Norman Gasbarro | January 20, 2013
When the Civil War was finally over, nearly 3,000,000 from the Union and nearly 1,400,000 from the Confederacy had taken up arms against each other. Counted among the dead were about 360,000 from the North and 258,000 from the South. The war had taken a toll on the nation. How many of these were fighting […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 19, 2013
The 44th Annual G.A.R. National Encampment was held in Atlantic City in September 1910. It was one of the largest attended G.A.R. encampments held in the 20th century. For many of the veterans, it would probably be their last encampment. Getting to Atlantic City was relatively easy for veterans from Pennsylvania – two railroads provided […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 18, 2013
Jacob Scheck of Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, was a German immigrant who arrived in America before the Civil War with his parents. His father, George Scheck was a master mason and the family appears in the 1860 census for Pine Grove, Schuylkill County. In 1860, Jacob was working as a boatman on the Schuylkill Canal […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 17, 2013
Amos Garverich was born in Middle Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on 9 March 1821, the son of Daniel Garverich and Elizabeth [Umberger] Garverich. Before 1849, he married Juliann Harten and set about raising a family in Jackson Township, Dauphin County, while working as a laborer. And before the beginning of the war, at least […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 16, 2013
A “Burial Record” appeared in Volume 5 of Samuel P. Bates’ History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, pages 1342 through 1365. The first page states that the list of soldiers was “published by the General Government since the foregoing pages were in type” and is shown below. As can be seen by the listing (click on page […]
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