Creation of Geroge Mason Statue on April 12, 1992 was one of the best creation of George Mason University which was the first 3D depiction of George MAson in the United States. The dedication was seven plus feet statue which occured during the…
On July 5th, 1863, the day after the Battle of Gettysburg ended and Lee’s Army began its retreat from Pennsylvania, Solomon Crist enlisted as a private from Marietta in the Pennsylvania militia’s Independent Battalion. He was one of eleven men from…
On February 19, 1864, Solomon Crist enrolled in Company K, 55th Pennsylvania Infantry in Bedford, PA. He mustered in as a Private at Harrisburg, PA, on March 2nd, 1864. He was 6 feet tall with blue eyes and light hair. His age was recorded as…
The Crist family owned several farms in Bedford County’s Union Township. The farm on which Solomon worked was most likely one of the Crist family's farms, located northwest of the town of Marietta in Union Township. The 1861 map of Bedford County…