Paul Streve enlisted in the Northampton County, PA Militia in 1776, just six weeks before the Battle of Long Island on Aug. 27. Dyke said this battle was the largest in the Revolutionary War due to ...
Samuel Carey (or Cary) is the only African American Civil War veteran known to have lived in Negaunee. Samuel was born in ...
In January 1945, during World War II, First Lieutenant Garland Merl Connor ran 400 yards under German artillery fire to ...