Brian Tomlin | February 27, 2015
February 3. Legislature of Canada approves message to British Crown for union of British North American Provinces. The four provinces united were: Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. The former Province of Canada was split back into its pre-1841 parts, with Canada East (Lower Canada) renamed Quebec, and Canada West (Upper Canada) renamed Ontario. […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 26, 2015
The 106th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument at Gettysburg is located adjacent to the Copse of Trees on Hancock Avenue. It was dedicated in 1889 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is the second monument to this regiment at Gettysburg; the first monument is located on Emmitburg Road at the Codori farmhouse. The drawing of the monument […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 25, 2015
The 105th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument at Gettysburg is located south of the town of Gettysburg on Emmitsburg Road. It was dedicated in 1889 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The drawing of the monument pictured above is from a Philadelphia Inquirer article of 11 September 1889. A picture of the monument can be seen on Stephen Recker’s […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 24, 2015
A news story that appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot on 15 April 1907 told of the untimely death of a Civil War veteran, James P. Wilson: COLORED VETERAN FALLS FROM TRAIN AND DIES OF INJURY By Associated Press to the Patriot Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, 14 April 1907 — James Wilson, colored, a veteran of the Civil […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 23, 2015
The first postal commemoration of the death of Abraham Lincoln was a black, fifteen cent stamp issued on the first anniversary of the assassination, April 1866. That stamp was described in a previous blog post entitled Early Postage Stamps Honoring Abraham Lincoln. Beginning with the Civil War Centennial, 1961-1965, there was an increase in the […]
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