Norman Gasbarro | May 15, 2014
Jacob Matter was born 13 June 1845 in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of Joseph Joel Matter (1811-1857) and Anna Mary [Yerges] Matter (1815-1893). His mother’s parents were Michael Yerges (1793-1866) and Hannah [Coleman] Yerges and his mother’s sister was Elizabeth Yerges (1813-1877) who married Martin Rickert (1804-1871) of Specktown, Lykens Township. Jacob […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 14, 2014
Today’s post is another installment of a series on the Great Shohola Train Wreck. On 15 July 1864, at about 2 P.M., a train carrying 833 Confederate prisoners of war and a contingent of Union guards, collided head-on with a 50-car coal train on a single-track main line of the New York and Erie Railroad. […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 13, 2014
The question of the importance of the location that Elmira, Chemung County, New York, had to the Union war effort can best be answered by examining a regional map from the time period. The above map is adapted from an 1868 railroad map and shows the major points of interest to a study of the […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 12, 2014
Previously, in a post entitled David Brown – 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, two photos of David Brown of Pillow, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, were presented. Now, another photograph has come to light which shows David Brown (1837-1902) later in life with his four grown children: David Brown is seated in center, between his son John Adam Brown […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 11, 2014
Jake Wynn, a regular contributor to this blog, launched his own blog on 22 February 2014. It is entitled Wynning History: The Explorations of a Young Historian – Interpreting the Past with a Youthful Voice. Jake can be followed regularly on Twitter or by subscribing directly to his blog. He has just completed his junior […]
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