An editorial from the Harrisburg Telegraph, 15 October 1866, on the election of John W. Geary as Governor of Pennsylvania, over the avowed white supremacist Hiester Clymer: THE GOVERNOR ELECT […]
Hiester Clymer (1827- 12 June 1884), a member of the Democratic Party of Pennsylvania, was a State Senator who was opposed to Lincoln and his prosecution of the Civil War. […]
The two charts above were compiled and used as part of an analysis of the results of the Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election of 1866, an election which pitted a Civil War […]
A “Grand Union Rally” was held in Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on September 29, 1866, in support of the candidacy of Gen. John W. Geary, the Republican Party candidate for […]
The name W. H. Meck appears on a 1866 petition supporting the white supremacist views of Heister Clymer in his bid to become Governor of Pennsylvania. During the Civil War, […]
A worn grave marker notes the burial place of William A. Loomis (1842-1900) at the Fairview Cemetery, Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania. At the grave is a G.A.R. star-flag holder. During […]
Daniel Reisch, Civil War veteran and one of the Charter Members of the Slocum G.A.R. Post at Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, died at Steelton, Dauphin County, on 27 November 1899. […]
A brief sketch of the life of John Wesley Awl is found on page 259 of the Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County: John Wesley Awl, was born at Harrisburg, […]