Brian Tomlin | May 21, 2012
Chesnut, Mary. A Diary from Dixie. Written 1860-1865. Today we can only imagine living through a war taking place inside our own country. Mary Chesnut of South Carolina, married to Confederate General James Chesnut, was forced to live through the Civil War and had the forethought to keep a diary, which she began on November […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 20, 2012
MILLERSBURG HAD FINE MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES Millersburg, 31 May 1912 — Memorial Day was observed here yesterday. At 9:15 a.m. Kilpatrick Post, No. 212, G.A.R., assisted by Chief Marshall C. F. Moyer and aides, Millersburg, Liverpool and Killinger bands, Washington Camp, No. 390, P.O.S. of A., Camp 5770, Modern Woodmen of American, Tahoe Tribe, No. […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 19, 2012
The following history appeared in the Souvenir Book: Millersburg Centennial Celebration, which was published in September, 1907, by the Committee on Printing and Advertising, J. F. Adams, Chairman, and members C. A. Miller, E. E. Railing, C. W. Noll, and F. M. Faust. G.A.R. Kilpatrick Post, No. 212, G.A.R.., was organized on the 9th of […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 18, 2012
As pointed out in the post of 10 May 2012 (Pennsylvania Regimental Numbers – A Second Look), it is unfortunate that the militia companies that were in existence in local communities, when called into state service, were given the same regimental number designations as the state-raised infantry regiments that were sent into national service. There […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 17, 2012
Four men with the surname Williams served in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company C, as privates during the Civil War. Three were boatmen from Pottsville or Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. They worked on the Schuylkill Canal. The fourth was a coal miner, and he was from Minersville, Schuylkill County. At this time, it is […]
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