Pennsylvania Resource Page US Civil War: War Between the States

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Pennsylvania
Surname/tag: US_Civil_War

Pennsylvania Resource Page for WikiTree:

US Civil War: War Between the States Project

• US Civil War: War Between the States Project Page
• Project Resource Page

Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Free Sites 1.1.1 Union 1.1.2 Confederate 1.2 Paid Sites 1.3 Categories Existing on WikiTree 1.3.1 Pennsylvania POW Camps 1.3.2 Cemeteries 1.3.3 Pennsylvania Units UNION 1.4 Cemeteries 1.5 Conflicts in Pennsylvania 1.5.1 Gettysburg 1.5.2 Hanover 1.6 Flags 1.7 Maps 1.8 Medals 1.9 Museums 1.10 Timeline: PENNSYLVANIA 1.11 County Resources 1.11.1 Adams 1.11.2 Allegheny 1.11.3 Armstrong 1.11.4 Beaver 1.11.5 Bedford 1.11.6 Berks 1.11.7 Blair 1.11.8 Bradford 1.11.9 Bucks 1.11.10 Butler 1.11.11 Cambria 1.11.12 Cameron 1.11.13 Carbon 1.11.14 Centre 1.11.15 Chester 1.11.16 Clarion 1.11.17 Clearfield 1.11.18 Clinton 1.11.19 Columbia 1.11.20 Crawford 1.11.21 Cumberland 1.11.22 Dauphin 1.11.23 Delaware 1.11.24 Elk 1.11.25 Erie 1.11.26 Fayette 1.11.27 Forest 1.11.28 Franklin 1.11.29 Fulton 1.11.30 Greene 1.11.31 Huntingdon 1.11.32 Indiana 1.11.33 Jefferson 1.11.34 Juniata 1.11.35 Lackawanna 1.11.36 Lancaster 1.11.37 Lawrence 1.11.38 Lebanon 1.11.39 Lehigh 1.11.40 Luzerne 1.11.41 Lycoming 1.11.42 McKean 1.11.43 Mercer 1.11.44 Mifflin 1.11.45 Monroe 1.11.46 Montgomery 1.11.47 Montour 1.11.48 Northampton 1.11.49 Northumberland 1.11.50 Perry 1.11.51 Philadelphia 1.11.52 Pike 1.11.53 Potter 1.11.54 Schuylkill 1.11.55 Snyder 1.11.56 Somerset 1.11.57 Sullivan 1.11.58 Susquehanna 1.11.59 Tioga 1.11.60 Union 1.11.61 Venango 1.11.62 Warren 1.11.63 Washington 1.11.64 Wayne 1.11.65 Westmoreland 1.11.66 Wyoming 1.11.67 York 2 Sources

Introduction

From Wikipedia: Pennsylvania in the American Civil War

During the American Civil War, the commonwealth of Pennsylvania played a critical role in the Union, providing a huge supply of military manpower, equipment, and leadership to the Federal government. The state raised over 360,000 soldiers for the Federal armies, and served as a major source of artillery guns, small arms, ammunition, armor for ironclad United States Navy gunboats, and food supplies. The Phoenixville Iron Company by itself produced well over 1,000 cannons, and the Frankford Arsenal was a major supply depot.

Free Sites

• Pennsylvania Civil War Soldier Card Index File

These 3" x 5" cards were initially prepared to serve as an index to Samuel P. Bates' "History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865" (Harrisburg, 1869-1871). The Office of the Adjutant General later expanded the scope of the cards by transcribing onto them data found on the original Civil War Muster Rolls and Related Records. Thanks to Ray Jones for this resource.

• Pennsylvania Volunteers Civil War Troop Rosters
• PA Civil War Military Records State Portal
• PA Civil War Conscientious Objectors
• Pennsylvania Historical Society
• PA Civil War Trails
• The Civil War Collection from Penn State University
• The Civil War Roundtable at Gettysburg

Union

• PA Daughters of Union Veterans
• PA Sons of Union Veterans
• Union Veterans and Lineage Society
• PA Civil War Prisoners at Andersonville and Libby

Confederate

• Family Search: Krick, Robert K. The Gettysburg Death Roster: The Confederate Dead at Gettysburg. Second Edition Dayton, Ohio: Morningside Bookshop, 1985. (FHL book 974.842/GI V2K 1985.) Alphabetical by name. Some entries list rank. Also lists company and regiment.
• Index to Vertical Files, Drawer 7: Medical, Burial, and Prisoners of War Gettysburg National Military Park Library and Research Center
• Wasted Valor: The Confederate Dead at Gettysburg by Gregory A. Coco (Thomas Publications, Gettysburg, PA,1990)

Paid Sites

American Civil War Database Annual Membership $25, Visitor Pass $10. Free demo available.

