothers-pension-claim_declaration-for-arrears-of-pension-19-mar-1869-1.jpgSusan Wolf's U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension Claim_Declaration for Arrears of Pension, Completed Form, 19 Mar 1869_pubdomSusan Wolf's U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension Claim, Declaration for Arrears, 19 March 1869 (completed form, U.S. Civil War Mothers' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain). https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/susan-wolfs-u.s.-civil-war-mothers-pension-claim_declaration-for-arrears-of-pension-19-mar-1869-cover.jpgSusan Wolf's U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension Claim_Declaration for Arrears of Pension-19 Mar 1869, Cover_pubdomSusan Wolf's U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension, Declaration for Arrears, 19 March 1869 (cover, U.S. 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3_pubdomAmelia Kiehl's U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension Claim, 13 May 1865 Susan Gobin Affidavit, p. 3 (U.S. Civil War Mothers' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/amelia-kiehl-u.s.-civil-war-mothers-pension-claim-susan-gobin-affidavit-13-may-1865-p.-2_pubdom.jpgAmelia Kiehl's U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension Claim, Susan Gobin Affidavit, 13 May 1865, p. 2_pubdomAmelia Kiehl's U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension Claim, 13 May 1865 Susan Gobin Affidavit, p. 2 (U.S. Civil War Mothers' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).2024-02-11T04:45:10+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-e/roster-company-e-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-john-witz-a-teenage-casualty-of-war/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/witz-john_birth-and-baptism-german-reformed-church-easton-pa-1849-1850-1.jpgBirth and Baptism, German Reformed Church Easton, Pennsylvania, 1849-1850_pubdomThe 1849-1850 birth and baptismal records of the German Reformed Church in Easton, Pennsylvania documented the correct spelling of the surname of John C. Witz and his parents, David P. Witz and Rosanna (Ward) Witz (birth and baptism records, First United Church of Christ, Easton and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/witz-john_death-aboard-the-u.s.-laurel-hill-1864_u.s.-civil-war-mothers-pension-files.jpgPrivate John Witz's Death Aboard the USS Laurel Hill, 1864_U.S. Civil War Mothers' Pension Files_pubdomU.S. Surgeon General's confirmation of the death of Private John Witz aboard the USS Laurel Hill on 23 June 1864 (U.S. Civil War Mothers' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/uss-laurel-hill-5.26.1862-baldwin-lithograph-collection-of-president-franklin-d.-roosevelt-hyde-park-new-york-1936-u.s.-naval-heritage-command_pubdom.jpgUSS Laurel Hill, 5.26.1862, Baldwin Lithograph, Collection of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hyde Park, New York, 1936, U.S. Naval Heritage Command_pubdomUSS Laurel Hill, 26 May 1862 (Baldwin Lithograph, Collection of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hyde Park, New York, 1936, U.S. Naval Heritage Command, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/wilts-john_u.s.-adjutant-generals-certification-of-svc_u.s.-civil-war-mothers-pension-file.jpgU.S. Adjutant General's Certification of Pvt John Wilz's Service_U.S. Civil War Mothers Pension Files_pubdomThis letter from the U.S. Office of the Adjutant General confirmed Private John Witz's service with the 47th Pennsylvania's E Company in Louisiana (U.S. Civil War Mothers' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives, public domain).2024-02-09T03:47:26+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-b/roster-company-b-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/captain-edwin-g-minnich-a-brave-young-man-who-loved-his-country-more-than-life/julia-ann-magill-and-george-e-minnich-a-civil-war-widow-and-her-fatherless-young-son-struggle-to-survive/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/julia-minnich-magill_u.s.-civil-war-nurses-pension-app-index-card.pngJulia Minnich Magill_U.S. Civil War Nurses' Pension App Index CardJulia Magill's U.S. Civil War Nurses' Pension Application Index Card (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/julianne-minnich-courtesy-of-chris-sapp.jpgJulianne Minnich, courtesy of Chris Sapp (copyright Chris Sapp)This image of Julia (Kuenher) Minnich, circa 1860s, is being presented here through the generosity of Chris Sapp and his family, and is being used with Mr. Sapp's permission. This image may not be reproduced, repurposed, or shared with other websites without the permission of Chris Sapp. https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/market-street-philadeliphia-1889_philadelphia-city-archives-pubdom.jpgMarket Street, Philadelphia, 1889 (Philadelphia City Archives, public domain)Market Street, Philadelphia, 1889 (Philadelphia City Archives, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/harewood-hospital-aka-mt-pleasant-hospital-exterior-2-bet-1861-1865_usloc_pubdom.jpgHarewood Hospital (aka Mt. Pleasant Hospital, exterior, c. 1861-1865, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Harewood Hospital (aka Mt. 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Minnich is being presented here through the generosity of Chris Sapp and his family, and is being used with Mr. Sapp's permission. This image may not be reproduced, repurposed, or shared with other websites without the permission of Chris Sapp.https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/capt.-edwin-minnich-courtesy-of-chris-sapp.jpgCapt. Edwin Minnich, courtesy of Chris SappThis image of Captain Edwin G. Minnich is being presented here through the generosity of Chris Sapp and his family, and is being used with Mr. Sapp's permission. This image may not be reproduced, repurposed, or shared with other websites without the permission of Chris Sapp.https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/obituary-capt-e-g-minnich-der-lecha-caunty-patriot-25-oct-1864.jpgObituary, Capt. E. G. Minnich, Der Lecha Caunty Patriot, 25 Oct 1864 (public domain)Obituary, Capt. E. G. Minnich, Der Lecha Caunty Patriot, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 25 October 1864 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/captain-edwin-g-minnich-c-1862_pubdom.jpgCapt. Edwin G. Minnich, 47th PA Vols, B Co. (circa 1864, public domain)Captain Edwin G. Minnich, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company B (circa 1864, public domain).2024-02-07T21:04:31+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-b/roster-company-b-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/captain-edwin-g-minnich-a-brave-young-man-who-loved-his-country-more-than-life/edwin-and-julia-minnich-key-u-s-civil-war-military-and-pension-records/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/george-e.-minnichs-u.s.-civil-war-orphans-pension-claim-1873-increase-p.-3.jpgGeorge E. Minnich's U.S. Civil War Orphan's Pension Claim, 1873 Increase, p. 3George E. Minnich's U.S. Civil War Orphan's Pension Claim, 1873 Increase, p. 3 (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/george-e.-minnichs-u.s.-civil-war-orphans-pension-claim-1873-increase-p.-2.jpgGeorge E. Minnich's U.S. Civil War Orphan's Pension Claim, 1873 Increase, pp. 2-3_pubdomGeorge E. Minnich's U.S. Civil War Orphan's Pension Claim, 1873 Increase, p. 2 (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/george-e.-minnichs-u.s.-civil-war-orphans-pension-claim-1873-increase_cover-sheet.jpgGeorge E. Minnich's U.S. Civil War Orphan's Pension Claim, 1873 Increase_Cover SheetGeorge E. Minnich's U.S. Civil War Orphan's Pension Claim, 1873 Increase (cover sheet, U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/george-e.-minnichs-u.s.-civil-war-orphans-pension-claim-1873-increase-p.-1.jpgGeorge E. Minnich's U.S. Civil War Orphan's Pension Claim, 1873 Increase, Cover and p. 1_pubdomGeorge E. Minnich's U.S. Civil War Orphan's Pension Claim, 1873 Increase, p. 1 (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/guardian-jacob-a.-blumers-feb-1868-affidavit-p.-6.jpgGuardian Jacob A. Blumer's Feb 1868 Affidavit, U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension, p. 6_pubdomGuardian Jacob A. Blumer's February 1868 Affidavit for George E. Minnich's U.S. Civil War Orphan's Pension, p. 6 (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/guardian-jacob-a.-blumers-feb-1868-affidavit-p.-5.jpgGuardian Jacob A. Blumer's Feb 1868 Affidavit, p. 5Guardian Jacob A. Blumer's February 1868 Affidavit for George E. Minnich's U.S. Civil War Orphan's Pension, p. 5 (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/guardian-jacob-a.-blumers-feb-1868-affidavit-p.-4.jpgGuardian Jacob A. Blumer's Feb 1868 Affidavit, George E. Minnich's U.S. Civil War Pension, pp. 4-5_pubdomGuardian Jacob A. Blumer's February 1868 Affidavit for George E. Minnich's U.S. Civil War Orphan's Pension, p. 4 (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/guardian-jacob-a.-blumers-feb-1868-affidavit-p.-3.jpgGuardian Jacob A. Blumer's Feb 1868 Affidavit, George E. Minnich's U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, p. 3_pubdomGuardian Jacob A. Blumer's February 1868 Affidavit for George E. Minnich's U.S. Civil War Orphan's Pension, p. 3 (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/guardian-jacob-a.-blumers-feb-1868-affidavit-p.-2.jpgGuardian Jacob A. Blumer's Feb 1868 Affidavit, p. 2Guardian Jacob A. Blumer's February 1868 Affidavit for George E. Minnich's U.S. Civil War Orphan's Pension, p. 2 (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/guardian-jacob-a.-blumers-feb-1868-affidavit-p.-1.jpgGuardian Jacob A. Blumer's Feb 1868 Affidavit, pp. 1-2George E. Minnich's U.S. Civil War Orphan's Pension_pubdomGuardian Jacob A. Blumer's February 1868 Affidavit for George E. Minnich's U.S. Civil War Orphan's Pension, p. 1 (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).2024-02-07T20:53:49+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/unassigned-men/the-fighting-keisers-father-and-son-uriah-and-emanuel/uriah-keiser-key-u-s-civil-war-military-and-pension-records/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/keiser-uriah_petition-by-guardian-andrew-loy-to-increase-u.s.-civil-war-orphans-pension-1868-p.-2-1.jpgKeiser, Uriah_Petition by Guardian Andrew Loy to Increase U.S. Civil War Orphan's Pension, 1868, p. 21868 Petition by Guardian Andrew Loy to Increase the U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension for Private Uriah Keiser's Children, p. 2 (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/keiser-uriah_petition-by-guardian-andrew-loy-to-increase-u.s.-civil-war-orphans-pension-1868-p.-1-1.jpg1868 Petition by Guardian Andrew Loy to Increase U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension for Pvt. Uriah Keiser's Children, p. 1_pubdom1868 Petition by Guardian Andrew Loy to Increase the U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension for Private Uriah Keiser's Children, p. 1 (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/keiser-uriah_26-oct-1867-petition-by-guardian-andrew-loy-p.-4_u.s.-civil-war-orphans-pension-1.jpg26 Oct 1867 Petition by Guardian Andrew Loy to Increase U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension for Pvt. Uriah Keiser's Children, p. 4_pubdom26 October 1867 Petition by Guardian Andrew Loy to Raise the U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension for Private Uriah Keiser's Children, p. 4 (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/keiser-uriah_26-oct-1867-petition-by-guardian-andrew-loy-p.-2_u.s.-civil-war-orphans-pension.jpg26 Oct 1867 Petition by Guardian Andrew Loy to Increase U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension for Pvt. 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Uriah Keiser's Children, p. 1_pubdom26 October 1867 Petition by Guardian Andrew Loy to Raise the U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension for Private Uriah Keiser's Children, p. 1 (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/keiser-uriah_appt.-of-guardian-andrew-loy_u.s.-civil-war-orphans-pension-p.-5-1.jpgAppt. of Guardian Andrew Loy for Pvt. Uriah Keiser's Children_U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension, p. 5_pubdomAppointment of Andrew Loy as Guardian of Pvt. Uriah Keiser's Children, p. 5 (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/keiser-uriah_appt.