Norman Gasbarro | November 7, 2016
The name “Hiram Mann” appears on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument as a Civil War veteran who was not member of the Heilner G.A.R. Post in Lykens. Who was he? In the 1860 Census for East Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, a Hiram Mann was located, age 11, household of George Mann, a shoemaker of that place. […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 4, 2016
A listing of the October 2016 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Who Was William M. Leebrick of Halifax? September 2016 Posts Sarah Klinger – Civil War Widow Bludgeoned to Death in 1906 (Part 4) Joel Kramer – Killed In Storm By Falling Barn Door William A. Loomis – Mennonite Born in […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 2, 2016
The photograph shown above was purportedly taken by O. Pierre Havens of Ossining, New York in either 1862 or 1863, of the camp of the 5th New York Cavalry. In the center of the picture, seated, is a man wearing a top hat. While many people have concluded that the man is Abraham Lincoln, Stefan […]
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