Norman Gasbarro | March 31, 2011
The Carolyn Dunkelberger Schwalm Memorial Library at the Gratz Historical Society is seeking donations of Civil War related materials. On 6 April 2011, the research room will open for the season with regularly scheduled hours each Wednesday from noon to 5:00 P.M., and will be scheduling other times by appointment. One of the objectives of [...]
Norman Gasbarro | March 30, 2011
Ancestry.com provides an database index to the surviving 1890 Veterans Schedules which listed Union veterans who were heads of households or their widows. The index will held find the exact schedule on which the information about the veteran is found. The schedules are easily located through Ancestry.com and copies of them are available to Ancestry.com [...]
Norman Gasbarro | March 29, 2011
(Part 14 of an ongoing series on the Battle of Gettysburg). Around the base of the Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg are a series of plaques which, by regiment and company, note the names of every soldier who was present at the Battle of Gettysburg. This post will present the plaque recognizing the men who served [...]
Norman Gasbarro | March 28, 2011
(Part 13 of an ongoing series on the Battle of Gettysburg). Around the base of the Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg are a series of plaques which, by regiment and company, note the names of every soldier who was present at the Battle of Gettysburg. This post will present the plaque recognizing the men who served [...]
Norman Gasbarro | March 27, 2011
On 29 August 1863, in front of about twenty-five thousand witnesses including the soldiers of the 5th Army Corps, five deserters were executed near Washington, D.C. It was not unusual for deserters to be executed during the Civil War. What was unusual about this execution was that one of the soldiers was of the Jewish [...]
The Gratz Historical Society was organized in 1977. The mission of the society is to preserve and protect the history of the upper part of Dauphin County, PA. The Society has a museum and research library at 8 W. Market Street in Gratz. Today the society has over 300 members. Visit the Society'sWebsite or follow us on Twitter @HistoryGratz and @GratzCivilWar 
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