Lt. Louis A. Gratz (1843-1907), who we thought was a member of the Gratz family, and who served in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company B, was an immigrant arriving around 1860 and probably had no connection to the Gratz family of Philadelphia. When he suddenly left the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalryand joined a Kentucky Cavalry unit as a Major, he did so under suspicious circumstances just after he was involved in the accidental death of a member of the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company B – which was composed mostly of members from the Lykens Valley.
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First posted on the Civil War Blog on August 9, 2010.
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