Norman Gasbarro | May 16, 2012
The post today is a continuation of a study of the men who served in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry. In 1860, Levan J. Warner was living on a farm owned by his father Daniel Warner in North Manheim Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Levan was then only 12 years old. Levan’s mother Mary [Emerick] Warner had […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 15, 2012
The post today is a continuation of a study of the men who served in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry. Franklin Wise was a Private in Company C, who enlisted on 9 September 1861, at Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. At the time, he was a resident of Schuylkill Haven and was employed as a boatman. […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 14, 2012
Samuel A. Losch, a veteran of the Civil War and a Pennsylvania State Senator from the area around Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, died in Atlantic City, New Jersey, at the age of 58. Sen. Losch was born in Uniontown (Pillow), Dauphin County. His death was reported in both the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Harrisburg […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 13, 2012
John William Matchett (1844-1864) was a soldier in the 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry who died of disease during the Civil War. A story about John Matchett appeared in The Historical Society Gazette, the newsletter of the Halifax Area Historical Society, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in the summer of 1994. It was written by Bill Schreffler of […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 12, 2012
The United States Army Heritage and Education Center, at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, has several outdoor exhibits pertaining to the Civil War. On the grounds in close proximity to the Visitor and Education Center is a reconstruction of several types of winter quarter buildings used by soldiers who usually were in a hiatus from fighting during the […]
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