Norman Gasbarro | April 12, 2019
From the Harrisburg Evening News, 1 July 1935: MANY WIDOWS GET PENSIONS WASHINGTON, July 1 [1935] — The widows of hundreds of men who served in the Civil War will receive pensions or increases in their grants from the Government when a bill reported favorably by the House Committee on Pensions is formally adopted. Several […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 8, 2019
Solomon Moyer, Civil War veteran, was tragically killed in 1890 while working on the railroad. Solomon Moyer enrolled at Pine Grove Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, in the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry, on 2 September 1961. On 23 September 1861, he was mustered into service as a Private in Company B at Pottsville. There is some handwritten […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 5, 2019
A listing of the March 2019 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Joseph Gee of Donaldson – Died “Unwept, Unhonored, & Unsung,” 1902 January 2019 Posts Obituary of Levi S. Adams of Tremont, 1911 February 2019 Posts Mrs. Comuskey of Williamstown Who Was Henry S. Graver? – Named on Lykens G.A.R. Monument […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 1, 2019
According to information found in the 1890 Civil War Soldiers’ Census for Curtin, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Line #19, there was a “Henry H. Harrison” living there who served as a Private in Company I of the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry (Drafted), for 9 months and 5 days. No person by that name has been found in […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 8, 2019
A listing of the February 2019 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: William Evans – Died of Disease at Washington, D.C., 1864 Poisoned By Lead, Veteran Runs Naked in Boarding House, 1896 George Farber – Fired Last Shot of Civil War Patrick Fagan – Deserter from 96th Pennsylvania Infantry Death of Henry […]
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