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November 16, 2009

RIGHTING A CIVIL WAR WRONG: A Gravestone for a Civil War Veteran

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 RIGHTING A CIVIL WAR WRONG

A Gravestone for a Civil War Veteran

      I want to make the national news headlines.

     At risk of plagiarism, the headline could read: Civil War soldier gets grave marker. Union captain’s burial site went unmarked for more than 140 years.*

     Let me elaborate.

     My great-great grandfather, Charles F. Walker, served in Company A, 8th Regiment of Kansas Infantry, Leavenworth, Kansas. He enlisted August 28, 1861. He was discharged on July 11, 1864, at Ft. Leavenworth by reason of Surgeons Certificate of Disability.

     Said Charles F. Walker was born in Penobscot in the State of Maine, is 25 years of age…by occupation when enrolled, a Umbrella Maker. On a surviving soldiers list it is noted that he was from Lamoine Beach, a Private with (more…)

May 20, 2008

YOU MEAN THIS NEW ENGLANDER IS A WESTSYLVANIAN?

Throughout the years, after I’d written newspaper articles on historical sites and local people, I was considered a “historian” worthy of learning more about the community history. Thus, I’d be invited to join the local historical and/or genealogical societies.

“No way,” I’d say, with a hint of arrogance. “I’m a New Englander. I have no ties to this area. If I were to join any historical society (more…)

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