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Title: Blue book of Schuylkill County : who was who and why, in interior eastern Pennsylvania, in Colonial days, the Huguenots and Palatines, their service in Queen Anne's French and Indian, and Revolutionary Wars : b history of the Zerbey, Schwalm, Miller, Merkle, Minnich, Staudt, and many other representative families
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Elliott, Ella Zerbey
Subjects: Genealogy -- Pennsylvania Schuylkill County (Pa.) -- History Schuylkill County (Pa.) -- Genealogy
Publisher: Pottsville, Pa. : Pottsville, Pa. "Republican", Joseph Zerbey, proprietor
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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ry dear here. We have had some hard fighting, but, thank God, I amyet among the living, although in the midst of all the trials.On the evening of the 21st of June, ov:r company, with someothers, left here to relieve a train of wagons from VeraCruz, and the next morning at three oclock we routed oursavage enemies at Lavidia, about 16 miles from here. TheMexicans numbered about 500—our force about 300; but werouted and defeated them, killing about 100 of them, with-out loss of a single man, although we lost four horses. We are now awaiting fresh orders, and expect to haveanother engagement with more than 5,000 Mexicans whohave fortified the National Bridge, between here and VeraCruz. ^Vhen or whither we go is uncertain. The sick and wounded are dying very fast in our hos-pital. The funerals average from 10 to 13 every day. Wehave only lost five out of our company by death, but manyby desertion and discharge. We are uncertain when peace Avill be agreed upon, orwhen we will return home.
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SCHUYLKILL COUNTYMexican War 121 I have never received an answer to any of my lettershome, and you need not expect another until you write toYour affectionate son, William Merkle.Mrs. Elizabeth Merkle. The Civil War of the Rebellion has not been advertedto in these pages. It is of too recent occurrence and its his-tory too well known to class it with the early events to whichthe volume is devoted. Its stirring history is left to the penof the historian of the future if it has not been already coveredby the ready writer.

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