A photograph taken in 1898 of nine Pine Grove area members of the Fourth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, while they were in training near Chattanooga, Tennessee. The group took a sightseeing tour and had their photo taken at Umbrella Rock on the banks of the Mississippi River. They departed from Old Point Comfort, Virginia, for Puerto Rico, shortly afterward.
Pictured:
Front Row: Charles Barr.
Second Row: George “Bully” Fry; William Kendall; Charles Miller.
Back Row: Lt. James Fetter; John Heisler; Abe Gottschall; Harry Longsdorf; Oscar Hammel.
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From “Old Time Photos,” West Schuylkill Herald, Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 1950 via Newspapers.com.
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