-of-guardian-andrew-loy_u.s.-civil-war-orphans-pension-p.-4-1.jpgKeiser, Uriah_Appt. of Guardian Andrew Loy_U.S. Civil War Orphan's Pension, p. 4Appointment of Andrew Loy as Guardian of Pvt. Uriah Keiser's Children, p. 4 (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/keiser-uriah_appt.-of-guardian-andrew-loy_u.s.-civil-war-orphans-pension-p.-3-1.jpgAppt. of Guardian Andrew Loy for Pvt. Uriah Keiser's Children_U.S. Civil War Orphans Pension, p. 3Appointment of Andrew Loy as Guardian of Pvt. Uriah Keiser's Children, p. 3 (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/keiser-uriah_appt.-of-guardian-andrew-loy_u.s.-civil-war-orphans-pension-p.-2-1.jpgKeiser, Uriah_Appt. of Guardian Andrew Loy_U.S. Civil War Orphan's Pension, p. 2Appointment of Andrew Loy as Guardian of Pvt. Uriah Keiser's Children, p. 2 (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).2024-02-05T22:13:08+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/zeppenfeld-henry-private/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/anna-maria-zeppenfeld_death-and-burial-ledger-entry_1883_historical-society-of-pa.jpgAnna Maria Zeppenfeld, Death and Burial Ledger Entry (1883, Salem UCC, public domain)This death and burial ledger entry for Anna Maria (Braun) Zeppenfeld (1800-1883) also documented her marriage to Engel Zeppenfeld (Salem United Church of Christ records, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/union-hospital-no-2-604-pinckney-st-beaufort-sc_was-col-edward-means-home_sam-a-cooley-us-10th-army-c-1863-1865.jpgUnion Hospital No. 2, 604 Pinckney St, Beaufort, SC_Was Col. Edward Means' Home_Sam A. Cooley, US 10th Army, c. 1863-1865The Union Army's Hospital No. 2 at 604 Pinckney Street in Beaufort, South Carolina operated in the former home of Colonel Edward Means (Sam A. Cooley, U.S. 10th Army, c. 1863-1865).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/zeppenfeld-family-emigration-from-germany-to-u-s-kepler-manifest-june-1847_nara_pubdomain.jpgZeppenfeld Family Emigration from Germany to U.S. (Kepler Manifest, June 1847, US NARA, public domain)These entries on a ship’s manifest for the Kepler confirm the emigration from Germany of Heinrich Zeppenfeld and his family and their June 1847 arrival in America (U.S. National Archives, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/westphalian-landscape-albert-bierstadt-1855-pubdomain.jpgWestphalian Landscape, Albert Bierstadt (1855, public domain)Westphalian Landscape, Albert Bierstadt (1855, public 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to Her, p. 1 (U.S. Civil War Mothers' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/zeppenfeldt-henry-and-maria_marias-u.s.-civil-war-mothers-pension_furth-reqs-waived-by-pension-bureau-23-feb-1867.jpgMaria Zeppenfeld's U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension_Furth Reqs Waived by Pension Bureau, 23 Feb 1867Further Requirements Waived by U.S. Pension Bureau in 1867 for Maria Zeppenfeld's U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension (U.S. Civil War Mothers' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/zeppenfeldt-henry-and-maria_marias-u.s.-civil-war-mothers-pension-suspension-1867.jpgMaria Zeppenfeld's U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension Suspension of Her Pension, 18671867 Suspension of Maria Zeppenfeld's U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension (U.S. Civil War Mothers' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/zeppenfeldt-henry-and-maria_marias-u.s.-civil-war-mothers-pension-award_1876-request-to-resume.jpgMaria Zeppenfeld's U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension Award_1876 Request to Resume Payments_pubdomMaria Zeppenfeld's 1876 Request to Resume Receiving Her U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension Payments (U.S. Civil War Mothers' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/zeppenfeldt-henry-and-maria_marias-u.s.-civil-war-mothers-pension-award-and-amount.jpgMaria Zeppenfeld's U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension Award and Amount_pubdomMaria Zeppenfeld's U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension Award and Amount (U.S. Civil War Mothers' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/zeppenfeldt-henry-and-maria_marias-u.s.-civil-war-mothers-pension-affidavit-1-march-1866-p.-2.jpgMaria Zeppenfeld's U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension Affidavit, 1 March 1866, p. 2_pubdomAffidavit Filed by Maria Zeppenfeld on 1 March 1866 in Support of Her U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension Claim, p. 2 (U.S. Civil War Mothers' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/zeppenfeldt-henry-and-maria_marias-u.s.-civil-war-mothers-pension-affidavit-1-march-1866-p.-1.jpgMaria Zeppenfeld's U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension Claim_Maria Zeppenfeld's Affidavit, 1 March 1866, p. 1_pubdomAffidavit Filed by Maria Zeppenfeld on 1 March 1866 in Support of Her U.S. Civil War Mother's Pension Claim, p. 1 (U.S. Civil War Mothers' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public 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B, 47th PA Volunteers, Gunshot Wound Death at Hilton Head, SC (1862, public domain)This entry in the U.S. Register of Deaths of U.S. Volunteer Soldiers confirms the 5 November 1862 death from gunshot wounds of Corporal Aaron Fink, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (public domain; click twice to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/aaron-and-andrew-fink_shoemakers_der-lecha-caunty-patriot_6-march-1848.jpgAaron and Andrew Fink, Shoemakers (Der Lecha Caunty Patriot, 6 March 1848, public domain)Aaron and Andrew Fink, shoemakers in Allentown, ask their customers to settle their accounts (Der Lecha Caunty Patriot, 6 March 1848, public 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Pyers' Widow's Pension Claim,1865 Mailing EnvelopeEnveloped Used to Mail Matilda Pyers' U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension Documents, 1865 (U.S. Civil War Widows' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/pyers-william_matilda-pyers-widows-pension-claim-p.-2.jpgMatilda Pyers' Widow's Pension Claim, p. 2_pubdomMatilda Pyers' U.S. Civil War Widows' Pension Claim, p. 2 (U.S. Civil War Widows' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/pyers-william_matilda-pyers-widows-pension-claim-p.-1.jpgMatilda Pyers' Widow's Pension Claim, p. 1_pubdomMatilda Pyers' U.S. Civil War Widows' Pension Claim, p. 1 (U.S. Civil War Widows' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public 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Aaron Fink's Children, Alpheus and Mary Fink, p. 4_U.S. Civil War Orphans' Files_pubdomGeorge Heft's Roll as Guardian of Corporal Aaron Fink's Children, Alpheus and Mary M. Fink, p. 4 (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fink-aaron_george-hefts-roll-as-guardian-of-alpheus-and-mary-fink-p.-2_u.s.-civil-war-orphans-files_pubdom.jpgGeorge Heft's Roll as Guardian of Corp. Aaron Fink's Children, Alpheus and Mary Fink, p. 3_U.S. Civil War Orphans' Files_pubdomGeorge Heft's Roll as Guardian of Corporal Aaron Fink's Children, Alpheus and Mary M. Fink, p. 3 (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fink-aaron_george-hefts-roll-as-guardian-of-alpheus-and-mary-fink-p.-1_u.s.-civil-war-orphans-files_pubdom.jpgGeorge Heft's Roll as Guardian of Corp. Aaron Fink's Children, Alpheus and Mary Fink, p. 2_U.S. Civil War Orphans' Files_pubdomGeorge Heft's Roll as Guardian of Corporal Aaron Fink's Children, Alpheus and Mary M. Fink, p. 2 (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fink-aaron_george-hefts-orphans-pension-app-as-guardian-of-alpheus-and-mary-fink-p.-1_u.s.-civil-war-orphans-files_pubdom.jpgGeorge Heft's Orphan's Pension Roll as Guardian of Corp. Aaron Fink's Children, Alpheus and Mary Fink, p. 1_U.S. Civil War Orphans' Files_pubdomGeorge Heft's Roll as Guardian of Corporal Aaron Fink's Children, Alpheus and Mary M. Fink, p. 1 (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fink-aaron_george-hefts-appointment-as-guardian-of-alpheus-and-mary-fink-p.-1_u.s.-civil-war-orphans-files_pubdom.jpgGeorge Heft's Appointment as Guardian of Corp. Aaron Fink's Children, Alpheus and Mary Fink_U.S. Civil War Orphans' Files_pubdomGeorge Heft's Appointment as Guardian of Corporal Aaron Fink's Children (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fink-aaron_reissue-of-alpheus-and-marys-orphans-pension-award-p.-2_u.s.-civil-war-orphans-pension-files_pubdom.jpgReissue of Alpheus and Mary Fink's Orphans' Pension Award, p. 2_U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files_pubdomReissue of the U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Award for Corporal Aaron Fink's Children, Alpheus and Mary M. Fink, p. 2 (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fink-aaron_reissue-of-alpheus-and-marys-orphans-pension-award_u.s.-civil-war-orphans-pension-files_pubdom.jpgReissue of Alpheus and Mary Fink's Orphans' Pension Award_U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files_pubdomReissue of the U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Award for Corporal Aaron Fink's Children, Alpheus and Mary M. Fink, p. 1 (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fink-aaron_u.s.-interior-dept.s-1-aug-1867-info-demand-re-3-minor-children_u.s.-civil-war-orphans-pension-files_pubdom.jpgU.S. Interior Dept.'s 1 Aug 1867 Info Demand re Pvt. Aaron Fink's 3 Minor Children_U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files_pubdomU.S. Interior Department's 1 August 1867 Demand for More Information Re: Corporal Aaron Fink's 3 Minor Children (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fink-aaron_alpheus-and-marys-orphans-pension-claim-p.-1_u.s.-civil-war-orphans-pension-files_pubdom.jpgAlpheus and Mary Fink's Orphans' Pension_Initial Claim_U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files_pubdomInitial U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Claim for Corporal Aaron Fink's Children, Alpheus and Mary M. Fink (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fink-aaron_alpheus-and-marys-orphans-pension-award-period-and-amount_u.s.-civil-war-orphans-pension-files_pubdom.jpgFink, Aaron_Alpheus and Mary's Orphans' Pension Award Period and Amount_U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files_pubdomU.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Awards to Corporal Aaron Fink's Children, Alpheus and Mary M. Fink, 20 October 1869 (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).2024-02-04T01:43:42+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/history-of-company-a-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteers/roster-company-a-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/andrews-michael-private/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/northampton-st-easton-pa-1860-pubdomain.jpgNorthampton St., Easton, PA, 1860 (pubdomain)Northampton Street, Easton, Pennsylvania, c. 1860 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/andrews-michael-1864-chalmette-burial-ledger-entry.jpgPrivate Michael Andrews - 1864 Chalmette Burial Ledger EntryThe federal burial ledger for the Chalmette National Cemetery in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana documents the 14 July 1864 death and subsequent Chalmette interment of Private Michael Andrews, Company A, 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. (Image: Public Domain. Click to enlarge.)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/andrew-michael-death-entry-vols-death-ledger.jpgPrivate Michael Andrews - 1864 Death, New OrleansOne brief line in a federal army hospital ledger confirms that Private Michael Andrews died in New Orleans in July 1864 from a disease contracted while serving with Company A, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers. (Image: Public Domain.)2024-02-03T22:38:28+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/history-of-company-a-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteers/roster-company-a-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/andrews-michael-private/michael-andrew-sr-key-u-s-civil-war-pension-records/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/andrew-michael-sr._aaron-godshalks-guardianship-p.