Norman Gasbarro | July 20, 2012
The above article describing the “fatal affair at Gratztown” appeared in the Philadelphia Public Ledger, 27 September 1856, described the death of George Hoffman Jr. at the annual military encampment at Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. A more extensive article appeared in a Schuylkill County publication, the Farmers and Miners Journal on the same date. It […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 19, 2012
Anyone who attempts to compile an “official” and “complete” list of Pennsylvania’s Civil War battles, engagements and skirmishes is faced with a daunting task. There are several, already-compiled lists of Civil War battles, one of which has been previously presented on this blog and worth noting again. That list is found in the book, Statistical […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 18, 2012
Along U.S. Route 422 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, there are two historical markers which call attention to Abraham Lincoln family roots in Pennsylvania as well as the historical sites related to those roots. LINCOLN HOMESTEAD President Lincoln’s great-great grandfather Mordecai purchased Andrew Robeson‘s land and built the stone house that stands about 1 1/4 south […]
Brian Tomlin | July 17, 2012
American Civil War Wax Museum, Gettysburg, PA 297 Steinwater Ave, Gettysburg, PA 717-334-6245 Contains 35 scenes with 300 life-size wax figures depicting civil war events B & O Railroad Museum, Baltimore, MD 901 W Pratt St, Baltimore, MD 21223 The museum’s exhibit “The War Came By Train: American Civil War 150th Anniversary” tells the […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 16, 2012
The post this past Saturday featured the Open House held by the Pillow Historical Society at Pillow, Pennsylvania. The name of this community had an unusual, Civil-War-related origin as explained in a post here on 24 January 2011: ——————————— Pillow Pennsylvania Named for Inept Confederate General Pillow, the northernmost borough in Dauphin County, was incorporated […]
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