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People of Pennsylvania in the American Civil War | HearLore
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People of Pennsylvania in the American Civil War
David Dixon PorterOn the 2nd of February 1829, a sixteen-year-old boy named David Dixon Porter received his official appointment as midshipman in the United States Navy.
Simon CameronOn the 8th of March 1799, a boy named Simon Cameron was born in Maytown, Pennsylvania. His father Charles had emigrated from Scotland in 1766 and fought with…
William W. AverellWilliam Woods Averell was born on the 5th of November 1832 in Cameron, New York. As a young boy, he worked as a drugstore clerk in the nearby town of Bath.
George MeadeGeorge Gordon Meade arrived into the world on the 31st of December 1815, in the Spanish port city of Cádiz. He was the eighth child born to Richard Worsam…