-6-u.s.-civil-war-orphans-pension-file_pubdom.jpgAaron Godshalk's Guardianship of Pvt. Michael Andrew, Sr.'s Son, Michael Jr., p. 3, U.S. Civil War Orphan's Pension File_pubdomAaron Godshalk's Guardianship of Private Michael Andrew, Sr.'s Son, Michael Andrew, Jr., p. 3 (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/andrew-michael-sr._aaron-godshalks-guardianship-p.-5-u.s.-civil-war-orphans-pension-file_pubdom.jpgAaron Godshalk's Guardianship of Pvt. Michael Andrew, Sr.'s Son, Michael Jr., p. 2, U.S. Civil War Orphan's Pension File_pubdomAaron Godshalk's Guardianship of Private Michael Andrew, Sr.'s Son, Michael Andrew, Jr., p. 2 (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/andrew-michael-sr._aaron-godshalks-guardianship-p.-4-u.s.-civil-war-orphans-pension-file_pubdom.jpgAaron Godshalk's Guardianship pf Pvt. Michael Andrew, Sr.'s Son, Michael Jr., p. 1, U.S. Civil War Orphan's Pension File_pubdomAaron Godshalk's Guardianship of Private Michael Andrew, Sr.'s Son, Michael Andrew, Jr., p. 1 (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/andrew-michael-sr._aaron-godshalks-guardianship-p.-3-u.s.-civil-war-orphans-pension-file_pubdom.jpgU.S. Civil War Orphan's Pension Award for Pvt. Michael Andrew, Sr.'s Son, Michael, Jr., Cover Sheet_U.S. Civil War Orphan's Pension File_pubdomU.S. Civil War Orphan's Pension File Award for Private Michael Andrew, Sr.'s Son, Michael Andrew, Jr., Cover Sheet (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/andrew-michael-sr._aaron-godshalks-guardianship-p.-2-u.s.-civil-war-orphans-pension-file_pubdom.jpgAaron Godshalk's Guardianship of Pvt. Michael Andrew, Sr.'s Son, Michael Jr., p. 2, U.S. Civil War Orphan's Pension File_pubdomAppointment of Aaron Godshalk as Guardian of Private Michael Andrew, Sr.'s Son, Michael Andrew, Jr., p. 2 (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/andrew-michael-sr._aaron-godshalks-guardianship-u.s.-civil-war-orphans-pension-file_pubdom.jpgAaron Godshalk's Guardianship of Private Michael Andrew, Sr.'s Son, Michael Jr._Appointment_U.S. Civil War Orphan's Pension File_pubdomAppointment of Aaron Godshalk as Guardian of Private Michael Andrew, Sr.'s Son, Michael Andrew, Jr., p. 1 (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/andrew-michael-sr._henry-knechts-affidavit-u.s.-civil-war-orphans-pension-file_pubdom.jpgPvt. Michael Andrew, Sr.'s Marriage and Son's Birth_Henry Knecht's Affidavit, U.S. Civil War Orphan's Pension File_pubdomAttestation of Private Michael Andrew, Sr.'s Marriage and Son's Birth by Henry Knecht (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/andrew-michael-sr._stephen-hellers-affidavit_u.s.-civil-war-orphans-pension-file_pubdom.jpgMarriage and Birth of Child of Pvt. Michael Andrew, Sr._Stephen Heller's Affidavit_U.S. Civil War Orphan's Pension File_pubdomAttestation of Private Michael Andrew, Sr.'s Marriage and Son's Birth by Stephen Heller (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/andrew-michael-sr._rev.-fuchss-affidavit-u.s.-civil-war-orphans-pension-file_pubdom.jpgAttestation of Pvt. Michael Andrew, Sr.'s Marriage by Rev. A. Fuchs, U.S. Civil War Orphan's Pension File_pubdomAttestation by Rev. A. Fuchs of Michael Andrew, Sr.'s Marriage to Sarah Teel (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/andrew-michael-sr._u.s.-surg.-gen.s-certification-of-his-death_pubdom.jpgAndrew, Michael, Sr._U.S. Surg. Gen.'s Certification of His Death_pubdomPrivate Michael Andrew, Sr.'s 1864 Death Certified by the U.S. Surgeon General (U.S. Civil War Orphans' Pension Files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).2024-02-03T09:22:30+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/roster-company-c-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-gardner-brothers-of-wyoming-county-taken-too-soon/jeremiah-and-jasper-b-gardner-key-u-s-civil-war-pension-records/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mary-gardners-pension-paperwork-1879.jpgMary Gardner's Pension Paperwork, 1879Alderman Charles W. Roesler's Petition to U.S. Pension Bureau to Pay Pension Funds Owed to Mary Gardner, 1879 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mary-gardner-dropped-from-widows-pension-rolls-1883.jpgMary Gardner Dropped from Widow's Pension Rolls, 1883U.S. Pension Bureau Drops Mary Gardner from Its Pension Rolls, 1883 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mary-gardners-widows-pension-award-amount.jpgMary Gardner's Widow's Pension Award AmountMary Gardner's Pension Award, Amount Documented (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mary-gardners-claim-for-widows-pension-p.-1.jpgMary Gardner's Claim for Widow's Pension, p. 1_pubdomMary Gardner's Claim for a U.S. Civil War Widow's, Pension, 2 June 1865, p. 1 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mary-gardners-marriage_ministers-attestation.jpgMary Gardner's Marriage_Minister's AttestationMary Gardner's 15 May 1865 Attestation of Her Marriage to Jasper Gardner (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain). https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mary-gardners-marriage-certificate.jpgMary Gardner's Marriage CertificateJasper and Mary Gardner's Marriage Certificate, 1860 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/crop_jasper-gardners-cedar-creek-death-documented-by-daniel-oyster-an-w.-scott-johnston_pubom.jpgMarriage of Mary and Jasper Gardner and Jasper Gardner's Cedar Creek Death documented by Daniel Oyster an W. Scott Johnston_pubomAttestation of Private Jasper Gardner's Death, Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, 19 October 1864 by Captain Daniel Oyster, Company C, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain). https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/gardne1.jpgPvt. Jeremiah Gardner and Family_U.S. Civil War Widow's and Orphans' PensAwards_pubdomU.S. Civil War Pension Awards to Private Jeremiah Gardner's Widow and Children (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/gardne1.pngPvt. Jeremiah Gardner and Widow, Martha_U.S. Civil War Pension Gen. Index Card_pubdomPrivate Jeremiah Gardner and His Widow, Martha (U.S. Civil War Pension Index Card, U.S. National Archives, public domain).2024-02-03T07:32:42+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-d/roster-company-d-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-john-deitzinger-a-victim-of-an-old-camp-complaint/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/crop_deitzinger-john-death-vols-death-ledger_pubdom.jpgPvt. John Deitzinger, Co. D, 47th PA Vols_U.S. Army Death Ledger Entry, 1863_pubdomIn January 1863, a U.S. Army surgeon recorded the death of Private John Deitzinger, Company D, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, at the Union Army's 5th Street General Hospital in Philadelphia (U.S. National Archives, public domain).2024-01-30T00:12:14+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-h/roster-company-h-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/first-sergeant-david-h-smith-keeper-of-the-county-jails-keys/document-gallery-u-s-civil-war-military-paperwork-of-first-sergeant-david-h-smith/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/smith-david-h._goods-1862-promotion-of-smith-to-corporal_pubdom.jpgSmith, David H._Good's 1862 Promotion of Smith to Corporal_pubdomPromotion to Corporal, 21 October 1862 (public domain)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/smith-david-h._gobins-1864-promotion-of-smith-to-1st-sergeant_pubdom.jpgSmith, David H._Gobin's 1864 Promotion of Smith to 1st Sergeant_pubdomPromotion to First Sergeant, 21 April 1865 (public domain)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/smith-david-h._co.-h-47th-pa_1863-reenlistment_pubdom.jpgSmith, David H._Co. H, 47th PA_1863 Reenlistment_pubdomReenlistment Paperwork, Fort Jefferson, Florida, 1863 (public domain)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/smith-david-h._30-day-furlough-extension-1863_pubdom.jpgSmith, David H._30-Day Furlough Extension, 1863_pubdom30-Day Furlough Extension, 1863 (public domain)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/david-h.-smith_co.-h-47th-pa_honorable-dischargepubdom.jpgDavid H. Smith_Co. H, 47th PA_Honorable Discharge+pubdomHonorable Discharge Paperwork, 25 December 1865 (public domain)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/crop_david-h.-smith-u.s.-civil-war-pension-index-card.jpgDavid H. Smith, U.S. Civil War Military Paperwork_pubdomU.S. Civil War Pension General Index Card (public domain)2024-01-27T19:46:49+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-h/roster-company-h-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-comley-idall-from-pleasant-sojourn-to-despair/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/idall-comley-gunshot-death-vols-death-ledger.jpgPrivate Comley Idall, Co. H, 47th PA Vols, Death from Mortal Gunshot Wound (29 Oct 1862, U.S. Registers of Deaths of Volunteers)The death from a mortal gunshot wound of Private Comley Idall, Co. H, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers on 29 October 1862 at Hilton Head, South Carolina was documented by this entry in the U.S. Registers of Deaths of Volunteer Soldiers (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/view-of-lancaster-county-s-by-sw_daniel-rupp_c-1844_pubdomain.pngLancaster County (South by Southwest View, Daniel Rupp, c. 1844, public domain)Daniel Rupp's depiction of Lancaster County, c. 1844 (public domain).2024-01-27T09:53:28+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-h/roster-company-h-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/daniel-k-reeder-a-lost-arm-a-new-life/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/daniel-k-reeder-crop-u-s-civil-war-pension-payment-card-showing-amputation-and-prosthetic-info.jpgDaniel K. Reeder's Civil War Disability (U.S. Veterans Administration Pension Payment Card, c. 1900, public domain)Description of Daniel K. Reeder's Civil War disability (U.S. Veterans Administration pension payment card, c. 1900, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/daniel-k-reeders-corn-sheller_drawing-for-u-s-patent-55362.jpgDaniel K. Reeder's Corn Sheller (illustration, U.S. Patent 55,362, public domain)Daniel K. Reeder's Corn Sheller (illustration, U.S. Patent 55,362, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/reeder-daniel-k-image-_-national-republican-_-1887.jpgDaniel K. Reeder (National Republican, 1 December 1887, public domain)Daniel K. Reeder (National Republican, 1 December 1887, public domain).2024-01-27T09:46:52+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-h/roster-company-h-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/1st-lieutenant-william-w-geety-battling-back-from-a-mortal-head-wound/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/lincolns-funeral-train_view-2-railroad-station-harrisburg-pa-22-apr-1865_pubdomain.jpgLincoln's Funeral Train, Railroad Station, Harrisburg, PA (22 Apr 1865, public domain)Residents of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania at the time of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination, William W. Geety and his family would likely have witnessed the arrival of Lincoln's funeral train at the railroad station there on 22 April 1865 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/william-w-geety-standing-c-1863_pubdomain.jpg1st Lieutenant William W. Geety, Co. H, 47th PA Vols (c. 1863, public domain)1st Lieutenant William W. Geety, Co. H, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (c. 1863, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/w-w-geety_dental-practice_harrisburg-telegraph_14-aug-1857_pubdomain.jpgW.W. Geety, Dental Practice (Harrisburg Telegraph, 14 August 1857, public domain)Advertisement for W.W. Geety's dental practice (Harrisburg Telegraph, 14 August 1857, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/railroad-station-harrisburg-pa-c-1860s-pubdomain.jpgRailroad Station, Harrisburg, PA (c. 1860s, public domain)Railroad Station, Harrisburg, PA (c. 1860s, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/market-square-bw-harrisburg-dauphin-county-pa-c-1860-1875-pubdomain-2.jpgMarket Square, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA (c. 1860-1875, public domain)Market Square, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (c. 