Norman Gasbarro | December 9, 2015
This photo essay shows a Philadelphia Civil War-Era Church, the Arch Street Presbyterian Church, preserved and still used amid some of the tallest buildings in the United States and Pennsylvania. The Arch Street Presbyterian Church, located at the corner of 18th and Arch Streets in Philadelphia, is surrounded among what are currently the tallest building […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 7, 2015
In mid February 1867, the Boston Run Colliery of Althouse and Focht near Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, was robbed at gunpoint by a band of men who succeeded in taking most of the payroll of $4500 in cash from the officials of the mine. While the robbery was reported in several newspapers of the time, […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 4, 2015
A listing of the November 2015 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Jacob Elm – German Immigrant Served in New York Cavalry Regiment October 2015 Posts William Dodd Mystery Solved – Not Civil War Millersburg’s Ties to the American Civil War Obituary of and Memorial to George W. Ely Who Was Inglis […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 2, 2015
The obituary of Benjamin R. Foster appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph, 8 February 1911. While his Civil War service was mentioned, it was not noted in the obituary that he had ties to at least three communities in the Lykens Valley area. Benjamin R. Foster Falls Dead Today Was One of Harrisburg’s Oldest Machinists […]
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