"Joe Farrell and Joe Farley explore the cemeteries (and pubs) of Pennsylvania in search of interesting graves and stories about the interred."--
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Pennsylvania is rich in Civil War history. Gettysburg was the climactic battle of the war, and many of the Keystone State's citizens were involved, whether as common soldiers, officers, politicians or citizens. This special edition of the Keystone Tombstones series focuses on those persons interred in Pennsylvania who played an interesting role in the Civil War. Civil War Veterans included in this volume: •James Buchanan - "Pennsylvania's Only President" •John Burns - "The Hero of Gettysburg" •Lincoln Colored Cemetery - "Gone But Not Forgotten" •Amos Humiston - "The Only Enlisted Man to have his own monument on the Gettysburg battlefield" •Cyrus James - "..First Soldier Killed in Battle of Gettysburg" •John White Geary - "An American Success Story Few Have Heard" •George Meade - "The Old Snapping Turtle" •Ulric Dahlgren - "The Dahlgren Affair" carried orders to assassinate President Jefferson David •General John Fulton Reynolds "A True American Hero" •Ginne Wade "A Tragic Love Story" •Many Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients of the Civil War •Winfield Scott Hancock "Hancock the Superb" •Brigadier General Samuel Kosciuszko Zook •Brigadier General Adam Jacoby Slemmer •Soldiers Circle - final resting place for soldiers who died of their wounds after the battle of Gettysburg.•Mass Grave of Five Unknown Confederate causalities from Gettysburg •Thaddeus Stevens "The Dictator of Congress" •Benjamin Chew Tilghman - Commander of the 3rd US Colored Troops ANY MANY MORE ......
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