Norman Gasbarro | October 11, 2011
SUDDEN DEATH OF JOHN L. MATTER LYKENS — Shortly after 10 o’clock Saturday morning our citizens were shocked by the announcement that John L. Matter died suddenly at his home on Main street. Inquiry elicited the fact that just a few minutes previous to his demise William James, the apprentice in Mr. Matter’s tailoring establishment, […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 10, 2011
Yesterday, the All Wars Memorial of Pine Grove‘s Veterans of Foreign Wars Post was featured. Today the focus will be on the Pine Grove American Legion All Wars Memorial. The American Legion Post #374 of Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, is located at the corner of Pottsville Street and Tulpehocken Street. The All Wars Memorial […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 9, 2011
Pine Grove is a community in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Although it lies just outside the geographic bounds of the area represented by the Civil War Research Project, its two All Wars Memorials are worth mentioning. Several of the Civil War veterans who are already included in the Project have origins in Pine Grove or they […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 8, 2011
In the post yesterday, the strange occurrence of the discharge of all thirteen Columbia County draftees in Company I of the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry on Surgeon’s Certificates of Disability was revealed. Today the other twelve draftees who were discharged for the same reason will be noted. Eleven were from Dauphin County and one was from […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 7, 2011
As previously reported on this blog, the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, was a drafted militia unit whose Captain was Benjamin J. Evitts of the Lykens Valley. An examination of the roll of this company reveals an interesting, unexplained phenomenon. Of the 98 draftees who reported to Camp Curtin near Harrisburg in the early days […]
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