Norman Gasbarro | July 5, 2012
A listing of the June 2012 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Union Cemetery, Pillow (Part 2) Andrew J. Williams, Killed in Coal Mines Three Draftees from Troy in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry Civil War Photography Two Substitutes Join the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry May 2012 Posts Reports from the Antietam Battlefield Lewis […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 4, 2012
From an editorial that appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on 4 July 1864, the following excerpts are presented: The Day The Nation celebrates, to-day, the eighty-sixth anniversary of its birth, and although we had hoped also to commemorate at the same time the occupation of the city of Richmond by our troops, we can well […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 3, 2012
William H. Hawk (1844-1912) lived through the tragic death of his mother and of his son in addition to honorably serving in the Civil War in the 11th Pennsylvania Infantry and in the Veteran Reserve Corps. The record shows that he he was wounded at Gettysburg on 1 July 1863 and at the Wilderness on […]
Brian Tomlin | July 2, 2012
What were the most popular given names during the Civil War period? This is the second part of a three part study of that question. Part 1 looked at the most popular men’s names of U.S. men born during the period 1811-1850, the broad period that made up the vast majority of Civil War Soldiers. […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 1, 2012
On 4 January 2011, a blog post here featured the Pennsylvania Civil War Project of Steve Maczuga. The URL to locate that post has changed so the post is presented here again with the new URL: ——————————— One of the best sources for general information about individual soldier Civil War service in Pennsylvania military units […]
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