1860-1875, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/harrisburg_crop-dauphin-county-pa-1855-pubdomain-2.jpgHarrisburg, Dauphin County, PA (c. 1855, public domain)Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA (c. 1855, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/william-wallace-geety-co-h-47th-pa-vols-c-1864-1865.jpgWilliam Wallace Geety, Co. H, 47th PA Vols, c. 1864 (public domain)William Wallace Geety, 1st Lieutenant, Co. H, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers was commissioned, but not mustered as a captain with the regiment (c. 1863, public domain).2024-01-27T09:42:58+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/related-units/jordan-artillerists/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/maj-william-gausler.jpgMajor William H. Gausler, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (The Penn Germania, 1912)Major William H. Gausler, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers. (Source: The Penn Germania, January 1912, public domain).2024-01-21T09:36:59+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/related-units/allen-rifles/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/allen-rifles_juniatasentinel_24apr1895.jpgAllen Rifles (Juniata Sentinel (24 April 1895)This announcement in the 24 April 1895 Juniata Sentinel helped confirm the status of the Allen Rifles of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania as among the earliest defenders of the Union during the outbreak of the American Civil War.2024-01-21T09:35:43+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-e/roster-company-e-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/huber-david-w-private/2024-01-19T18:17:25+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-e/roster-company-e-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/first-lieutenant-lawrence-bonstine-from-blackened-record-to-u-s-army-post-adjutant/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1st-lt.-lawrence-bonstein-co.-e-47th-pa-vols_seated-c.-1863.jpg1st Lt. Lawrence Bonstein, Co. E, 47th PA Vols_seated, c. 1863_pubdomFirst Lieutenant Lawrence Bonstine, Company E, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa 1863 (public domain).2024-01-19T17:44:00+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/known-resting-places/regimental-memorials-by-city-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/soldiers-monument-heidelberg-union-cemetery/gallery-soldiers-monument-and-regimental-graves-heidelberg-union-cemetery-lehigh-county-pennsylvania/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/lt.-david-k.-fetherolf-47th-pa-gravestone_front-detail-v.-1_heidelberg-union-cemetery-10.21.2023_courtesy-of-julian-burley.jpegLt. David K. Fetherolf, 47th PA, gravestone_front detail, v. 1_Heidelberg Union Cemetery, 10.21.2023_courtesy of Julian BurleyGravestone, First Lieutenant David Fetherolf, Company K, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (Julian Burley).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/lt.-david-k.-fetherolf-47th-pa-grave-plaque-v.-1_heidelberg-union-cemetery-10.21.2023_courtesy-of-julian-burley.jpegLt. David K. Fetherolf, 47th PA, grave plaque, v. 1_Heidelberg Union Cemetery, 10.21.2023_courtesy of Julian BurleyGrave Plaque, First Lieutenant David Fetherolf, Company K, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (Julian Burley).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/lt.-david-k.-fetherolf-47th-pa-grave-obelisk_front-v.-1_heidelberg-union-cemetery-10.21.2023_courtesy-of-julian-burley.jpegLt. David K. 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Root's "The Battle Cry of Freedom," also known as "Rally Round the Flag (public domain).2023-11-13T21:56:02+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/duties-of-the-color-guard/2023-11-13T21:53:59+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-b/roster-company-b-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/second-lieutenant-allen-g-balliet-and-corporal-francis-sanders-from-brothers-in-law-to-battle-buddies/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1880_-_hamilton_street_looking_west_from_center_square-allentown.jpgHamilton Street_Looking west from Center Square, Allentown, PA, 1880_pubdomHamilton Street, looking west from Center Square, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1880 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/chartes-street-new-orleans-louisiana-1864_pubdom.jpgChartes Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1864_pubdomUpper Chartres Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1864 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/crop_balliet-allen-g.-co.-b-c.-1863.jpg2nd Lt. Allen G. Balliet, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, c. 1863_pubdomSecond Lieutenant Allen G. Balliet, Company B, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, circa 1863 (public domain).2023-11-05T01:16:02+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-b/roster-company-b-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/second-lieutenant-allen-g-balliet-and-corporal-francis-sanders-from-brothers-in-law-to-battle-buddies/what-happened-to-the-families-of-allen-g-balliet-and-francis-sanders/2023-11-03T06:35:37+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/captain-john-joseph-goebel-one-shoemakers-steps-to-leadership/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/goebel-26-may-1864-affidavit-for-wetzels-widows-pension-app_p-1_pubdomain.jpgJohn J. Goebel's 26 May 1864 Affidavit Supporting Pension App by Pvt. Wetzel's Widow (exerpt, public domain)John J. Goebel's 26 May 1864 Affidavit Supporting Pension App by Pvt. Wetzel's Widow (exerpt, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/goebel-26-may-1864-affidavit-for-wetzels-widows-pension_excpt-p-2_pubdomain.jpgJohn J. Goebel's 26 May 1864 Affidavit, Pension App of Private Reuben Wetzel (Excerpt, p. 2, public domain)John J. Goebel's 26 May 1864 Affidavit, Pension App of Private Reuben Wetzel (excerpt, p. 2, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/phil-sheridans-ride-to-the-front-october-19-1864_harpers-weekly_5nov1864_loc_pubdomain.jpgUnion General Phil Sheridan's ride to the front, 19 October 1864 (Harper's Weekly, 5 November 1864, Library of Congress, public domain)Union General Phil Sheridan's ride to the front, 19 October 1864 (Harper's Weekly, 5 November 1864, Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/opequan-third-winchester-map.jpgBattle of Opequan (aka Third Winchester), Virginia, 19 September 1864 (public domain)Battle of Opequan (aka Third Winchester), Virginia, 19 September 1864 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sheridans-army-following-early-up-the-shenandoah-valley_alfred-waud_sep1864_loc_pubdomain.jpgSheridan's Army Following Early Up the Shenandoah Valley (Alfred Waud, Sep 1864, Library of Congress, public domain)Sheridan's Army Following Early Up the Shenandoah Valley (Alfred Waud, Sep 1864, Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sheridans-wagon-trains-in-the-valley-early-morning-mist-and-smoke_alfred-waud_oct-1864_loc_pubdomain.jpgSheridans Wagon Trains in the Valley. 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G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Der Lecha Caunty Patriot, 15 November 1864 (public domain).2023-10-31T22:14:45+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/history-of-company-a-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteers/roster-company-a-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-daub-brothers-immigrants-who-fought-to-preserve-americas-union/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/47th-pa-vols_annual-reunion-1930.jpg47th PA Vols_Annual Reunion, 1930https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/alexandria-louisiana_harpers-weekly-20-june-1863-pubdom.jpgalexandria, louisiana_harper's weekly, 20 June 1863, pubdomAlexandria, Louisiana (Harper's Weekly, 20 June 1863, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/crop-daub_co.-a-47th-pa-muster-roll-12.25.1865-p.-1.jpgCrop-Daub_Co. A-47th PA-Muster Roll-12.25.1865, p. 12023-10-31T21:58:54+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-b/roster-company-b-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/sauerwein-thomas-franklin-sergeant/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/crop_lehigh-canal-through-mauch-chunk-pa-1855_james-fuller-queen_usloc-pubdom.jpgLehigh Canal through Mauch Chunk, PA, 1855_James Fuller Queen_USLOC, pubdomCanal boat on the Lehigh Canal as it flowed through Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, 1855 (James Fuller Queen, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2023-10-31T21:50:09+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/history-of-company-a-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteers/roster-company-a-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/eppler-martin-private/2023-10-31T21:21:18+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/history-of-company-a-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteers/roster-company-a-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/breidinger-samuel-private/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/crop_breidinger-samuel-kia-cedar-creek-vols-death-ledger-entry.jpgPvt. Samuel Breidinger, Death Ledger Entry, Cedar Creek (19 October 1864, public domain)A U.S. Army death ledger documented the combat death of Private Samuel Breidinger, Co. A, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia (19 October 1864, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/delaware-and-lehigh-rivers-at-easton-pa-1844_augustus-kollner_usloc_pubdomain.jpgDelaware and Lehigh Rivers at Easton, Pennsylvania, 1844 (Augustus Kollner, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Delaware and Lehigh Rivers at Easton, Pennsylvania, 1844 (Augustus Kollner, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2023-10-31T03:57:00+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/history-of-company-a-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteers/roster-company-a-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-charles-c-detweiler-exhausted-by-a-gunshot-wound/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/headshot_aaron-c-detweiler-md-c-1880s_pubdom-2.jpgAaron C. Detweiler, MD (c. 1880s, public domain)Aaron C. Detweiler, MD (c. 1880s, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/charles-c-detweiler_phiadelphia-death-cert_mar-1865_pubdom.jpgCharles C. Detweiler_Philadelphia Death Cert (March 1865, public domain)Death Certificate for Private Charles C. Detweiler, 12 March 1865, City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/mower-general-hospital-c-1863_public-domain.jpgMower General Hospital, Philadelphia, PA (c. 1863, public domain)U.S. Army's Mower General Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (c. 1863, public domain)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/unidentified-men-repairing-a-road-in-rockland-township-berks-county-pa-c-mid-late-1800s_pubdomain.jpgUnidentified Men Repairing a Road in Rockland Township, Berks County, PA (c. mid-late 1800s, public domain)This mid to late 1800s photo of unidentified men repairing a road in Rockland Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania illustrates the rural nature of the community where Charles C. Detweiler and his siblings were reared (public domain).2023-10-31T03:54:29+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/history-of-company-a-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteers/roster-company-a-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-stephen-j-moyer-faithful-and-genial-to-the-end/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/scranton-pennsylvania-1912_usloc_pubdom.jpgScranton, Pennsylvania, 1912_USLOC_pubdomPanoramic view of Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1912 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/water-street-and-bridge-scranton-pa-c.-1907_usloc_pubdom.jpgWater Street and Bridge, Scranton, PA, c. 1907_USLOC_pubdomWater Street and Bridge, Scranton, Pennsylvania, circa 1907 (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/crop_railyard-scranton-pennsylvania-1900_pubdom.jpgCrop_Railyard, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1900_pubdomRailyard, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1900 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/rail-mills-lackawanna-iron-and-coal-co.