Norman Gasbarro | February 13, 2015
From the Harrisburg Patriot, of 13 January 1917: REV. J. Q. ADAMS, ONCE SLAVE, DIES Retired Colored Preacher Was Formerly Coachman to Judge Pearson, and for Years a Conspicuous Figure Here The Rev. John Quincy Adams, retired local colored preacher of the Wesley Union connection, former slave and known to all the older families of […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 12, 2015
Elias Martin (1839-1918) is buried at Highland Cemetery, Dauphin Borough, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. During the Civil War, he served two enlistments, although only one is named on his grave marker. Elias Martin first enrolled at Duncan’s Island in the Susquehanna River in Company C of the 136th Pennsylvania Infantry on 8 August 1862. He was […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 11, 2015
The 99th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument at Gettysburg is located at the Devils’ Den. It was the second monument to the regiment and was erected with the funding made available in 1889 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The first monument, originally located at Devil’s Den in 1886, was moved to Hancock Avenue in 1889. The picture of […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 10, 2015
The 98th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument at Gettysburg, dedicated in 1889, is located near the John Weickert farmhouse. It was the second monument to the 98th Pennsylvania Infantry, the first being located on the north side of Little Round Top and dedicated in 1885. The drawing of the second monument (above) is from the 1889 article […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 9, 2015
Rev. James A. Stokes was previously profiled here on this blog on 17 September 2014 in a post entitled, Rev. James A. Stokes – African American with the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry? Additional information has been located about him, including a picture, in the Harrisburg Telegraph of 10 February 1916. On the occasion of his 75th […]
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