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Women's History Sources
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New and Notable Primary Sources in Archives, Libraries, and Museums. Monday, November 11, 2013. Memorable Days Web Site: An African American Woman’s Civil War Diaries. Memorable Days: The Emilie Davis Diaries. Anniversary of the Civil War by sharing the remarkable diaries kept by an African American woman in Philadelphia from 1863 to 1865. Going back 150 years to October-November 1863, for example, readers learn that Davis’s brother, Alfred, enlisted in the U.S. Navy. The Battle of Gettysburg. A project ...
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Lancaster at War: Better Know an Officer: Lieut. William Wilberforce Nevin
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November 3, 2011. Better Know an Officer: Lieut. William Wilberforce Nevin. Location: Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17603-2827, USA. E Nevin (taken 7/14/1862). William Wilberforce Nevin, 1st Lieut., Company G. March 1, 1836, Allegheny, PA. Franklin and Marshall College: Valedictorian, Class of 1853. Lawyer since 1859. Before that, teacher in Sewickley, PA. Enlisted September 23, 1861. Promoted to Captain, August 23, 1862. Assistant Adjutant General on May 26, 1863. Dr John Williamson Nevin.
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Lancaster at War: Better Know an Officer: Capt. William G. Kendrick
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January 17, 2012. Better Know an Officer: Capt. William G. Kendrick. Capt William G. Kendrick (WGK). Capt William G. Kendrick, Company A, 79th Pennsylvania (later a 14th Corps staff officer). August 26, 1815, Cecil County, Maryland. February 10, 1897, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Sailor from 1837 to 1847. Married Anna Louise Stoddart in 1849 in Delaware and had several children. Supervised bricklaying contract for Lancaster County Courthouse. Local government connections. Louisa Stoddart Kendrick (WGK). For his ...
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Lancaster at War: Battle Files
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Battle of Perryville- The Extreme Left- Starkweather's Brigade" ( Library of Congress. To accommodate any battle-centric Civil War researchers, this page lists posts and special primary sources related to major battles in which the soldiers of the 79th Pennsylvania (and other Lancasterians scattered throughout the Western Theater) fought. For smaller battles, navigate to posts made around the 150th anniversary of those actions. Back to Kentucky (Twice). Finally Arrived at Louisville'. January 3, 1862, le...
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Lancaster at War: Better Know an Officer: Lieut. Daniel A. Zook
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March 9, 2012. Better Know an Officer: Lieut. Daniel A. Zook. Location: Intercourse, Leacock, PA 17529, USA. Today's post is an exciting guest post by Joel Rodgers, a Lancaster County native and descendant of Lieut. Daniel A. Zook of Company I, 79th Pennsylvania. Joel runs a Facebook page for the 79th Pennsylvania. So be sure to connect with him there, as well as his other pages for the 203rd Pennsylvania and the 122nd Pennsylvania. Welcome, Joel, and thank you for sharing your research! Better know offi...
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Lancaster at War: Better Know a Soldier: Sigmund E. Wisner
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May 20, 2013. Better Know a Soldier: Sigmund E. Wisner. Location: Marietta, PA, USA. Capt Sigmund E. Wisner. 79th Pa Officers Oval, Mathew Brady, 1865. Sigmund E. Wisner. August 31, 1839 (Marietta, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania). Teacher, Postmaster, Grocer. Private, 4/24-7/31/1861 with Company A, 10th PA Infantry; Sergeant, Sergeant Major, 1st Lieutenant, Captain, 9/23/1861-7/12/1865 with 79th Pennsylvania. Visit to Marietta in January 1864, Wounded in Battle of Atlanta. Wisner received regular promoti...
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Lancaster at War: Questions
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Here's a list of questions that I'm asking as I dig through primary sources and post them to this blog. Feel free to add your own questions at the bottom. Who were the soldiers who made up the 79th Pennsylvania? Who influenced how they thought? What did they value? How did the war change them? How did they affect the war? What was the landscape of social networks in mid-nineteenth century Lancaster? How did they intersect in the 79th Pennsylvania? How did they evolve before, during, and after the war?