Norman Gasbarro | May 5, 2014
The Williamstown-Williams Township Historical Society held its annual Open House yesterday, Sunday, 4 May 2014, at their headquarters and museum in Williamtown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Featured at the Open House was the presentation of a restored Civil War Officer’s Commission and an exhibit on Women and the Civil War. Diane Schreffler, presented to the Williamstown […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 4, 2014
Today’s post is a continuation of the series in commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the Great Shohola Train Wreck, which occurred on 15 July 1864. At the time it occurred, it was the worst recorded train accident in history. The official report of the transport of prisoners to Elmira Prison Camp from Point Lookout, […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 3, 2014
Today’s post on the Shamokin Cemetery’s Soldiers’ Circle features seven graves in the second circle, fourth quadrant, beginning with photograph 138. The photographs in this segment are numbered 138 through 144. All of the stones in this section are sequenced in the order of the death of the veteran. For each of the veterans, the […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 2, 2014
In 1912, Clay W. Holmes wrote and published The Elmira Prison Camp: A History of the Military Prison at Elmira, N.Y., July 6, 1864 to July 10, 1865. The book is available free from the Internet Archive (click on title and follow instructions at left of page to download). After the Great Shohola Train Wreck […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 1, 2014
Daniel Engle (or Engel) enrolled in the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H, as a Private, on 1 October 1861, at Donaldson, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, and was mustered into service on the same day at Pottsville. He gave his age as 32, but other records indicate he was actually born in 1829 and was closer to […]
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