Fold3 Annual Membership, $79.95. Coupons and discounts are available online for certain groups, including veterans. An Ancestry site. Has many military record images (not all), census records. Navagation/searches can be difficult. Record images are very good. 7 Day Free Trial could be used if you amass a number of searches and complete them at one time. NOTE: Check the project page for members who are willing to do a look up based upon their membership.

Categories Existing on WikiTree

Pennsylvania POW Camps

• Pennsylvania POW Camps

Cemeteries

• Pennsylvania, Cemeteries

Pennsylvania Units UNION

• USA Units Pennsylvania

Cemeteries

• Allegheny Cemetery Soldier's Lot ^[1]
• Ashland Cemetery Soldier's Lot
• Gettysburg National Cemetery
• Mount Moriah Cemetery Naval Plot and Soldier's Lot
• Philadelphia National Cemetery
• Prospect Hill a Cemetery Soldier's Lot
• National Parks Service records search for national cemeteries.
• VA Nationwide Gravesite Locator

Conflicts in Pennsylvania

Gettysburg

More than 165,000 soldiers fought in the Civil War's bloodiest battle^[2]

• NPS Battle Summary: Gettysburg
• Family Tree Magazine Seven Steps to Trace Gettysburg Ancestors
• Genealogy Stories: A Remembrance of the Battle of Gettysburg
• Gettysburg Civil War Genealogy
• The Gettysburg Battlefields
• Virtual Gettysburg - Bringing the Battlefield to Life

Battlefields:

The Peach Orchard of Gettysburg

The Wheat Field Battle Scene

Devil's Den Rock Outcropping

Bloody Run Stream

Little Round Top Hill

Hanover

• NPS Battle Summary: Hanover
• Wikipedia Battle of Hanover
• Civil War Album Battle of Hanover Photos
• Battle of Hanover Civil War Trails
• Battle of Hanover Thomas' Legion

Flags

• PA Civil War Flags

Maps

• Battle of Gettysburg Animated Map

Medals

• PA Medal of Honor Recipients

With more than 10% of the total Medals of Honor ever awarded, Pennsylvania is second only to New York for most MOH recipients.

Museums

• Civil War Museum of Philadelphia
• National Civil War Museum
• Susquehanna Civil War Museum

Timeline: PENNSYLVANIA

• December 20, 1860 — South Carolina Secedes
• April 12, 1861 – April 13, 1861 — Confederate Forces Fire on Fort Sumter
• April 18, 1861 — Camp Curtin Opens^[3]
• March 1862 – July 1862 — Peninsula Campaign
• July 29, 1862 — Camp Luzerne Opens^[4]
• September 17, 1862 — Explosion at Allegheny Arsenal
• June 26, 1863 — Camp William Penn Opens
• June 28, 1863 — The Surrender of York
• July 1, 1863 – July 3, 1863 — Battle of Gettysburg
• November 19, 1863 — The Gettysburg Address
• July 30, 1864 — The Burning of Chambersburg^[5]

County Resources

Adams

• Adams County Civil War Links
• Battlefields: Gettysburg
• Adams County Medal of Honor Recipients
• Gettysburg July 1863 Residents

Allegheny

• Allegheny County Resources RootsWeb

Armstrong

• Armstrong County Civil War Rosters

Beaver

• Beaver County Resources RootsWeb
• Beaver County, PA Civil War History
• Beaver County Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients

Bedford

• Bedford County Historical Society
• Bedford County Civil War Rosters

Berks

• Berks County Civil War Rosters

Blair

• Blair County Civil War 150 Facebook
• Blair County Civil War Rosters

Bradford

• Bradford County in the Civil War
• Bradford County Genealogy
• Find A Grave Bradford County Civil War Soldiers

