WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wednesday, more than 160 years after their famed exploits, Civil War veterans Private Philip (Perry) G. Shadrach and Private George D. Wilson were posthumously awarded Medals of Honor for their bravery and dedication to protecting the Union. Privates Shadrach and Wilson were members of the Andrews’ Raiders – 22 men who were […]
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Wreaths Across America ceremony set for Dec. 16 in Shelby
SHELBY — The National Wreaths Across America Day will be celebrated at Shelby Oakland Cemetery. The Oakland Heritage Connection will host a wreath-laying ceremony at noon on Dec. 16 at Shelby Oakland Cemetery, 116 S. Gamble Street. Oakland Cemetery is one of more than locations across the country that will recognize National Wreaths Across America […]
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Bellville Medal of Honor recipient’s grave to get marker on Nov. 4
FORT MITCHELL, Ky. — John Rowalt is buried about 174 miles away from where he was born in Bellville — in an unmarked grave near Fort Mitchell, Ky. That 148-year indignity for a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient will be resolved on Nov. 4. A Medal of Honor headstone marker will be placed on the […]
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Bellville Medal of Honor recipient’s grave to be honored 148 years after death
BELLVILLE –– U.S. Army Pvt. John F. Rowalt received the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1870 for his bravery during the Indian Campaigns in the Arizona Territory. The Bellville native died from smallpox five years later in Cincinnati and has been buried in an unmarked grave in northern Kentucky for the past 148 years, a […]
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Column: Gettysburg ‘Peach Orchard’ a sobering reminder of historical lessons learned
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — Peaches again now grow in the “Peach Orchard” in the Gettysburg National Military Park in eastern Pennsylvania. It’s been 160 years since musket Minie balls and artillery shells ripped through the famed orchard during the second day of the famous Civil War battle that turned the tide of a four-year struggle — […]