This is an email from the Montour County Genealogical Society in Danville. I know some of you are going to ask me if we have relatives in this book, and I just do not know yet.. I suspect so, and am anxious to see the book, but I have not yet!
Book
Signing
Randy Hackenburg’s
New Civil War Book
After fifty years of compiling information on Montour
Countians who served in the Civil War, Danville native Randy Hackenburg has
recently published his third book, THEY PAID THE PRICE: Montour Countians in
the Civil War. This is an amazing book containing 373 fascinating pages
including Regiment lists, photographs, maps, biographical sketches and
narratives of action by Montour County Units. My personal view is that it is
exceptionally comprehensive, carefully documented, and beautifully presented.
It will be a great help with research concerning anyone from our county who
served in that war, but even if you have no connections it makes for very
interesting reading.
Mr. Hackenburg has B.S. and M.A. degrees in American history,
served in the U.S. Air Force and for over 30 years was Assistant Curator and
Photo Archivist at the U.S. Army military History Institute at Carlisle. He has
been interested in history as far back as he can remember and during his college
years wrote a biographical account of Colonel Charles W. Eckman. His Master’s
thesis was the history of the Columbia Guards.
Randy will be available for a book signing in the Thomas
Beaver Free Library Community room on Saturday, November 17, 2012 from 11:30
a.m. to 2:30 p.m. In addition to the Civil War books available for
purchase at the book signing, also available will be Randy’s second book,
Montour County and the American Revolution, and a limited number of
copies of his first book, Pennsylvania in the Mexican War: The Volunteer
Regiments. Books are also available in the MCGS Genealogy Room on
Mondays from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
The Civil War book is $50.00 including tax and the Revolutionary War book price
has been reduced to $25.00 including tax. Information regarding mail orders
will be posted on our website as soon as it is available (probably within the
next week). If you have any questions, you can email me at mcgsceld@aol.com.
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