Rachel Seitz
Interview of Rachel Seitz for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library in partnership with the Greater Carlisle Heart and Soul Project. Seitz discusses growing up in West Pennsboro and spending time in Carlisle.
North Middleton Township
Brigadier-General William Thompson
In Carlisle’s Old Graveyard at the corner of East South and South Bedford Streets is located an eight foot Celtic cross commemorating the burial place of Brigadier-General William Thompson.
Alexander Washington
Alexander Washington served in Company B of the 127th U.S.C.T. He was born around 1838 in Perry County, Pennsylvania.1 He enlisted in as a private in Harrisburg on August 24, 1864, and was mustered in on August 26 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His company descriptive book describes him as 26 years old and five feet and seven inches tall, with dark hair, eyes, and complexion. He was working as a ferryman at the time.2 Due to an injury sustained while on duty, he was absent sick in the General Hospital at Fort Monroe, Virginia, starting October 4, 1864.