Bibliography & Credits
A very special note of thanks to Mr. George Dodge, attorney-at-law, of Arlington, Va. Mr. Dodge is an active historian, serving as president of the Arlington Historical Society, and author of Historic Images of Arlington National Cemetery. Mr. Dodge’s paper, “Arlington National Cemetery's First Civil War Burials,” provided extensive information for this story. His hours of tedious research established the basis for which further research was made possible. Thank you, Mr. Dodge.
- Albitz Family Genealogy, PhpGedView
- Ancestry.com
- Arlington National Cemetery
- History of Arlington National Cemetery, Thomas Sherlock, Historian
- Commemorative Biographical Record of Northeast Pennsylvania, J.H.Beers & Co., 1900
- Gene Kerrick, historian and friend
- History of Pennsylvania Volunteers 1861-1865, Samuel P. Bates, Vol. 1&2-1869, Vol. 3&4-1870, Vol. 5-1871
- History of Wayne, Pike and Monroe Counties, Pennsylvania, by Alfred Matthews, 1886
- Kerchner Genealogy, Charles F. Kerchner Jr., Commander USNR (Retired), third cousin, thrice steps removed, of William Henry Christman
- Library of Congress
- Monroe County Historical Association Library: 1850 & 1860 Tobyhanna Township Census
- Monroe County Register/Recorder, Office of Deeds, Sheriff’s Sales, and Prothonotary
- National Archives, Washington, D.C.
- North American Forts
- Pennsylvania State Archives: Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866 Indexes
- Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Cultural Resources GIS Database
- Pennsylvania in the Civil War
- Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bureau of Archives and History, Pennsylvania State Archives, Records of the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs, Registers of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865
- Pocono Lake Cemetery and Registry
- Reocities Geneology of Christman Family
- Stoddartsville Cemetery and Registry, Stoddartsville Preservation Society
- The History of Monroe County Pennsylvania During the Civil War, by LeRoy Jennings Koehler, 1950