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The Great Shohola Train Wreck – Sgt. Barry Benson Escapes Elmira via Millersburg
Confederate Sergeant. Barry Benson, who tunneled out of Elmira Prison. Benson, of Company H., 1st South Carolina Infantry was a prisoner of Elmira from 25 July 1864 to 7 October 1864. He had arrived...
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Henry Kemble – Farmer of Northumberland County
Henry “Harry” Kemble, the son of Adam Kembel and Lydia [Zartman] Kemble, was a farmer in Jackson Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. During the Civil War, he served two enlistments, the...
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Some Civil War Connections to Pillow (Part 3 of 3)
On 4 July 2015 I gave the Keynote Speech at the Pillow Historical Society Open House, Pillow, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. One of the parts of that talk was the identification of twenty-one Civil War...
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Isaac Kemble –“The devil can’t chase these little gnats….”
During the Civil War, Isaac Kemble served with the 47th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company C, as a Corporal, enrolling at Sunbury, Northumberland County on 19 August 1861, and mustered into service in...
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A Slightly Longer Obituary of Henry Kemble
On 14 December 2014, the story of Henry Kemble was presented here in a post entitled, Farmer of Northumberland County. Another obituary of him was recently located in the Mount Carmel Item of 6 January...
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Cyrus Romberger – Was He Excused from Military Service For Health Reasons?
Cyrus Romberger was born 14 July 1843 in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, the son of Daniel Romberger (1816-1882) and Hannah [Bergstresser] Romberger (1818-1889). Although he was of age to be...
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Grandson of Thomas Umberger Guards Inheritance but is Arrested
A brief item in the Harrisburg Telegraph of 20 November 1913 noted the following: Dalmatia — Thomas Umberger, 78 years old, a well-known farmer and veteran of the Civil War, died very suddenly of...
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Willoughby Walt – 208th Pennsylvania Infantry
Willoughby Z. Walt died on 20 January 1916 and is buried at the Herndon Cemetery, Herndon, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. He is found in the records as both Wald and Walt and his middle initial...
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Isaac O. Billman – Hotelman of Northumberland County
The Mount Carmel Item of 6 August 1904 reported the death of Isaac O. Billman, a hotelman of near Herndon, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Death of I. O. Billman I. O. Billman, the well known...
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Henry Haupt Derrick – 172nd Pennsylvania Infantry
Henry Haupt Derrick Henry Haupt Derrick was born on 7 November 1839 in Pennsylvania, the son of Gideon Derk (1816-1881), a farmer and farm laborer, and Esther “Hettie” [Haupt] Derk (1816-1889). In...
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