Norman Gasbarro | January 25, 2013
A newly released book on the social history of a village at the center of the Mahantongo Valley, Rough and Ready, contains several sections useful for the study of Civil War veterans and their families, including the discovery of another Civil War veteran to be added to the Civil War Research Project – Henry B. […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 24, 2013
A death at the mines at Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, occurred on 7 November 1904. Though not reported as such in the brief notice that appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the man who was killed, Samuel Wesner, was a Civil War veteran. Car Off Track; Kills Man Special to The Inquirer MAHANOY CITY, Pennsylvania, […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 23, 2013
During the Civil War, John C. Herman served in Company K, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry, as a Private. He enrolled at York, York County, Pennsylvania, and was mustered into service in Harrisburg, 9 August 1862. By 28 December 1862, he was sick from “hemorrhoids and rheumatism in the back” and was sent to a hospital in […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 22, 2013
Isaac Hepler (1838-1918) was a Civil War veteran who, after the war, spent the remainder of his life in Gratz Borough, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, where he ran a successful business. The above family photo is of the Isaac Hepler family and was taken around 1890. Standing in back are sons Joseph Hepler and George Hepler […]
Jake Wynn | January 21, 2013
Being Inauguration Day, it seems relevant to explore a topic relating to the nation’s capital. The statue adorning the top of the Capitol Dome fits that bill. While most of us have probably not taken special notice to the 15,000 pound bronze statue sitting atop the nation’s most recognizable landmark, it attracted much attention during […]
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