After digging through some of my grandmother’s research I have found quite a bit of information on my great-grandfather, Harold Ides Eisenhauer.  Using that information I thought I would write a brief profile on his life.
Early Life
Harold was born January 25th, 1897 in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania.  He was the second child of Ides Ulysses Eisenhauer and [...]

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Members of the extended Eisenhauer clan can be found in multiple states in the country and even in other countries (including at the very least Canada and Germany).  This article is specifically about the Eisenhauers in Wisconsin, my home state.
The majority (if not all) of the Eisenhauers in Wisconsin descend from Hans Nicholas Eisenhauer, the [...]

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After reading the profile of Henry Ege provided to me by John Hoptak, I have been inspired to write my own profile of Abraham Eisenhauer, my 3rd great grandfather.  In fact I think I wish to write a much larger profile than those seen on John’s blog since mine would include more than just his [...]

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I have been able to dig up some of the original posts of this blog from before the re-launch using Google’s cached page feature.  I will be trying to re-post some of the more interesting ones as I find and sort through them.
Below is one of the first posts from this site’s previous incarnation.  It [...]

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John Hoptak, owner of the 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Blog and a park ranger at Antietam National Park, was kind enough to direct me to a posting from his blog of one Henry Ege.  Henry was a private in Company I of the 48th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers (the same unit as Abraham Eisenhauer!).  Both Abraham and [...]

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Being that it is July 4th and the anniversary of the official beginning of our nation’s independence, I figured it was fitting to write a post in regards to the war which led to such.
First, I wanted to mention that the History Channel is re-running a great 2006 series they produced titled “The Revolution” all [...]

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Almost exactly one year ago (July 5, 2007) I posted an article on this blog regarding the passing of my grandfather.  The original post, titled Wesley William Eisenhauer (9/6/29 - 6/26/07), is copied below (an update follows):
My Grandfather, Wesley Eisenhauer, passed away last Tuesday. He will be truly missed! I thought since he was an [...]

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