-history-of-scranton-and-its-people-vol.-1-1914_pubdom.pngRail Mills, Lackawanna Iron and Coal Co., History of Scranton and Its People, Vol. 1, 1914_pubdomRail Mills, Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company, circa 1878 (Hitchcock, Frederick L., et. al. History of Scranton and Its People, Vol. 1, 1914, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/crop_mary-moyer.jpgMary Moyer, wife of Pvt. Stephen Moyer, Co. A, 47th Pennsylvania (courtesy_Bob Smalser)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/maj.-gen-david-hunter_pubdom.jpgMaj. Gen David Hunter_pubdomMajor-General David Hunter, U.S. Army, circa 1863 (carte de visite, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/barracoon-key-west-fl_harpers-weekly_1860_pubddom.jpgBarracoon, Key West, FL_Harper's Weekly_1860_pubddomSlave Barracoon, Key West, Florida, 1860 (Harper's Weekly, 1860, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sibley-tent_patent-14740-of-teh-united-states-patent-office-april-22-1856_h.h.-sibley_pubdom.gifSibley Tent_Patent #14740 of teh United States Patent Office, April 22, 1856_H.H. Sibley_pubdomSibley Tent (Patent #14740, United States Patent Office, 22 April 1856, H. H. Sibley, public domain). https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/crop_stephen-j.-moyer-c.-1912.jpgStephen J. Moyer, c. 19122023-10-31T03:48:07+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-b/roster-company-b-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-abraham-n-wolf-millwright-and-inventive-genius/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/flour-mill-patent_crop-1882-abraham-n-wolf_pubdomain-2.jpgFlour Mill, U.S. Patent Application Illustration, Abraham N. Wolf (1882, U.S.255,747, public domain)U.S. Patent application illustration for a flour mill, Abraham N. Wolf (1882, U.S.255,747, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/augustus-wolf-1851-1937-brother-of-abraham-n-wolf.jpgAugustus Wolf (1851-1937), brother of Abraham N. Wolf (public domain)Augustus Wolf (1851-1937), brother of Abraham N. Wolf (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/pvt-abraham-nicholas-wolf-c-1861-47th-pa-vols.jpgPvt. Abraham Nicholas Wolf, Co. B, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers,c. 1861 (standing, public domain)Private Abraham Nicholas Wolf, Company B, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, standing with his Mississippi rifle, circa 1861 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/pvt-abrham-nicholas-wolf-c-1861-head.jpgPvt. Abraham Nicholas Wolf, Co. B, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, c. 1861 (head and shoulders, public domain)Pvt. 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PA, pre-1853 Franklin Merger (pubdom)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/home-of-william-wesselhoeft-md-and-site-of-early-homeopathic-hospital-and-school-chestnut-st-bath-northampton-co-pa-c-1828-1835.jpgHome of William Wesselhoeft, MD, Early Homeopathic School, Chestnut St, Bath, Northampton Co., PA, c. 1828-1835, pubdomThe home of William Wesselhoeft, MD, site of an early homeopathic hospital and school, was located on Chestnut Street in Bath, Northampton County, Pennsylvania (c. 1828-1835, public domain).2023-10-30T21:08:06+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-k/roster-company-k-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-gottlieb-fiesel-jousting-with-the-reaper/2023-10-30T19:07:43+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-k/roster-company-k-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/captain-johann-george-junker-founder-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteer-infantrys-all-german-company/what-happened-to-the-family-of-captain-george-junker/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/kate-junkers-remarriage.jpgKate Junker's Remarriage, U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension File_1865_NARA_pubdomU.S. Civil War Widow's Pension file tracking document for Anna Catharina Wilhelmina (Soldan Junker) Rosenstock, confirming the termination of the widow's pension she had been awarded due to the death of first husband, George Junker. Her pension was terminated, following her remarriage to Jacob Rosenstock (U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension files, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain).2023-10-30T00:24:42+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-h/roster-company-h-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/dependable-men-the-gardner-brothers-of-perry-county-pennsylvania-part-one/dependable-men-the-gardner-brothers-of-perry-county-pennsylvania-part-two/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/flour-mill-second-street-stillwater-mn-c.-1875_james-sinclair_pubdom.jpgFlour Mill, Second Street, Stillwater, MN, c. 1875_James Sinclair_pubdomFlour mill, Second Street, Stillwater, Minnesota, circa 1870s (James Sinclair, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/front-street-seattle-wa-c.-1890_pubdom.jpgFront Street, Seattle, WA, c. 1890_pubdomCable Car, Front Street, Seattle, Washington, circa 1890 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/seattle_-_first_ave_from_postoffice_-_1900_pubdom.jpgFirst Ave., Seattle, WA_view from post office, c. 1900_pubdomFirst Street in Seattle, Washington, as viewed from the post office, circa 1900 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/reading-pennsylvania-looking-east-c.-1905_pubdom.jpgReading, Pennsylvania Looking East, c. 1905_pubdomReading, Pennsylvania, circa 1900-1905 (looking east, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/rockville-bridge-harrisburg-burgess-centennial-history-of-the-pennsylvania-railroad-company-1846-1946-p.-50_pubdom.jpgRockville Bridge, Harrisburg, Burgess, Centennial history of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1846-1946, p. 50_pubdomTrain heading for the Rockville Bridge, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, circa 1860s (Burgess and Kennedy, Centennial History of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1846-1946, p. 50).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/crop_reuben-s.-gardner-sep-1902-obit-illustration-the-seattle-post-intelligencer-seattle-wa.jpgReuben S. Gardner, Sep 1902, obit illustration, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, WAReuben S. Gardner, circa 1902 (The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 1902, public domain).2023-10-19T09:05:10+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/key-battles-transports-and-duty-stations/official-battle-reports/4563-2/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/colonel-tilghman-h-good-commanding-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-public-domain.jpgColonel Tilghman H. Good, Commanding, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (public domain)Colonel Tilghman H. Good, Commanding Officer, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (public domain).2023-10-17T06:56:24+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/regimental-band/roster-regimental-band-47th-pennsylvania/coates-thomas-bandmaster-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-and-professor/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/thomas-coates-2.jpgThomas Coates, Regimental Band Leader, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (August 1861-September 1862)Professor Thomas Coates, the "Father of Band Music in America", led the Regimental Band, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry from August 1861 to September 1862. 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Wharton's Letter from Natchitoches, LA 5 April 1864 (Sunbury American, 7 May 1864)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/hdw_grand-ecore-la-pt-1_12-april-1864_sunam-7-may-1864.jpgHenry D. Wharton's Letter from Grand Ecore, LA pt. 1 (Sunbury American, 7 May 1864)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sunbury-american-editor-mentions-jeremiah-haas-red-river-campaign-death_7-may-1864.jpgSunbury American Editor's Intro to Two Letters from Henry D. Wharton re: 47th Pennsylvanians Wounded or KIA (7 May 1864, public domain).Above: Sunbury American Editor's Intro to Two Letters from Henry D. Wharton re: 47th Pennsylvanians Wounded or KIA. Below: Opening paragraphs of Henry Wharton's letters about the early days of the Red River Campaign (Sunbury American, 7 May 1864, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/good-tilghman_address-to-47th-upon-his-resignation-pt2_hdw_14nov1864_sunam26nov1864.jpgGood, Tilghman_Address to 47th Upon His Resignation-pt2_HDW_14Nov1864_SunAm26Nov1864https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/good-tilghman_address-to-47th-upon-his-resignation-pt1_hdw_14nov1864_sunam26nov1864.jpgGood, Tilghman_Address to 47th Upon His Resignation-pt1_HDW_14Nov1864_SunAm26Nov1864https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/good-tilghman-resignation_hdw_14nov1864-electionsplusgrubbsdeathplusgoodsdeparture-address_pt1_sunam26nov1864.jpgHenry D. 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John Helfrich to Parents, 18 Nov 1863, p. 1_courtesy of Colin Cofieldhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/9-14-1863-pg-1.jpgLetter from Sgt. John Helfrich to Parents, 14 Sep 1863, p 1_courtesy of Colin Cofieldhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/5-10-1863-pg-1.jpgLetter from Sgt. John Helfrich to Parents, 10 May 1863_courtesy of Colin Cofieldhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/3-22-1863-sgt-jg-helfrich-to-brother-sgt-reuben-helfric1024_1.jpgLetter from Sgt. John Helfrich to Brother, Reuben, 22 March 1863, p. 1_courtesy of Colin Cofield)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2-23-1863-pg-11024_1.jpgLetter from Sgt. Joh Helfrich to Parents, 23 Feb 1863, p. 1_courtesy of Colin Cofieldhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2-1-1863-pg-1.jpgLetter from Sgt. 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(public domain).2021-08-22T00:43:07+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/history-of-company-a-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteers/roster-company-a-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/bills-david-k-private/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/bills-david-k-gravestone-photo_courtesy-of-wendy-hockenberry_apr2016_pubdomain.jpgDavid K. Bills (Gravestone, photo courtesy of Wendy Hockenberry, April 2016)Military headstone of David K. Bills, Dayton National Cemetery, Ohio (April 2016, used with permission of Wendy Hockenberry).2021-08-05T23:11:03+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2020/02/14/his-first-name-was-presto-a-black-history-month-mystery/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/crop-geddis-brister_freedmens-bureau-indenture-apprenticeship-contract_12feb1868_berkeley-sc.jpgGeddis, Brister_Freedmen's Bureau Indenture-Apprenticeship Contract_12Feb1868_Berkeley, SC_pubdomList showing"Brister Geddis," et. al. on an 1868 Freedmen's Bureau contract with the Whitehouse Plantation in South Carolina (public domain; double click to enlarge).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/garris-presto-us-civil-war-pension-index.jpgGarris, Presto - US Civil War Pension Index Card_pubdomPossible name variants for an African American member of the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, U.S. Civil War General Pension Index Cards (National Archives, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/garris-presto_civil-war-vets-card-file-p.