Norman Gasbarro | May 8, 2015
The 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry Monument at Gettysburg is located east of the town of Gettysburg near Cavalry Field Road on the East Cavalry Battlefield. A picture of the monument as shown above can be seen on Stephen Recker’s Virtual Gettysburg Web Site which has more information about the monument and the 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry. A […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 7, 2015
LONGEVITY – From the Harrisburg Patriot, 11 February 1903: Pennsylvania Veteran Dead at 104 Philadelphia, 10 February 1903 — Lewis Butler, colored, aged 104 years, died at his home in this city today of general debility. He was born in York, Pennsylvania, and was a veteran of the Civil War, serving as a Sergeant in […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 6, 2015
The 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry Monument at Gettysburg is located south of the town of Gettysburg on Cemetery Ridge behind Meade’s Headquarters. The above drawing of the monument was included in the Philadelphia Inquirer article of 11 September 1889. A picture of the monument can be seen on Stephen Recker’s Virtual Gettysburg Web Site which has […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 5, 2015
A listing of the April 2015 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Why Was There a Cross-Burning in Elizabethville? Monuments at Gettysburg – 121st Pennsylvania Infantry Monuments at Gettysburg – 139th Pennsylvania Infantry March 2015 Posts Monuments at Gettysburg – 140th Pennsylvania Infantry Capt. William E. Miller – Medal of Honor at […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 4, 2015
In 1912, the Hon. James Martin Yeager wrote and published A Brief History of the Yeager, Buffington, Creighton, Jacobs, Lemon, Hoffman and Woodside Families and Their Collateral Kindred of Pennsylvania. Yeager was formerly the President of Drew Seminary for Young Women of Carmel, New York as well as a former Member of the House of […]
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