A third incident of arson in Harrisburg occurred in the early morning of 1 July 1865, the two previous incidents having occurred a few days prior and about two weeks prior. This third incident resulted in the organization of citizens’ patrols. The article that appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on 3 July 1865 also made […]
A major suspicious fire which started at the corner of Third Street and Strawberry Alley in Harrisburg on 15 June 1865 destroyed a good portion of a city block. Two weeks later, another suspicious fire broke out and was described in a brief article which appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on 30 June 1865: Another […]
The skies of Harrisburg lit up on the morning of 15 June 1865. A fire had broken out in coach-maker J. R. Fleming‘s two-story building at Third Street and Strawberry Alley. It quickly spread to several other buildings. The investigation quickly concluded that the fire was set by arsonists. The Philadelphia Inquirer of 16 June […]
A listing of the April 2014 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Harrisburg Burning – Yet Again The Shamokin Soldiers’ Circle – Photographs 69 – 77 and Path March 2014 Posts The Shamokin Soldiers’ Circle – Photographs 80 – 92 Robert M. Palmer – Lincoln’s Minister to Argentina The Shamokin Soldiers’ Circle […]
A listing of the March 2014 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: The Charter of the Kilpatrick G.A.R. Post of Millersburg February 2014 Posts The Susquehanna River Flood of March 1865 (Part 1 of 2) The Shamokin Soldiers’ Circle – Photographs 6 -14 The Susquehanna River Flood of March 1865 (Part 2 […]
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