-1_pubdom.jpgGarris, Presto_Civil War Vets' Card File, p. 1_pubdomListing for "Presto Garris," Company F, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866, Pennsylvania State Archives (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/garris-prest0_47thpavols_bates-history-of-pa-vols.pngGarris, Presto_47thPAVols_Bates' History of PA Vols_pubdomRoster entry for "Presto Garris," Company F, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Bates History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, Vol. 1, 1869 (public domain),2020-05-28T18:03:29+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/letters-home/the-scribes-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/sergeant-john-gross-helfrich-yearning-for-peace-while-fighting-for-country-cause-and-honor/john-g-helfrichs-civil-war-letters-pennsylvania-volunteers-47th-regiment-january-1862-spring-1864/transcripts-1862-john-gross-helfrichs-civil-war-letters-pennsylvania-volunteers-47th-regiment-january-1862-spring-1864/2020-05-20T20:10:47+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/the-leisenring-family-leading-by-example/anna-weiser-leisenring-an-american-woman-who-was-so-much-more-than-just-a-civil-war-veterans-wife/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/crop_sacred-heart-hospital-allentown-pa-1937_pubdom.jpgCrop_Sacred Heart Hospital, Allentown, PA, 1937_pubdomSacred Heart Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1937 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/annie-weiser-leisenring-1916_pubdom.jpgAnnie E. Weiser Leisenring, 1916_pubdom2020-05-11T14:14:51+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/letters-home/the-scribes-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/henry-d-wharton-journalist-soldier-and-public-servant/henry-d-whartons-civil-war-letters-pennsylvania-volunteers-47th-regiment-sunbury-guards-september-1861-december-1865/henry-d-whartons-civil-war-letters-pennsylvania-volunteers-47th-regiment-1862/transcripts-1862-henry-d-whartons-civil-war-letters-pennsylvania-volunteers-47th-regiment-sunbury-guards-september-1861-october-1865/2020-01-21T20:33:40+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/key-battles-transports-and-duty-stations/official-battle-reports/4556-2/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/john-milton-brannan-u-s-army_pubdomain.jpgJohn Milton Brannan, U.S. Army (public domain)Brigadier-General John Milton Brannan, U.S. Army (public domain).2019-02-28T18:15:16+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2016/06/06/47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-one-civil-war-regiments-story-receives-grant-support-to-digitize-historic-civil-war-era-photographs/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/w-d-c-rodrock_fort-jefferson_1-dec-1863.jpgWilliam DeWitt Clinton Rodrock, Chaplain, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (Fort Jefferson, 1 December 1863, public domain)William DeWitt Clinton Rodrock, Chaplain, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (Fort Jefferson, 1 December 1863, public domain).2019-01-15T01:32:41+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/captain-charles-mickley-war-the-chase-and-liberty/the-mickleys-of-lehigh-county-a-civil-war-era-family-mourns-and-endures/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/liberty-bell-line_lehigh-valley-transit-co-_c-1938_8th-and-hamilton_allentown.jpgLiberty Bell Line, Lehigh Valley Transit Co., 8th and Hamilton, Allentown (c. 1938)Liberty Bell Line, 8th and Hamilton, Lehigh Valley Transit Co., Allentown (circa 1938, public domain)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/allentown-pennsylvania_c-1865_pub-dom.jpgAllentown, Pennsylvania_c. 1865_pub domAllentown, Pennsylvania (circa 1865, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/allentown-central-fire-and-police-station_c-1900_public-domain.jpgAllentown Central Fire-Police Department, c. 1900Allentown Central Fire-Police Department heaquarters, c. 1900 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/a-promoter-of-diphtheria_pittsburgh-dispatch_8-sep-1889.jpgA Promoter of Diphtheria (Pittsburgh Dispatch, 8 Sep 1889)Source: Pittsburgh Dispatch, 8 Sep 1889 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mickey-charles-kia-pocotaligo-vols-death-ledger1.jpgMickey, Charles - KIA Pocotaligo - Vols Death Ledgerhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mickey-charles-kia-pocotaligo-vols-death-ledger.jpg47th Pennsylvania Volunteers' Deaths - Pocotaligo, South Carolina (Oct 1862)The deaths of Captain Charles Mickley, commanding officer of Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers and his soldiers during and after the Battle of Pocotaligo, South Carolina (21-23 October 1862) were recorded in this Union Army death ledger (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/allentown-center-sq-and-7th-street-looking-north_1876_pubdom.jpgCity of Allentown, Pennsylvania (Center Square and 7th Street, 1876)Center Square at 7th Street (Allen House Hotel at right; Allentown Bank and Board of Trade, looking north, top), Allentown, Pennsylvania 1876 (public domain).2019-01-05T18:11:28+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/key-battles-transports-and-duty-stations/official-battle-reports/union-major-general-nathaniel-p-banks-excerpts-official-red-river-campaign-report/2018-11-28T00:05:47+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/key-battles-transports-and-duty-stations/official-battle-reports/report-of-brigadier-general-alfred-h-terry-commanding-2nd-brigade-u-s-tenth-army-corps-battle-of-pocotaligo-south-carolina-3-november-1862/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/brigadier-general-alfred-h-terry-u-s-army-c-late-1860s-public-domain.jpgBrigadier-General Alfred H. Terry, U.S. Army (c. late 1860s, public domain)Brigadier-General Alfred H. Terry, U.S. Army (c. late 1860s, public domain).2018-11-27T23:51:00+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/key-battles-transports-and-duty-stations/official-battle-reports/4589-2/2018-11-27T23:46:47+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/key-battles-transports-and-duty-stations/official-battle-reports/reports-by-brigadier-general-joseph-finegan-commanding-confederate-states-army-department-of-middle-and-east-florida-and-lieutenant-colonel-charles-f-hopkins-confederate-states-army-and-related-c/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/brigadier-general-joseph-finegan-cs-army-c-1861-1865-loc-public-domain.jpgBrigadier-General Joseph Finegan, CS Army, c. 1861-1865, (Library of Congress, public domain)Brigadier-General Joseph Finegan, CS Army, c. 1861-1865, (Library of Congress, public domain).2018-11-27T23:44:16+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/key-battles-transports-and-duty-stations/official-battle-reports/report-of-lieutenant-george-w-bacon-aide-de-camp-capture-of-confederate-steamer-governor-milton-30-december-1862/2018-11-27T23:40:59+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/key-battles-transports-and-duty-stations/official-battle-reports/report-of-2nd-lieutenant-franklin-e-town-42nd-new-york-volunteers-and-acting-signal-officer-recapture-of-jacksonville-florida-13-october-1862/2018-11-27T23:39:40+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/key-battles-transports-and-duty-stations/official-battle-reports/report-of-1st-lieutenant-george-h-hill-55th-pennsylvania-volunteers-and-acting-signal-officer-saint-johns-river-expedition-florida-and-battle-of-pocotaligo-south-carolina-1-november-1862/2018-11-27T23:37:25+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/key-battles-transports-and-duty-stations/official-battle-reports/report-of-major-general-george-b-mcclellan-upon-the-organization-of-the-army-of-the-potomac-and-its-campaigns-in-virginia-and-maryland-excerpt-from-the-1863-report-covering-the-period-of-1861-1862/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/union-troop-strength-apr-jul-1862_mcclellans-1863-report.jpgUnion Troop Strength, Apr-Jul 1862_McClellan's 1863 ReportUnion Troop Strength, April-July 1862 (Major-General George McClellan's 1863 Report on the Organization of the Army of the Potomac, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/union-troop-strength-dec-1861-mar-1862_mcclellans-1863-report.jpgUnion Troop Strength, Dec 1861-Mar 1862_McClellan's 1863 ReportUnion Army Troop Strength, December 1861-March 1862 (Major General George McClellan's 1863 Report on the Organization of the Army of the Potomac, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/crop_general-george-b-mcclellan-1861_matthew-brady_usloc_pubdomain-2.jpgMajor General George B. McClellan, 1861 (Matthew Brady, USLOC, public domain)Major General George B. McClellan, Commanding Officer, U.S. Army of the Potomac, 1861 (Matthew Brady, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2018-11-27T23:27:54+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2016/05/29/blest-be-the-tie-that-binds-putting-aside-differences-to-become-one-nation-indivisible-on-memorial-day/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/memorial-day-headline-ottumwa-courier-31-may-1900.jpgMemorial Day Headline, Ottumwa Courier, 31 May 1900 (public domain)Memorial Day Headline, Ottumwa Courier, 31 May 1900 (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/memorial-day-planning-headline-ottumwa-courier-9-may-1901.jpgMemorial Day Planning Headline, Ottumwa Courier, 9 May 1901 (public domain).Memorial Day Planning Headline, Ottumwa Courier, 9 May 1901 (public domain).2018-11-19T16:59:54+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2017/06/04/faces-of-the-47th-project-honors-history-making-civil-war-soldiers-from-pennsylvania/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/joseph-eugene-walter-c-1863-pub-domain.jpgJoseph Eugene Walter, Regimental Band, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, c. 1861Joseph Eugene Walter, Regimental Band, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, c. 1861.https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/william-wallace-geety-co-h-47th-pa-vols-c-1864-1865.jpg1st Lt. William Wallace Geety, Co. H, 47th PA Vols, c. 1864-1865First Lieutenant William Wallace Geety, Co. H, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, c. 1864-1865.2018-11-19T16:25:24+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/religion-and-spirituality/chaplain-william-dewitt-clinton-rodrocks-civil-war-letters-and-reports-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-1862-1865/2018-11-11T17:46:57+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-i/roster-company-i-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-william-ellis-the-first-member-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-to-die-in-south-carolina/the-ellis-family-survivors-in-a-world-of-truth-and-sorrow/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/philadelphia-general-hospital-c-1910_philadelphia-general-hospital-photo-collection-courtesy-penn-libraries.jpgPhiladelphia General Hospital, c. 1910_Philadelphia General Hospital Photo Collection, courtesy Penn LibrariesPhiladelphia General Hospital. c. 1910 (Philadelphia General Hospital Photo Collection, courtesy Penn Libraries).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/excerpt_pauline-ellis-drums-civil-war-pension-jacket-showing-rummeler-surname-c-1912_pubdom.jpgExcerpt_Pauline Ellis Drum's Civil War Pension Jacket Showing Rummeler Surname c. 1912_pubdomExcerpt of Pauline Ellis Drum's Civil War Widow's Pension jacket showing her corrected remarriage surname spelling as "Rummeler" (c. 1912, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/excerpt_pauline-ellis-drums-jun-1864-testimony-to-prothonotary-lehigh-co-court-of-common-pleas.jpgExcerpt_Pauline Ellis Drum's Jun 1864 Testimony to Prothonotary, Lehigh Co. Court of Common Pleas_pubdomExcerpt of June 1864 testimony by "Pauline Ellis Drum" to the Prothonotary, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas that she was the widow of Private William Ellis, Company I, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, and mother of two of his daughters, Sarah and Susan (public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/excerpt_1912-letter-from-pauline-ellis-to-u-s-govt-re-husbands-cholera-glorbus-death_pubdom.jpgExcerpt_1912 Letter from Pauline Ellis to U.S. Govt re Husband's Cholera Glorbus Death_pubdomExcerpt of 1912 letter from Pauline Ellis to the U.S. Government regarding her first husband's death while in service during the U.S. Civil War from Cholera Glorbus (p. 1, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/excerpt_1853-marriage-ledger-page_ellis-william-and-halbeck-pauline_lehigh-co-pa-_pubdom.jpgExcerpt_1853 Marriage Ledger Page_Ellis, William and Halbeck, Pauline_Lehigh Co., PA_pubdomExcerpt of 1853 Lehigh County, Pennsylvania marriage ledger page documenting the marriage of William Ellis and Pauline Halbeck (see right column, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/excerpt_letter-from-william-ellis-wife-pauline-to-u-s-govt_p-2_1912_pubdom.jpgExcerpt_Letter from William Ellis' Wife, Pauline, to U.S. Govt (p. 2, 1912, public