Norman Gasbarro | May 10, 2013
Located at the “The Crater” at the Petersburg National Battlefield, is a monument to the 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery. The monument is in the design of a stone podium with inscriptions on the top face and on the front side. The front face of the monument reads: Went into action 30 July 1864, 780 men […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 9, 2013
Jonathan Brenner, who was mustered into service as a Private in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company C, on 9 September 1861, died from wounds received at the Battle of Antietam, 17 September 1862. He was a coal miner from Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, who was 28 years old at the time of his enrollment. As […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 8, 2013
——————————- HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MILLERSBURG AND UPPER PAXTON TOWNSHIP 324 Center Street, P.O. Box 171, Millersburg, Pennsylvania 17061 Phone: (717) 692-4084 E-Mail Contact: mbhist@epix.net Contact Person: Leslie Smith Museum has Civil War display. Open on Saturdays and Sundays, and at other times by chance or appointment. Call or e-mail for further information. —————————– MAHANOY […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 7, 2013
The Widow Mary Botdorf, living in Jackson Township (Herndon Post Office), Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, reported to the 1890 Census that her husband John Botdorf had served in the 136th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company C, as a Private, from 7 August 1862 through his discharge on 29 May 1863 (nine months and 22 days), that he was […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 6, 2013
On 9 April 1866, from his home in Llewellen, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Henry Brodt, who had served as Captain of Company A of the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, provided a sworn statement in support of the pension application of the widow Harriet Binkley so that she could receive government support for herself and her young daughter: […]
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