Norman Gasbarro | December 25, 2013
The Christmas Day 1863 edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer was dominated by a new Christmas story by Charles Dickens, Mrs Lirriper’s Lodgings, which consisted of four pages of text (“quadruple sheet”). However, the news of the day was still included in the daily newspaper as were editorials. A portion of the Inquirer‘s Christmas wish, as it […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 23, 2013
An obituary of James Cox (1833-1909), was contributed to the USGenWeb Archives. It provides some interesting facts and stories not previously noted here about this Corporal who served in the 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company L, from 19 August 1861 through 24 August 1864. In August 1861, inspired by love for his adopted country, he being […]
Jake Wynn | December 20, 2013
The men of the 96th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry struggled to keep warm on the evening of December 24, 1861. A frigid wind howled across the ridges and farms of Northern Virginia that Christmas Eve. Within their newly completed winter quarters, the hearty men of central and eastern Pennsylvania huddled next to blazing campfires, in a vain […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 18, 2013
Two portraits of Rev. Milton H. Sangree have been recently discovered in a file folder. Attached (with a paper clip) to the portraits was a note stating the following: “Keep these… think he may be a former Salem Church Pastor.” There are several churches in the Lykens Valley area with the name “Salem”, so it […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 16, 2013
In 1992, in recognition of the 175th Anniversary of the Millersburg Ferry, Civil War re-enactors assembled at Millersburg‘s Riverfront Park to conduct a mock battle between two ferry boats – the Roaring Bull and Falcon. During the Civil War, no actual battle took place in the Susquehanna River area surrounding Millersburg, but if one had […]
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