47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantrymen and blood brothers Levinus Lafayette Knerr (1830-1905) and James Henry Knerr (1838-1886) were members of a large family with strong ties to Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Although many of their siblings lived well-documented lives, several remain obscured by the mists of time.
Part two of our biography about the Knerr family, which begins below, presents the information located to date by researchers for 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers: One Civil War Regiment’s Story regarding the Knerr brothers’ siblings.
* Note: To learn more about Lafayette and James Knerr, including about their service to the nation during the American Civil War, please read part one of this biography…