domain)Excerpt of 1912 letter from Pauline Ellis Rummeler, widow of Private William Ellis, Company I, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, to U.S. Government requesting restoration of her Civil War Widow's Pension (p. 2, public domain).2018-03-18T22:19:48+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-i/roster-company-i-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-william-ellis-the-first-member-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-to-die-in-south-carolina/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ellis-william-pa-vets-burial-card.jpgPrivate William Ellis, Co. I, 47th PA Volunteers, PA Vets' Burial Card (public domain)Pennsylvania Veterans' Burial Index Card for Private William Ellis, Co. I, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/crop_ellis-william-and-zeppenfeldt-henry_u-s-burial-ledger-entries_beaufort-sc_1862.jpgPrivate William Ellis, Initial Interment, Beaufort, SC, August 1862 (U.S. Army Burial Ledger, public domain)Private William Ellis, Initial Interment, Beaufort, SC, August 1862 (U.S. Army Burial Ledger, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/coleman-ellis-letter-p-1_crop.jpgLetter from Capt. Coleman Keck to Paulina Ellis, Notifying Her of Husband William's Death on 1 Aug 1862 (U.S. Civil War Pension Files, public domain).Excerpt of letter from Capt. Coleman Keck, commanding officer, Company I, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, to Paulina Ellis, Notifying Her of Husband William's Death on 1 August 1862 (U.S. Civil War Pension Files, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ellis-william_1-aug-1862-death_registers-of-deaths-of-u-s-volunteers.jpgPrivate William Ellis, Co. I, 47th PA Volunteers, Death, 1 Aug 1862 (Registers of Deaths of U.S. Volunteers, public domain)Private William Ellis, Co. I, 47th PA Volunteers, Death, 1 Aug 1862 (Registers of Deaths of U.S. Volunteers, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/crop_bay-street-looking-w_beaufort-sc_c-1862_sam-a-cooley_loc_pubdomain-2.jpgBay Street Looking West, Beaufort, South Carolina, c. 1862 (Sam A. Cooley, 10th Army Corps, photographer, public domain)Bay Street Looking West, Beaufort, South Carolina, circa 1862 (Sam A. Cooley, 10th Army Corps, photographer, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/the-embarkation-the-london-illustrated-6-july-1850.pngThe Embarkation, The London Illustrated, 6 July 1850 (public domain).While the exact year and point of emigration are not yet known for William Ellis, it is likely he witnessed a scene much like the one depicted in The Embarkation, The London Illustrated, 6 July 1850 (public domain).2018-03-18T04:36:22+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/religion-and-spirituality/chaplain-william-dewitt-clinton-rodrocks-civil-war-letters-and-reports-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-1862-1865/chaplain-william-dewitt-clinton-rodrocks-civil-war-letters-and-reports-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-1864/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/rodrock-31-dec-1864-report-to-brig-gen-l-thomas-u-s-adj-gen-p-3-nara-pubdom.jpgW.D.C. Rodrock's 31 Dec 1864 Chaplain's Report to Brig. Gen. L. Thomas, U.S. Adj. Gen., p. 3, NARA, pubdomhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/rodrock-31-dec-1864-report-to-brig-gen-l-thomas-u-s-adj-gen-p-2_nara_pubdom.jpgW.D.C. Rodrock's 31 Dec 1864 Chaplain's Report to Brig. Gen. L. Thomas, U.S. Adj. Gen., p. 2_NARA_pubdomhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/rodrock-31-dec-1864-report-to-brig-gen-l-thomas-u-s-adj-gen-p-1_nara_pubdom.jpgW.D.C. Rodrock's 31 Dec 1864 Chaplain's Report to Brig. Gen. L. Thomas, U.S. Adj. Gen., p. 1_NARA_pubdom2018-03-12T20:56:29+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/key-battles-transports-and-duty-stations/official-battle-reports/report-of-colonel-richard-white-commanding-55th-pennsylvania-volunteers-battle-of-pocotaligo-south-carolina-26-october-1862/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/col-richard-white-commanding-55th-pa-vols_c-1861-1865_pubdomain-2.jpgCol. Richard White, Commanding, 55th Pennsylvania Volunteers (c. 1861-1865, public domain)Col. Richard White, Commanding, 55th Pennsylvania Volunteers (c. 1861-1865, public domain).2018-01-15T06:52:55+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/key-battles-transports-and-duty-stations/official-battle-reports/report-of-colonel-louis-bell-commanding-4th-new-hampshire-volunteers-battle-of-pocotaligo-south-carolina-24-october-1862/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/col-louis-bell-4th-new-hampshire-vols_c-1861-1865_pubdomain.jpgCol. Louis Bell, Commanding, 4th New Hampshire Volunteers (c. 1861-1865, public domain)Col. Louis Bell, Commanding, 4th New Hampshire Volunteers (c. 1861-1865, public domain).2018-01-15T06:51:58+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/key-battles-transports-and-duty-stations/official-battle-reports/reports-of-tilghman-h-good-acting-brigade-commander-and-colonel-commanding-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-24-25-october-1862/2018-01-15T06:49:57+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-hiram-brobst-a-dentist-consumed-by-fate/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/allentown-fire-department_c-late-1800s-early-1900s.gifAllentown Fire Department (c. late 1800s-early 1900s,public domain)Allentown Fire Department (c. late 1800s-early 1900s,public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/description-of-pvt-hiram-brobsts-illness-and-death__u-s-civil-war-widows-pension-file.jpgDescription of Pvt. Hiram Brobst's Illness and Death (U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension File,public domain)Description of Pvt. Hiram Brobst's Illness and Death (U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension File, c. 1868, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/hiram-brobst_dental-office-ad_der-lecha-caunty-patriot_18-april-1850_pubdomain.jpgHiram Brobst's Dental Office Advertisement (Der Lecha Caunty Patriot, 18 April 1850, public domain)Hiram Brobst's Dental Office Advertisement (Der Lecha Caunty Patriot, 18 April 1850, public domain).2017-11-20T18:24:39+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/47th-pennsylvania-militia-emergency-of-1863/6351-2/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/elisha-hoffman_pa-civil-war-vets-card-file-entry_47th-pa-militia_18631.jpgElisha Hoffman, PA Civil War Vets' Card File Entry (47th PA Militia, 1863)Elisha A. Hoffman, 47th Pennsylvania Militia service (Civil War Veterans’ Card File entry, Pennsylvania State Archives; public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hoffman-elisha-albright_pubdomain.jpgElisha Albright Hoffman (c. 1920s, public domain)Elisha Albright Hoffman (c. 1920s, public domain).2017-10-21T13:00:42+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2017/08/29/the-shenandoah-valley-viewed-from-the-maryland-heights-contemplating-1864s-gathering-storm/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/shenandoah-valley-from-maryland-heights_notesp-2_alfred-waud_1864_usloc-pubdomain2.jpgShenandoah Valley from Maryland Heights (Alfred Waud's Notes, p. 2, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Shenandoah Valley from Maryland Heights (Alfred Waud's Notes, p. 2, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/shenandoah-valley-from-maryland-heights_notesp-1_alfred-waud_1864_usloc-pubdomain2.jpgShenandoah Valley from Maryland Heights (Alfred Waud's Notes, p. 1, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Shenandoah Valley from Maryland Heights (Alfred Waud's Notes, p. 1, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/shenandoah-valley-from-maryland-heights_crop_alfred-waud_1864_usloc-pubdomain-2.jpgShenandoah Valley from Maryland Heights (Alfred Waud, 1864, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain)Shenandoah Valley from Maryland Heights (Alfred R. Waud, 1864, U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/alfred-waud-sitting-in-the-devils-den-following-the-battle-of-gettysburg-timothy-h-osulivan-1863-public-domain.jpgAlfred Waud Sitting in the Devil's Den Following the Battle of Gettysburg, Timothy H. O'Sullivan, 1863, public domainAlfred Waud sitting in the Devil's Den in July 1863, following the Battle of Gettysburg (Timothy H. O'Sullivan, 1863, public domain).2017-08-29T22:59:53+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/letters-home/the-scribes-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/henry-d-wharton-journalist-soldier-and-public-servant/henry-d-whartons-civil-war-letters-pennsylvania-volunteers-47th-regiment-sunbury-guards-september-1861-december-1865/henry-d-whartons-civil-war-letters-1863-pennsylvania-volunteers-47th-regiment/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/hdw_23aug1863pt1_thanksgiving_sunam5sep18631.jpgHenry D. Wharton's Letter Home, 23 August 1863, part 1, Thanksgiving (Sunbury American, 5 September 1863)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/hdw_23aug1863pt1_thanksgiving_sunam5sep1863.jpgHenry D. Wharton's Letter Home, 23 August 1863. part 1, Thanksgiving (Sunbury American, 5 September 1863)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/hdw_3may1863pt1_sunam30may1863.jpgHenry D. Wharton's Letter Home, 3 May 1863, part 1 (Sunbuy American, 30 May 1863)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/hdw_3may1863pt2_sunam30may1863.jpgHenry D. Wharton's Letter Home, 3 May 1863, part 2 (Sunbury American, 30 May 1863)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/hdw_3may1863pt3_sunam30may1863.jpgHenry D. Wharton's Letter Home, 3 May 1863, part 3 (Sunbury American, 30 May1863)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/hdw_2mar1863pt1_sunam21mar1863.jpgHenry D. Wharton's Letter Home, 2 March 1863, part 1 (Sunbury American, 21 March 1863)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/hdw_11feb1863pt1_sunam7march1863.jpgHenry D. Wharton's Letter Home, 11 February 1863, part 1 (Sunbury American, 7 March 1863)2017-07-20T23:41:32+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/letters-home/the-scribes-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/henry-d-wharton-journalist-soldier-and-public-servant/henry-d-whartons-civil-war-letters-pennsylvania-volunteers-47th-regiment-sunbury-guards-september-1861-december-1865/henry-d-whartons-civil-war-letters-pennsylvania-volunteers-47th-regiment-1862/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/hdw_brannans-departurept1_21dec1862_sunam10jan1863.jpgBrig. Gen. Brannan's Departure from Fort Taylor, Pt. 2 (Henry D. Wharton Letter, 21 Dec 1862 in Sunbury American,10 Jan1863)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/hdw_brannans-departurept2_21dec1862_sunam10jan1863.jpgBrig. Gen. Brannan's Departure from Fort Taylor, Pt. 1 (Henry D. Wharton Letter, 21 Dec 1862 in Sunbury American,10 Jan1863)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/hdw_deathofcharlesnolf_pt1_coi_16june1862_sunam_5july1862.jpgDeath of Charles Nolf, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, I Co. (recounted by Henry D. Wharton 16 June 1862 for Sunbury American, 5 July 1862)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/hdw_campbrannan-keywest_pt1_19apr1862_sunam_3may1862.jpgHenry D. Wharton, Letter from Camp Brannan, Key West, Florida, 19 Apr 1862 (Sunbury Amerian, 3 May 1862)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/hdw_campbrannan-keywest_pt2_19apr1862_sunam_3may1862.jpgHenry D. Wharton, Camp Brannan Letter, Key West, Florida, 19 Apr 1862-part 2 (Sunbury American 3 May 1862)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/hdw_campbrannan-keywest_16feb1862_sunam_15mar-1862.jpgHDW_CampBrannan-KeyWest_16Feb1862_SunAm_15Mar 1862https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/hdw_47thbandconcert-celeb_26feb1862_sunam_15-mar-1862.jpg47th Regimental Band Concert and Other Key West Activities Feb 1862 (Henry D. Wharton, Sunbury American, 15 March 1862)2017-07-20T23:40:29+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/letters-home/the-scribes-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/henry-d-wharton-journalist-soldier-and-public-servant/henry-d-whartons-civil-war-letters-pennsylvania-volunteers-47th-regiment-sunbury-guards-september-1861-december-1865/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/hdw_camgriffin_grandreviewrecap_26nov1861_sunam7dec1861_excerpt.jpgHenry