Norman Gasbarro | October 16, 2011
The Civil War Sesquicentennial was commemorated at Franklin Square in Philadelphia on Fourth of July weekend, 2011, with “encampments” of re-enactors representing several Pennsylvania-related military units. One of the units represented was the 3rd Regiment Infantry of United States Colored Troops (U.S.C.T.). It has been previously reported on this blog that several men from the […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 15, 2011
The blog post today presents four individuals who were drafted into the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, and who reported to Camp Curtin as required on 2 November 1862. Each found and paid a substitute to serve for him and thus were discharged from the regiment on the date indicated. Pennsylvania Veterans’ Index Cards are […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 14, 2011
The focus in the blog post today is on those men who were drafted into Company I of the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry and subsequently deserted. To determine which men deserted, the roll of the company was examined. Company rolls are found at the Pennsylvania Archives. The roll of this company can be found on-line as […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 13, 2011
Henry Alexander Ogden (1856-1936) was a Philadelphia-born illustrator of historical subjects who, for many years was an employee of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper in New York. He made a reputation for himself by traveling extensively throughout the American west and Europe and sending back more than 200 illustrations used in Leslie’s. After 1881, Ogden worked […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 12, 2011
The original purchaser of Lot #46 from Simon Gratz in 1818 was Joshua Ossman. In 1820, Ossman left Gratz and sold the lot to Charles Coleman who owned it until he died in 1839 whereupon it is listed through his estate until 1852 when it was obtained by Jacob Laudenslager (1796-1869). During the estate period, […]
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