Van Leers In The Civil War
This collection is sourced by Ella (not wife of HMM Richards), HMM Richards, Pennsylvania Bar Association and the book Reading Furnace, 1736. All accounts mention most family members supporting the union or taking a neutral stance by moving to parts of Texas or beyond. The records also indicates that affiliate families on the confederate side e.g. Polks, etc were probably unknowingly shooting at their cousins the Van Leers on the battlefield. Records include former union and confederate families coming together post war through marriage.
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Samuel/William Van Leer |
Married well known abolitionist and lawyer George Hussey Earle Sr |
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Samuel/William/Isaac W. Van Leer |
Union: Private at age 15, died from wounds in battle and later featured in various publications as a hero |
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Samuel/Anthony/Rebecca Polk |
Close Polk ties and warned confederates of a union advance |
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Isaac/William Van Leer |
Union: |
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Isaac/Bernard |
Union: Killed in Civil War |
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Samuel/Anthony/Elenora Kirkman |
Confederate |
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Isaac/Branson/Ella Van Leer |
Union: |
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Samuel/Anthony Van Leer |
Describes activities in TN, and post-war period. |
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Samuel/Anthony Van Leer |
Shut down his TN Investment in support of Union and offered home as a Union HQ |
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