Norman Gasbarro | July 20, 2015
Today’s post is the fifth in the series of photographs of the Civil War veteran graves at Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It features the grave markers of ten soldiers about whom research is ongoing. To determine the extent to which each soldier’s information has been posted on this blog, click on the […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 17, 2015
Harrisburg residents read of the death of Col. Thomas H. Rickert of Pottsville, in the Telegraph of 17 November 1899: Col. Rickert Death Pottsville, 16 November 1899 — Colonel Thomas H. Rickert, a well-known railroad businessman of this city, died at 1:20 this afternoon of disease contracted during the Civil War. He was one of […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 15, 2015
On 4 July 2015 I gave the Keynote Speech at the Pillow Historical Society Open House, Pillow, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. One of the parts of that talk was the identification of twenty-one Civil War veterans who had some connection to Pillow (formerly called Uniontown). Today’s post features the first seven of those men with some […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 13, 2015
In 1912, the Hon. James Martin Yeager wrote and published A Brief History of the Yeager, Buffington, Creighton, Jacobs, Lemon, Hoffman and Woodside Families and Their Collateral Kindred of Pennsylvania. Yeager was formerly the President of Drew Seminary for Young Women of Carmel, New York as well as a former Member of the House of […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 10, 2015
According to an article on the ASME web site, the Civil War created a great demand for prosthetic limbs. That demand came about because of more destructive ammunition and the willingness of the government to pay for the replacement body parts. Recognizing the alarming number of amputations resulting from combat, the U.S. government unveiled the […]
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