Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
CIVIL WAR - Week of November 6, 1862 - Letters Home from Local Soldiers & Local List of Dead & Wounded
From Our Volunteers
Camp Near Sharpsburg (Antieham), MD
October 27, 1862
Letter Home - 55th Co. A Battle in South Carolina
October 24, 1862
WOUNDED: Sgt. Alstead, Sgt. Hodge, James Litzinger
KILLED: Sgt. Samuel Hester, WOUNDED: Sgt. Marlett, Hugh McAtamany, William Gallagher, James Reilly, J.H. Wagner, James Litzinger
Col. White, Maj. Filler
Monday, July 13, 2026
October 1900 - Sad End of a Joke, Accidental Shooting & Typhoid Fever
George Marsh of Barnesboro lifted up from chair and dropped by William Wallace.
Andrew Snyder - of Johnstown shot by Herman Wishauer
Typhoid in Johnstown.
The Letters - August 2, 1913 - Mrs. Anna M. Hay from Sister Madge - Welcoming New Baby Girl to the Family
Born July 28th 1913 Aug. 2nd 1913
114 W. 3rd St.
Frederick, MD
My Dear Sister Anna:--
Well...well what are you saying about me by this time. Such an experience as I have had since I last saw you! I would not like to go through it again and I do not blame you for saying or thinking all sorts of things about me. I never dreamed of having to remain here all this time --or I never would have left home when I did.
Another little girl arrived here last Monday morning which goes to prove that even doctors do not know everything and also that some people do not know how to count or reckon by the moon in certain events. I could not live through another such a siege of suspense and anxiety as the last two months have been to me.
Nellie has been so very miserable ever since I came and every day or night I've (?) would expect the event to happen. I feel now as if a great weight had been lifted from me. Both mother and daughter are doing well as could be expected this hot weather. I never dreamed I would be away so long from home and have not let myself think of all I will have to do when I return. I will not know where to begin or what to do first-- I remember you said one day that you thought Nellie had lost her reckoning or made miscount, but the doctor thought the end was near and that is why she wanted me here. There is no school equal to the one of experience and the lessons taught there are never forgotten—
Charlie has had his vacation he's spending the last few days with Madge in Washington—He and his friend walked again to Pocono (mts?) from Phila the first ten days of the two weeks.
I shall always regret the break on your nice visit to me—We were having such a good time together. Will you come again I hope very soon and we will make up for all we lost. How is the quilt getting along? Have you finished it yet?
Charlie wrote to me Alice & children are at the seashore. I must write her too—You may think it strange that I did not write Anna but I thought I would wait for developments and day after day and nothing doing. The suspense and anxiety was something dreadful and we all were nearly worn out—I would not like to go through it again.
When did you return to Johnstown? There is not much chance of me getting there very soon, since our summer plans have all been upset by conditions here. Well how are Mary and George? I hope they are as well and happy as they were on the 12th of April. My love and best wishes to them. You can share this letter with them as it is too warm to write another letter this evening.
I wish you would tell Ida Endsly about my coming and I will try to write her soon. How are my friends? I have not forgotten any of them and will be glad to see all of them again. Now Anna please write to me soon and tell me all about yourself. Remember me to all your sisters. I have no word from Johnstown for a long time.
Yours Sincerely,
Sister Madge
Sunday, July 12, 2026
July 20, 1900 - TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AT JOHNSTOWN
J.C. Begley, Mrs. Begley, Baby Begley, Frank Urbaugh, Young Frank Urbaugh
April 20, 1900 - DRINK MADE HIM A MURDERER - JOHNSTOWN
John McKinzie's Drunken Frenzy Leads to William Bannon's Death.
Kautz's Saloon - Railroad Street
October 30, 1862 - National War Latest & Local Troop Update on Wounded and Killed
As Robert E. Lee’s Confederates returned to Virginia, the Confederate advances in Tennessee and Kentucky stalled as well. Confederates in northern Mississippi were also stifled, but Vicksburg remained safe from Federal conquest. As the major armies in the East regrouped, Lincoln continued urging George McClellan to pursue Lee with more aggression.
Abraham Lincoln leaves Washington to visit George B. McClellan and inspect the Federal Army of the Potomac after the Battle of Antietam.
Federal forces scramble to defend the vital city of Corinth after learning that Earl Van Dorn’s Confederates are about to attack. Robert E. Lee reorganizes his battered Confederate army, in which many men lack the necessary food, clothing, and shelter.
Confederates desperately attack the Federals defending Corinth, with each army missing key opportunities to destroy the other. The largest battle of the war in Kentucky ends in stalemate despite Don Carlos Buell’s Federals vastly outnumbering Braxton Bragg’s Confederates.
Abraham Lincoln urges George B. McClellan to move his Federal army back into Virginia, but McClellan is more concerned about Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. “Jeb” Stuart’s Confederate cavalry makes a second uncontested ride around George B. McClellan’s Federal Army of the Potomac.
Ulysses S. Grant is given new Federal responsibilities, and a secret mission to capture Vicksburg is concocted. Heated exchanges between Ulysses S. Grant and William S. Rosecrans ultimately give Rosecrans an opportunity for an independent command.
George B. McClellan’s Federal Army of the Potomac crosses from Maryland to Virginia, nearly 40 days after the Battle of Antietam. George B. McClellan’s Federal Army of the Potomac is finally back in Virginia, but McClellan continues to rail against the Lincoln administration’s perceived unwillingness to give him what he needs to succeed.
Marshall R. Carmon - Wounded in Head - Battle of Corinth
David A. Wilson - Typhoid Fever - Death at Sharpsburg.
John Roberts and Thomas D. Jones - Wounded - Second Battle of Bull Run - 11th (Cambria Guards)
John Barnes - Killed in Kentucky - 19th Reg.
Sgt. John E. Scanlan - wounded Gaines Hill. Thomas D. Litzinger - Paroled Prisoner - 11th - Cambria Guards.
John C. Robb
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