150th Anniversary Reenactment of Kilpatrick’s Raid
On Saturday, September 20, 2014, at 10 A.M., at Nash Farm Battlefield in Lovejoy, Georgia, 4000 volunteers in Civil War dress will reenact one of the grandest cavalry charges...
Maps, Books, & History of the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry
A salute to Benjamin Franklin Beacher, 7th Pa. Cavalry & my great grandfather.
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Recent news More posts »Heber Samuel Thompson (1840-1911) – 7th Pa. Cavalry
Heber Samuel Thompson, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Cunningham) Thompson, was born August 14, 1840, in Pottsville, Pa., and after preparation there entered Yale the second term...
Benjamin and John Jacob: Two Beacher Brothers in the 7th Pa Cavalry
Benjamin and John Jacob: Two Beacher Brothers in the Civil War As young boys, Benjamin and John Jacob Bicher (pronounced Bee-cher ) heard stories about the Revolutionary War...
History of 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Command of 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry Over the years the division was assigned to different military commands as follows: Organized at Harrisburg September to December, 1861. At...
A Daring Attack (Kilpatrick’s Raid)
From: Memorial of the Patriotism of Schuylkill County in the American Slaveholders Rebellion, Compiled by Francis B. Wallace, 1865. Page 363. A Daring Attack When General...
From Brevet Brigadier General Green B. Raum to Brigadier General Kenner Garrard – October 15, 1864
I send Mr. Haws as a guide, who knows all the roads north of the Coosawattee River. He reports about 500 of the enemy on Holly Creek.