Brian Tomlin | November 5, 2012
Voter Rights and the Election of 1862 As we prepare for this year’s election day, it is enlightening to look back 150 years and see what the issues were in 1862. The mid-term elections in 1862 brought the Republicans serious losses due to sharp disfavor with the Lincoln Administration over its failure to deliver a speedy […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 4, 2012
A listing of the October 2012 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Riegel Family Veterans of Pennsylvania Civil War Regiments (Part 1 of 7) Riegel Family Veterans of Pennsylvania Civil War Regiments (Part 2 of 7) Riegel Family Veterans of Pennsylvania Civil War Regiments (Part 3 of 7) Abraham Lincoln Statue in […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 3, 2012
DR. NAYLOR, CIVIL WAR VETERAN, DIES Retired Dentist of Elizabethville, Served Four Years With Pennsylvania Units in Union Army Dr. Wilson E. Naylor, a retired dentist of Elizabethville and veteran of the Civil War died at his home yesterday, aged 77 years and 11 months. Dr. Naylor served with Company K, 1st Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 2, 2012
In 1967, Elizabethville, Dauphin County. Pennsylvania, celebrated its 150th anniversary and published a souvenir book. The book was appropriately called, History of Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 1817-1967. The foreword of the book explained the objectives of the Historical Committee: This is the history of a town – Elizabethville, Pennsylvania – and in it we have […]
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