Norman Gasbarro | April 16, 2015
The 145th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument at Gettysburg is located south of the town of Gettysburg on Brooke Avenue in the Rose Woods. It was dedicated in 1889 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The picture of the monument (above) is from Stephen Recker’s Virtual Gettysburg Web Site which has more information about the monument and the […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 15, 2015
The following e-mail was received last week from Barry Stocker, a resident of Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, and a historian of the Repasz Band of Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania: We have returned home after playing a historical and emotional concert at Appomattox Courthouse. Ed Bearss was there and was presented a Küntsler painting. James Robertson was […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 14, 2015
Today marks the 150th Anniversary of one of the great tragedies in American history – the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. This post summarizes the conclusions of nearly twenty years of personal research on one of the so-called artifacts of that assassination – a 36-star American flag said to be placed under Lincoln’s head in […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 13, 2015
Daniel Ginter was born 24 June 1840 and died on 10 December 1919. During the Civil War he served with the 194th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company C, as a Private, from 18 July 1864 through 6 November 1864. On 16 February 1895, he applied for a pension, which he received and collected until his death. Ne […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 10, 2015
The 143rd Pennsylvania Infantry Monument at Gettysburg is located west of the town of Gettysburg on Reynolds Avenue. It was dedicated in 1889 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is the first monument to this regiment at Gettysburg; the second monument is located south of the town of Gettysburg on Hancock Avenue and was not […]
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