Bucks

• Bucks County Civil War Museum

Butler

• Butler County Civil War Rosters
• Butler County Civil War Rosters

Cambria

• Cambria County Civil War Rosters

Cameron

• Cameron County, PA in the Civil War

Carbon

• Carbon County Civil War Rosters

Centre

• Centre County, PA Civil War Burials
• Centre County Civil War Rosters

Chester

• Chester County Historical Society

Clarion

• Soldiers of Clarion In the Rebellion

Clearfield

• Clearfield County Civil War Rosters

Clinton

• Clinton County Civil War Rosters

Columbia

• Columbia Civil War History
• Fishing Creek Confederacy^[6]

Crawford

• Crawford County, PA in the Civil War

Cumberland

• Cumberland Civil War Union Soldiers
• Cumberland County Civil War Rosters

Dauphin

• Dauphin County Civil War Soldiers
• National Civil War Museum
• Harrisburg Civil War Roundtable

Delaware

• Delaware County Civil War Rosters

Elk

• Elk County Civil War Rosters

Erie

• Erie County Historical Society
• Erie Count Military Index
• Erie County, PA Historical Society

Fayette

• Fayette County Family Search

Forest

• Forest County, PA Civil War Family Search
• Forest County Civil War Rosters

Franklin

• Franklin County, PA Family Search

Fulton

• Gettysburg Campaign
• Family Search Fulton County

Greene

• Greene County Medal of Honor Recipients
• All Quiet on the Border: Greene County Civil War Facebook
• Greene County Genealogy Websites

Huntingdon

• Huntingdon County Civil War Rosters

Indiana

• Indiana, PA in the Civil War

Jefferson

• RootsWeb Jefferson PA Civil War

Juniata

• Juniata Historical Society

Lackawanna

• Lackawanna PA Civil War

Lancaster

• National Civil War Museum

Lawrence

• Lawrence County Civil War Rosters

Lebanon

• Civil War Documents and Newspapers

Lehigh

• Lehigh County, PA Civil War Rosters

Luzerne

• Luzerne County, PA Civil War Rosters

Lycoming

• Lycoming County, PA Volunteers Rosters

McKean

• McKean County Civil War Database
• Bradford Landmark Society, Civil War
• Civil War Heritage

Mercer

• Mercer County Historical Society
• Mercer County, PA Civil War Rosters

Mifflin

• Family Search Mifflin, PA
• Fort Mifflin

Monroe

• Family Search Monroe County Civil War

Montgomery

• Montgomery County, PA Volunteers Roster

Montour

• RootsWeb Montour Historical Society
• Montour County, Pennsylvania Volunteers Roster

Northampton

• Northampton County, PA Civil War Volunteers

Northumberland

• 172nd Infantry
• Northumberland County, PA Civil War Rosters

Perry

• Perry County, PA Civil War Family Search

Philadelphia

• Civil War Museum of Philadelphia
• Philadelphia Volunteers Civil War

Pike

• Pike County, PA Civil War Volunteers
• Family Search, Pike, PA

Potter

• Potter County, PA Civil War Veterans A - L
• Potter County, PA Civil War Volunteers
• Family Search Potter County

Schuylkill

• Schuykill Civil War PA Volunteers

Snyder

• Family Search, Snyder, PA

Somerset

• Somerset County, PA Civil War Honor Roll

Sullivan

• Sullivan County, PA Civil War Rosters

Susquehanna

• Civil War Museum
• Susquehanna Historical Society

Tioga

• Tioga County, PA Civil War Volunteer Rosters

Union

• Union County, PA Civil War Rosters

Venango

• Venango County, PA Civil War Volunteers Roster

Warren

• Warren County, PA Civil War Rosters

Washington

• Washington County Civil War Rolls

Wayne

• Wayne County, PA Civil War Rosters

Westmoreland

• Westmoreland County Civil War Family Search

Wyoming

• Wyoming County, PA Civil War Rosters

York

• Prospect Hill Cemetery Soldier's Lot
• York County, PA Civil War Rosters

Sources

1. ↑ NPS National Cemeteries List
2. ↑ Family Tree Magazine Seven Steps to Trace Gettysburg Ancestors.
3. ↑ Wikipedia, Camp Curtin
4. ↑ Life at Camp Luzerne, by William C. Kashatus
5. ↑ Timeline: Pennsylvania in the Civil War
6. ↑ Richard A. Sauers and Peter Tomasak. The Fishing Creek Confederacy: A Story of Civil War Draft Resistance. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2012. https://muse.jhu.edu/ (accessed April 18, 2016).