Norman Gasbarro | October 17, 2014
The “J. H. Rowe” whose name appears on the Millersburg Soldier Monument, was Jacob Herbert Rowe, born 25 April 1841 in Pennsylvania, the son of Jeremiah Rowe and Jane [Shower] Rowe, and died at Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, of senile dementia, on 21 June 1928. He is buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg. At […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 16, 2014
The 41st Pennsylvania Infantry (12th Pennsylvania Reserves) Monument at Gettysburg is located south of the town of Gettysburg on the summit of Big Round Top. It was not dedicated until September 1890 due to the conflict between what the regiment wanted (a memorial hall for all the reserve units) and the Pennsylvania governor who vetoed […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 15, 2014
Two brothers, Jonas Harrison Kauffman (1840-1930) and Luther Samuel Kauffman (1846-1938), both associated with Minersville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, saw service in the Civil War and following the war had successful professional careers, the older brother as a physician and the younger brother as an attorney. Jonas H. Kauffman has also been named in two sources […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 14, 2014
The 39th Pennsylvania Infantry (10th Pennsylvania Reserves) Monument at Gettysburg is located south of Gettysburg on Confederate Avenue at the foot of Big Round Top. It was not ready for the Pennsylvania Day ceremonies of 1889 and therefore was dedicated in 1890. The view of the Monument pictured above is from Steven Recker’s Virtual Gettysburg […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 13, 2014
John W. Hoffman (1843-1926). Photo (above) from family collection. The following documents are presented here to show some of the types of information that can be found in the Pension Application Files available at the National Archives (NARA) in Washington, D.C. To locate the complete files at the National Archives, first consult the Pension Index […]
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