Schuylkill County Pennsylvania Military History

A Military History of The Men and Women Who Came From or Lived in Schuylkill County Pa. And Served This Country From The French And Indian War to The War on Terror.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

IT WAS THE FINEST LITTLE FIGHT I EVER SAW...Schuylkill Countian Lieutenant Edward H. Lieb And The 5th U.S. Cavalry at Kellys Ford March 17, 1863

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In March, 1863, in a fierce cavalry fight at Kelley's Ford, the rebels under Lee, were handsomely whipped. Lieutenant Edward. H. Leib,of...

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Monday, May 23, 2011

Schuylkill County at the Battle of Chickamauga

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Schuylkill County cavalrymen, members of the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry open the Battle of Chickamauga, Ga. And the first men killed in the fi...

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Two County Servicemen Are Casulties In The Vietnam War On May 16,17, 1965/1966

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On this date May 16, 1965, 46 years ago Tech. Sgt Donald J. Seaman became Schuylkill Counties first casualty of the Vietnam War. When a 500 ...

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Local Boy One of 32 who survived Ambush in Korea. Joe T. Cescon

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This is a Fantastic story about serving in the Korean War. July 23, 1951 Pottsville Soldier One of 32 Who Survived Ambush The Republicans ow...

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Stu Richards: My interests are Aviation, military history, Early Baseball and anthracite coal mining. My interest in military history deals with what the common soldier, sailor, marine and airman experienced during peace time or war.I enjoy old aircraft their systems, equipment and operations. I have published four books two on military history. "Pennsylvanian Voices of the Great War".McFarland Press and "The History of Company C 50th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry, from the camp, battlefield and the prison pen, " The History Press. My coal mining books include, "Early Coal Mining in the Anthracite Region," Arcadia Press and "Death in the Mines", The History Press. I served for four years in the USAF as an aircraft mechanic working on many different types of aircraft. I served for 13 months in Vietnam while working and flying on the C7A Caribou. I also worked as an Air Traffic Controller in the PANG. I started my work career after the military as an aircraft mechanic for the US Gov't working on Ch-47, OH-6, OH-58 U-8 and U8-F aircraft. .

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