Norman Gasbarro | December 6, 2010
At the start of the Civil War in April, 1861, there was great enthusiasm and support in many places in the north. President Abraham Lincoln’s call for 75,000 volunteers was answered and it appeared that these men would be sufficient to end the rebellion quickly; life could then go on as before. After the shocking […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 5, 2010
Along many of the lesser-traveled roads and bi-ways of the Lykens Valley are a fair number of small cemeteries. These cemeteries once were family burial plots on family land or were grave yards aside churches that have long ceased to exist. They are not marked by signs, or are not easily accessible. Previously mentioned was […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 4, 2010
Across from the Civil War Soldier Monument in West Park, Market Square, Millersburg, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, is the All Wars Veterans Monument. A bronze plaque rests on a polished stone base. Chiseled in stone are the words: Duty, Honor, Country. The plaque reads: Dedicated to all veterans of all wars, Men and women who bravely […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 3, 2010
Standing proudly, polished and clean, in West Park of Market Square in Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, is the Civil War Soldier Monument. West Park is dedicated to the veterans from the Millersburg and Upper Paxton Township area, but the Civil War monument is the only one that recognizes the veterans of a single war – […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 2, 2010
This story appeared in the Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, Pennsylvania, on 29 July 1895: Being unable to longer keep the wolf from his door, Peter W. Miller, an aged and disabled veteran of the late rebellion, made the journey to Washington on foot, and after having shown Pension Commissioner Lochran the scars from wounds received […]
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