Norman Gasbarro | December 21, 2010
The National Civil War Museum is located high on a hilltop overlooking Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The museum aims to provide a balanced view and to inspire lifelong learning through preservation and research about the Civil War. It has become a national destination for “families, students, civil war enthusiasts and historians to experience and research […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 20, 2010
The election of 1860 was held throughout the United States on 6 November 1860. The result was that Abraham Lincoln won a majority of the electoral votes and thus was elected President of the United States. His election supposedly was the trigger that brought about the secession crisis. South Carolina voted to secede from the […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 19, 2010
The previous post on the Pennsylvania Dutch language noted its origins and pervasiveness in the Lykens Valley at the time of the Civil War. It also gave the various terms that were used to describe relationships in the family and among friends. Much of the commerce that was conducted between and among the Pennsylvania Dutch […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 18, 2010
The National Civil War Museum is located high on a hilltop overlooking Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The museum aims to provide a balanced view and to inspire lifelong learning through preservation and research about the Civil War. It has become a national destination for “families, students, civil war enthusiasts and historians to experience and research […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 17, 2010
(Part 4 of 4). Just after 10 March 1864, Ann Ellen [Carson] Gratz received a third piece of bad news in just more than two years. The mother’s pension she had requested for her son John C. Gratz‘s Civil War service was rejected. Previously, she had been notified of her son’s death due to fever […]
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