Norman Gasbarro | March 14, 2016
This post will identify and review two readily-available print sources of information on the Ku Klan Klan in Pennsylvania in the 20th Century. This 20th Century iteration of the Klan was a re-incarnation of the first Klan that came about after the Civil War to deny rights to Freedmen by using terror and intimidation. From […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 11, 2016
Minutes of the Kissinger Post, Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), No. 376, Department of Pennsylvania, located at Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, have now been added to the “Resources” section of this blog and may be accessed directly from this post or from the index page of the “Resources” section. To access the complete collection […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 9, 2016
William Doubert Stites (1840-1915) is the “W. D. Stites” whose name appears on the Millersburg Soldier Monument. On 31 August 1861, William D. Stites was mustered into service at Harrisburg in the 47th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, as a Private. At the time of enrollment, he gave his age as 21, his residence as Bloomfield, […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 7, 2016
A photocopy of a crumpled newspaper story has been found in the Project files. The clipping is entitled “Brave Johnny Hoover” and tells the story of a man from the Lykens Valley who is said to be the youngest soldier in the Union Army during the Civil War. In addition to being named in the […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 4, 2016
A listing of the February 2016 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Update on Inglis V. Fairbain of Tower City Philip C. Swab – A Grand Funeral! January 2016 Posts Jacob Swab & Jacob W. Swab – Two Different Elizabethville Area Veterans Update on Benjamin Hartzog, alias Walter Davis, of Donaldson Adam […]
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