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[Civil War Veterans]
Survivors November 1901
Company "G" 43rd 90 day Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia
Enrolled June 20, 1863
Mustered into Service July 4, 1863
This flast light photograph was taken November 1891 twenty-eight years after service
1st row--
Samuel Holt, Dr. John Ward- 5th Corporal, John C. Tabram, William A. Worrell- 4th Sergeant
2nd row--
Burnet Landreth- Captain, Edward Swain, Alfred Landreth- Corporal, William Bache- 6th Sergeant, George Vanzandt, Alexander Sturdevant- Corporal
3rd row--
Lt. Dr. Baker, Robert W. Holt, Joseph B. Bailey, Elnathan C. Brown- 1st Sergeant, Charles E. Scott- 2nd Sergeant, Hugh B. Webster, Thomas Harkins- Tifer, John S. Worrell- 4th Sergeant
Charles Appleton, J. Wesley Wright -
[Civil War Veterans]
Survivors November 1891
Company "I" 17th 17th Pennsylvania Engineer Militia
Enrolled September 8, 1862
1st row--
Burnet Landreth- Captain, Robert W. Holt, Joseph B. Bailey, Hon. William Kinsey- 5th Sergeant, Benjamin F. Gilkeson, Dr. John Ward, George Vanzandt, Lt. Dr. Wm. Baker, Chas. M. Foster- 4th Sergeant, Alfred Landreth- 5th Corporal, J. Wesley Wright- 3rd Sergeant, Banjamin Tomlinson, Charles E. Scott- 2nd Sergeant, Elnathan C. Brown- 1st Sergeant, George Vanzandt, Samuel Holt, Hon. Jesse W. Knight, Jonathan B. Bailey -
Postcard: "G.A.R." [Grand Army of the Republic members]
Written on back of postcard: "My step-grandfather. Also my mother's Uncle Marshall."
These are Civil War veterans who were members of an organization called “Grand Army of the Republic.” They are pictured here on Mill Street.
Men unidentified. -
[Civil War Veterans on Radcliffe Street at the corner of Walnut Street]
The Odd Fellows building is visible first on the right. Photograph estimated before 1896 due to lack of trolley tracks on street.
Men unidentified. -
[Civil War Veterans on Radcliffe Street at the corner of Walnut Street]
The Odd Fellows building is visible first on the right. Photograph estimated before 1896 due to lack of trolley tracks on street.
Men unidentified. -
"Home of E. Linton Martin, Number 315 Radcliffe St. Bristol, PA"
"Built in 1847, it was one of the stations of the Underground Railroad, operated in Bristol by members of the Society of Friends." -
[Michael Dougherty statue]
This stature of Michael Dougherty (1844-1930) was erected in memory of his contribution to the Civil War. He was a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. The monument is located on Jefferson Avenue at Grundy Park. The monument was erected by the Ancient Order of Hibernians, honoring Dougherty’s country of origin (Ireland) and his service to his adopted nation. -
[Tracks marking the area near where President-elect Abraham Lincoln’s train stopped in 1861]
Lincoln was on his way to Washington D.C. for the inauguration. He addressed the crowd from the train’s observation platform. Four years later, a crown stood silently to watch his funeral train. The track is located opposite Borough Hall in Bristol Borough. -
[Cannon Monument]
This monument was presented by Burnet Landreth in memory of the 44 officers and 461 men from Bristol who fought in the Civil War. The cannon, made in France in 1762, was captured from the Confederate army in 1863. It stands at the Bristol Post Office. -
[Installation of Michael Dougherty statue at the Delaware Canal Lagoon Park]
The sculptor, James Gafgen, is seen wiping off the newly mounted statue. Others unidentified. The statue was dedicated May 12, 2001 following Mass at Saint Mark Church and appropriate graveside ceremonies at his grave behind the church. The artist was from Morrisville.
Mr. Dougherty died at age 86 in 1930. Michael Dougherty was born in 1844 in Ireland and emigrated to the U.S. In 1861 he volunteered for the Union Army in the Civil War. He received the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1897. His diary of his time in the army included detailed accounts of time spent in three prisons and his narrow escape from drowning when a riverboat, returning 2,400 former Union prisoners, exploded and sank. Only 900 survived. -
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[On back of photograph]: "Bristol Day 10-17-87, Rhett Butler and Scarlet O'Hara???"
Man appears to be wearing a replica Union solider uniform. People unidentified. -
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[On back of photograph]: "Civil War encampment, 10-17-87 on grounds of Bell Mansion, now apartments. Bristol Day"
Located at 824 Radcliffe Street -
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