Photo: Luitwieler family photos (front row): wooden brush engraved with J. G. Luitwieler & Sons, Rochester, New York, Established 1860; (2nd row, left to right): Mabel Eloise Luitwieler (1870-1922) daughter of Samuel Woods Luitwieler and Sophia Charlotte Maurer, Samuel Henry Luitwieler (1905-1981) son of George Chichester Luitwieler and Mary Estelle Dillingham, Adelaide Blossom Luitwieler (1882-1964) daughter of Samuel Woods Luitwieler and Sophia Charlotte Maurer; (back row, left to right): Samuel Woods Luitwieler (1847-1931), his wife Sophia Charlotte Maurer Luitwieler (1849-1826), Thomas Jefferson Trent (1910-1996) and his wife Willia Winzola Ginn (1917-2000). Credit: Denise Bartholome, great granddaughter of Samuel Woods Luitwieler.

Luitwieler Family Comes to America in 1836

By Melissa Berry on March 22, 2024

Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the Luitwieler family’s story in America starting in 1836, including the California Gold Rush and the Civil War... (Read More)

Photo: Union Cavalry General Philip Sheridan (1831-1888). From "The Photographic History of The Civil War in Ten Volumes: Volume Four, The Cavalry," The Review of Reviews Co., New York, 1911, p. 268. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Union Soldier’s Civil War Diary (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on February 28, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her story of a Civil War veteran returning to Maryland battlefields in 1924 with his wartime diary... (Read More)

Illustration: "Destruction of the R.R. bridge, over the Monocacy River near Frederick, Md." Scene depicts damage caused by Confederate raid, 9 July 1864. Credit: Alfred R. Waud, 1828-1891, artist; Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Union Soldier’s Civil War Diary (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on February 24, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about a Civil War veteran who returned to Maryland battlefields in 1924 to reminisce and reflect... (Read More)

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