"Our Fallen Lads .. who wore the Blue Uniform"
(Deceased Soldier .. Regiment .. Date and Place of Death .. Place of Burial)
(Row 6, Section B, Grave 114)
"Special Tribute .. for My Friends and their Fallen Ancestors"
David Higgins IV (Seaville, NJ) .. Descendant of:
VAN VALKENBURGH, Maj. David Higgins (1st NY Artillery)
Date & Place: 31 May 1862 at Fair Oaks (Seven Pines), VA
Lynn Kniess Lepley (Butler, PA) .. GG Niece of:
LEPLEY, Pvt. Charles (103rd PA) 11 September 1864 at Andersonville, GA
Buried in National Cemetery (Grave #8405) - Andersonville, GA
Read Pvt. Lepley's Published Diary - 102nd PA Vol. Infantry
KNIESS, Pvt. Lewis Zion (102nd PA) 12 December 1861 at Tenally, DC
Buried in St. John's Old Stone Lutheran Church Cemetery - Butler, PA
Richard Lee Kunkle (Mechanicsburg, PA) .. GG Grandson of:
GIBSON, Pvt. Israel (40th PA) 26 September 1864 at Andersonville, GA
Buried in National Cemetery (Grave #9776) - Andersonville, GA
David Craig .. GG Grandson of:
VAUGHN, Pvt. Joseph Keen (103rd PA) 15 September 1864 at Andersonville, GA
Buried in National Cemetery (Grave #8791) - Andersonville, GA
Robert S. Viguers (Harrisburg, PA) .. Relative of:
WILLS, Cpl. Adon G. (Co. B - 72nd PA) 3 July 1863 at Gettysburg, PA
Place of Burial: Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA
Barry F. Gougeon (Dracut, MA) .. GG Grandson of:
WITHAM, Cpl. Leonard M. (11th Maine) 18 November 1862 at Fair Oaks, VA
Buried in National Cemetery - Yorktown, VA
Annual Memorial Day Tribute
May 2020
Background Music: Taps Burial Salute
Please select any portion of the following underlined Chapters:
Civil War - Pennsylvania Regiments
The Blue Uniform My Family .. A Call to Arms "Dear Mother" ... 1862 Letter A Proper Burial
Roll of Honor ... Our Fallen Lads The Drummer Boy Medal of Honor - Sgt. Pursell
104th PA Regiment Battle of Fair Oaks 69th PA - Irish Brigade of Philadelphia
72nd PA - Sgt. George Leidy Hess
"Dear Mrs. Bixby" ... 1864 Letter - President Lincoln
From the Halls of Montezuma - U.S. Marine Corps
September 11, 2001 .. "Let's roll"