Norman Gasbarro | March 8, 2014
Today’s post on the Shamokin Cemetery’s Soldiers’ Circle features nine graves in the outer circle, first quadrant, beginning at the path. The photographs are numbered 6 through 14. Unfortunately, most of the grave sites have stones that are unreadable due to severe weathering. It is believed that this is the first group of burials in […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 6, 2014
This post begins a chronicle of the worst flooding on the Susquehanna River in history – at least at the time that it occurred. Unfortunately, this event had some effects on getting men and material to the war front – and men home from the war. Railroad tracks were submerged and bridges were damaged. While […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 4, 2014
A listing of the February 2014 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Another Biographical Sketch of Dr. Andrew J. Pontius January 2014 Posts The Henry Keiser Diary – Furlough, Marriage, Return to the Front Eleven Civil War Dead of Millersburg The Oak Hill Cemetery List of Millersburg Civil War Veterans Crimes Committed […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 2, 2014
The original charter of the Kilpatrick Post No. 212, G.A.R., is on display of the Historical Society of Millersburg and Upper Paxton Township at its museum in Millersburg, Pennsylvania (upper right). The above-shown display case contains many original Civil War related-items as well as reproductions including photographs of Civil War veterans. The photographs at center-left […]
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