Norman Gasbarro | August 26, 2012
The Civil War Research Project has just received the complete pension application files for two Civil War veterans of the Bressler family: Adam Bressler and Daniel Bressler. The papers, as obtained from the National Archives, were given to the Society by a descendant who done extensive research on the Bressler family and its Civil War […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 25, 2012
Several readers of this blog have written requesting information on how to have changes made to the plaques on the Pennsylvania Gettysburg Monument. All the regimental plaques have previously been presented here on this blog and descendants of some of those whose names were missing from the plaques inquired as to how to get the […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 24, 2012
The Gratz Historical Society received a recent donation of three large oval hand colored portraits of members of the Riegle family of the Lykens Valley area. The portraits are 19 inches high and 14 inches wide. Scanned cropped images are presented below in the hopes that a reader of this blog will be able to […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 23, 2012
The Halifax United Methodist Church Cemetery is located at the corner of Rise Street and Wind Hill Drive in Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The graves of twenty Civil War veterans are easily located in this cemetery. A prior post described the cemetery and showed old maps with its location noted. Today, Part 5 of a […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 22, 2012
The Halifax United Methodist Church Cemetery is located at the corner of Rise Street and Wind Hill Drive in Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The graves of twenty Civil War veterans are easily located in this cemetery. A prior post described the cemetery and showed old maps with its location noted. Today, Part 4 of a […]
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