Norman Gasbarro | December 6, 2012
The Stephen Spierberg film, Lincoln, is based somewhat on the Pulitizer Prize winning book by Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, However, the film focuses on only a small part of the book, mainly a few pages describing the last months of the Lincoln presidency, when Abraham Lincoln was […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 5, 2012
A listing of the Novmber 2012 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Elizabethville Civil War Veterans List Dr. Wilson E. Naylor – Elizabethville Dentist October 2012 Posts Election of 1862 Spielberg Lincoln movie opening Nov 9 The Ditty Brothers of Millersburg & Elizabethville Jeannie Gourlay – Cast Member at Ford’s When Lincoln […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 4, 2012
In a section describing John A. Sipe, found in the Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County Pennsylvania (1911), no less than ten Civil War veterans are mentioned in his extended family. John A. Sipe was a merchant tailor who had a post-Civil War business that centered in Herndon, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, but operated in […]
Brian Tomlin | December 3, 2012
Christmas gift giving was popular throughout the nineteenth century. To get an idea of the kinds of Christmas presents commonly given and desired during the Civil War period, simply examine period newspapers for the week before Christmas. It seems that the holiday preparation and shopping period was very brief, with most gift purchases being made […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 2, 2012
In a section describing John A. Sipe, found in the Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County Pennsylvania (1911), pages 627-628, no less than ten Civil War veterans are mentioned in his extended family. John A. Sipe was a merchant tailor who had a post-Civil War business that centered in Herndon, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, but operated […]
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