Chas. W. Snyder and Sylvester Snyder were broghers, sons of Horace Snyder and Elizabeth Weaver, and were killed May 1864 at the Battle of Wilderness Conrad At 11:56 AM 08/04/99 -0400, you wrote: > >Russel Phillips, Chauncy Price, David Price, Orville Ransom, Sylvester >Snyder, Chas. W. snyder, Addison Stevens, Asa Thomas, Henry Tupper, >Orin Tiffany, John Travis, Orance P. Whitney, Henry S. Whitting > > >Researching: Brown, Tewksbury, Wilmarth, Tiffany, Tingley, >Squires, Sterling all from Susquehanna Co., Pa. > >Mary Jean, > >I noted that there are a number of familiar names in your list. Two names >that immediately jumped out were James Travis, and Orin Tiffany. I also >note that you are researching the TIFFANY surname. > >I presume that Orin Tiffany is Orin C. Tiffany, who served in Company G, >187th PVI. James Travis, I believe, served in Company A, 187th PVI. > >Orin C. Tiffany (along with a number of my ancestors) was killed at >Petersburg, Va on June 18, 1864, in an assault against Rive's Salient. The >assault amounted to what was roughly the equivalent of Pickett's charge. >The 187th was a part of Colonel Joshua Chamberlain's "Keystone Brigade", >which comprised 6 Pennsylvania Regiments (Fifth Corps, First Division, >First Brigade). Colonel Chamberlain was severely wounded in that assault, >and was promoted to Brigadir General in the field by General Grant (on the >expectation that Chamberlain would not survive - however, he did!). > >I maintain a web page (Bip.concept.se/user/187pvi) which contains >information about the 187th. I have visited a number of national >cemeteries (Arlington, Alexandria, City Point, and Poplar Grove), >photographed the tombstones of the 187th soldiers, and posted them to the >web page. There are a number of them, however, that I have not been able >to find; Orin C. Tiffany is one of them. > >Do you know about Orin Tiffany?, and do you know if he might be buried in >the Susquehanna County area? Likely, as not, he may have been buried where >he fell, in Petersburg, but I thought I'd inquire anyway. > >According to the message following yours, the restoration of the monument >is underway. Is there anything that we need to do to assure its completion. > >Thanks for all the wonderful things that you do. As do many others, I >deeply appreciate it. > >Regards, > >Tom Walters > > > Conrad and Faith Parvin 411 Second St. PO Box 756 Wilder, ID 83676 (208) 482-6541 (208) 482-6629 (Fax) check out our genealogy pages. Go to our home page and select genealogy: http://netnow.micron.net/~cparvin/