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This is getting just a little too, um, bizarre.
I just got back from a week in Gettysburg, so I'm catching up here. I did a little genealogical research at the visitors' center and found out that William Clewell enlisted out of Nazareth when he was 17 years old. He survived the war and lived to be 70 years old, died in 1905.
Took a LBG tour at Barlow's Knoll one day last week, and the guide told us that although the 153rd mustered out on July 23, 1863, their enlistments actually expired before the battle of Gettysburg. They elected to stay and fight because the war had come to their home state. Holy smokes. It was a momentous decision for many. According to the regimental, 31 were killed, 147 were wounded, 16 died later of their wounds, 54 were captured and 14 were missing.
Bizarre? When I was in college I lived in Perkasie, which is just a stone's throw from Quakertown. You guys are scaring me.
I have read 'Damn Dutch.' David Valuska was a history professor of mine when I was at Kutztown State. He was a pretty good prof. He's retired now, I believe.