Wharton's Grand Review Recap 26 Nov 1861, Sunbury American, 7 Dec 1861https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/hdw_campgriffin_17nov1861_sunam_23nov1861_letterexcerpt.jpgHenry Wharton's Camp Griffin, VA Letter 17 Nov 1861, Sunbury American, 23 Nov 1861https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/hdw_campchestnut_13oct1861_sunam19oct1861_excerpt.jpgHenry Wharton's Camp Chestnut, VA Letter 13 Oct 1861, Sunbury American, 19 October 1861https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/hdw_advanceltr_29sep1861_sunam12oct1861_letterexcerpt.jpgHDW_AdvanceLtr_29Sep1861_SunAm12Oct1861_LetterExcerpt47th Pennsylvanian Henry Wharton described the "whopper" of a rainstorm endured by his regiment (Sunbury American, 29 September 1861, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/hdw_advanceltrendplusupdate_29sep1861_sunam12oct1861.jpgHenry Wharton Camp Advance Letter 29 Sep 1861, Sunbury American, 2 Oct 1861https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/hdw_kalorama_22sep1861_sunam28sep1861.jpgHenry Wharton's Camp Kalorama Letter 22 Sep 1861, Sunbury American, 28 Sep 1861https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/hdw_cocroster1-pt3-gobin-and-j-boultonyoung_10sep1861_sunam_14sep1861.jpgHenry Wharton's 10 Sep 1861 Letter with Co. C Roster (pt 3), Sunbury American 14 Sep 1861https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/hdw_cocroster1-pt1_10sep1861_sunam_14sep18611.jpgHDW_CoCRoster1-pt1_10Sep1861_SunAm_14Sep1861https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/hdw_cocroster1-pt2_10sep1861_sunam_14sep1861.jpgHenry D. Wharton's 10 Sep 1861 Letter (pts 1 and 2), Co. C Roster, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers (Sunbury American, 14 Sep 1861)2017-07-20T23:39:34+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2014/08/04/battle-flags-47th-regiment-pennsylvania-volunteer-infantry/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/second-state-color-47th-pa-volunteers.pngSecond State Color - 47th PA VolunteersSecond State Color, 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Presented to the Regiment, Spring 1865; documents the Regiment's major engagements. Source: Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee (1985.058. State Color, Horstmann Brothers and Company, v1p127).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/first-state-color-47th-pa-volunteers.pngFirst State Color - 47th PA VolunteersFirst State Color, 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Presented to the Regiment by Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtin on 20 September 1861. Retired 11 May 1865. Source: Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee (1985.057, State Color, Evans and Hassall, v1p126).2016-09-05T17:11:46+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2014/05/25/12/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/battle-of-opequan_loc3.jpgBattle of Opequan_LOCPhilip Sheridan’s Union army defeating Jubal Early’s Confederate force (Kurz & Allison, circa 1893; U.S. Library of Congress, public domain).2016-09-05T17:04:09+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/key-battles-transports-and-duty-stations/official-battle-reports/baileys-dam-construction-report-lieutenant-colonel-joseph-bailey-17-may-1864/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/brigadier-general-joseph-bailey-c-1865-public-domain.jpgBrigadier-General Joseph Bailey, c. 1865 (public domain)Brigadier-General Joseph Bailey, c. 1865 (public domain).2016-05-13T01:32:44+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-g/roster-company-g-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/private-alpheus-dech-from-soap-boiler-to-soldier/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/deck-alfred-1864-interment-at-chalmette.jpgPivate Alfred Dech, Co. G, 47th PA Volunteers, June 1864 Interment at Chalmette National Cemetery, Louisiana (Chalmette National Cemetery Burial Ledger, public domain).Private Alfred Dech, Company G, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, June 1864 Interment at Chalmette National Cemetery, Louisiana (Chalmette National Cemetery Burial Ledger, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dech-alfred-1864-death-in-louisiana-reg-of-vols-deaths.jpgDeath of Private Alfred Dech, 3 June 1864, New Orleans, Louisiana (Registers of Deaths of U.S. Volunteer Soldiers, public domain).Death of Private Alfred Dech, 3 June 1864, New Orleans, Louisiana (Registers of Deaths of U.S. Volunteer Soldiers, public domain).https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/u-s-marine-hospital-new-orleans-louisiana-c-1861-1862-u-s-national-library-of-medicine-pubdomain.jpgU.S. Marine Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana, c. 1861-1862, U.S. National Library of Medicine, pubdomainU.S. Marine Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana (c. 1861-1862, U.S. National Library of Medicine, public domain).2016-04-21T10:20:05+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/letters-home/the-scribes-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/henry-d-wharton-journalist-soldier-and-public-servant/henry-d-whartons-civil-war-letters-11th-regiment-sunbury-guards-april-july-1861/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/hdw-fallingwaters_sunam13jul1861.jpgHenry D. Wharton's Recap of the Battle of Falling Waters - Sunbury American 13 July 1861https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/hdw_11threg_4jun1861-sunam_8jun1861.jpgHenry D. Wharton - 11th PA Volunteers-Sunbury Guards - Letter Home 4 June 1861https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/hdw_11thpavols_28may1861-sunburyamerican_8jun1861.jpgHenry D. Wharton, 11th PA Volunteers-Sunbury Guards, Letter Home 28 May 1861https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/hdw_11thpavols_21may1861-sunburyamerican_25may1861.jpgHenry D. Wharton - 11th PA Volunteers-Sunbury Guards - 21 May 1861 Letter Homehttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/hdw_11thpavols_19jul1861-sunam-27jul1861.jpgHenry D. Wharton's 19 July 1861 Letter Home from 11th Pa Vols-Sunbury Guardshttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/hdw_11threg_30jun1861-sunam13jul1861.jpgHenry D. Wharton, Sunbury Guards (11th Pa Vols), 30 June 18612016-01-11T23:12:54+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/letters-home/the-scribes-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/henry-d-wharton-journalist-soldier-and-public-servant/henry-d-whartons-civil-war-letters-pennsylvania-volunteers-47th-regiment-sunbury-guards-september-1861-december-1865/henry-d-whartons-civil-war-letters-1863-pennsylvania-volunteers-47th-regiment/transcripts-1863-henry-d-whartons-civil-war-letters-pennsylvania-volunteers-47th-regiment-sunbury-guards-september-1861-october-1865/2015-12-23T12:42:47+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/letters-home/the-scribes-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/henry-d-wharton-journalist-soldier-and-public-servant/henry-d-whartons-civil-war-letters-11th-regiment-sunbury-guards-april-july-1861/transcripts-henry-d-whartons-civil-war-letters-11th-regiment-sunbury-guards-april-july-1871/2015-11-26T16:04:00+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/47th-pennsylvania-militia-emergency-of-1863/107-2/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/egle-william-henry-47th-pa-militia-civil-war-vets-card-file.gifWilliam Henry Egle, M.D., 47th PA Militia (Civil War Veterans' Card File Entry, PA State Archives)William Henry Egle, M.D., 47th Pennsylvania Militia service (Civil War Veterans' Card File Entry, PA State Archives; public domain)https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/william-henry-egle-md.jpgWilliam Henry Egle, MD2015-11-22T18:24:46+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/known-resting-places/regimental-memorials-by-city-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/lehigh-county-soldiers-and-sailors-monument/das-its-der-tag-des-herrn-this-is-the-day-of-the-lord-by-ludwig-uhland/2015-11-08T04:36:34+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/known-resting-places/regimental-memorials-by-city-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/lehigh-county-soldiers-and-sailors-monument/remarks-by-adjutant-general-thomas-stewart-at-the-dedication-lehigh-county-soldiers-and-sailors-monument-allentown-19-october-1899/2015-11-08T03:59:35+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/known-resting-places/regimental-memorials-by-city-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/lehigh-county-soldiers-and-sailors-monument/remarks-by-colonel-albert-d-shaw-national-commander-grand-army-of-the-republic-at-the-dedication-of-the-lehigh-county-soldiers-and-sailors-monument-allentown-19-october-1899/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/col-albert-duane-shaw-national-commander-g-a-r-circa-1890s.jpgCol. Albert Duane Shaw, National Commander, G.A.R., circa 1890sColonel Albert S. Shaw, G.A.R. National Commander (c. 1890s, public domain)2015-11-08T03:31:29+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/known-resting-places/regimental-memorials-by-city-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/lehigh-county-soldiers-and-sailors-monument/george-f-baers-oration-dedication-of-the-lehigh-county-soldiers-and-sailors-monument-allentown-19-october-1899/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/george-frederick-baer-president-reading-company-c-1904.jpgGeorge Frederick Baer, President, Reading Company, c. 1904George Frederick Baer, president, Reading Company, c. 1904 (public domain)2015-11-07T23:14:56+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/known-resting-places/regimental-memorials-by-city-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/lehigh-county-soldiers-and-sailors-monument/remarks-by-pennsylvania-governor-william-a-stone-dedication-of-the-lehigh-county-soldiers-and-sailors-monument-allentown-19-october-1899/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/the-honorable-william-a-stone-governor-commonwealth-of-pennsylvania.jpgThe Honorable William A. Stone, Governor, Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaThe Honorable William A. Stone, Governor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (public domain)2015-11-07T23:02:57+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/known-resting-places/regimental-memorials-by-city-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/lehigh-county-soldiers-and-sailors-monument/mayor-james-l-schaadts-speech-on-accepting-the-lehigh-soldiers-and-sailors-monument-allentown-19-october-1899/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/mayor-james-l-schaadt-city-of-allentown-1899.jpgMayor James L. Schaadt, City of Allentown (1899)The Honorable James L. Schaadt, Mayor, City of Allentiwn (1899, public domain)2015-11-07T20:39:18+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/known-resting-places/regimental-memorials-by-city-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/lehigh-county-soldiers-and-sailors-monument/presentation-by-the-honorable-constantine-j-erdman-soldiers-and-sailors-monument-dedication-allentown-pennsylvania-19-october-1899/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/the-honorable-constantine-jacob-erdman-u-s-congress.jpgThe Honorable Constantine Jacob Erdman, U.S. CongressThe Honorable Constantine J. Erdman, U.S. Congress2015-11-07T19:49:09+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/company-c-color-bearers/joint-resolutions-relative-to-the-procuring-of-standards-for-the-several-regiments-of-pennsylvania/https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2nd-state-color-to-daniel-oyster_sunbury-american_11-march-1865.jpg47th Pennsylvania Volunteers' Second State Color Given to Capt. Daniel Oyster (Sunbury American, 11 March 1865)Upon return home for his furlough, Capt. Daniel Oyster was given the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers' new Second State Color (Sunbury American, 11 March 1865, public domain).2015-08-08T18:53:08+00:00weekly0.6https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/2014/05/26/battle-hymn-of-the-republic/2014-05-26T18:34:39+00:00monthlyhttps://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.comdaily1.02026-04-01T20:26:21+00:00