Norman Gasbarro | January 29, 2016
During the Civil War, Joseph W. Knouff served in Company H of the 130th Pennsylvania Infantry, for nine months. He died on 10 April 1902 and is buried at the Fairview Cemetery in Enders, Dauphin County. On 21 July 1890, Joseph W. Knouff applied for a disability pension, which, according to the Pension Index Card […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 27, 2016
Today’s post will begin to document numerous instances of hate and violence in Dauphin County which occurred before, during, and after the Civil War. This includes actions by individuals, by political parties, by social groups, and by terror groups. A new blog topic, “Hate,” is being introduced with this post and other posts on this […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 25, 2016
When John Gemmell died, his obituary that appeared in the 3 March 1903, his obituary that appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot did not mention his Civil War service. John Gemmill After an illness of only a few days John Gemmill of 323 South Fifteenth Street, died yesterday morning at 3 o’clock. He was sixty-three years […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 22, 2016
On the 9 March 1919, the Leavenworth Post of Leavenworth, Kansas, reported on a new admission to the National Soldiers’ Home there – that of John J. Swab, indicating that he was transferred from Battle Mountain Sanitarium and stating that he had been in “nearly every other National Military Home in the United States, but […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 20, 2016
At the death of Captain William J. George on 24 September 1911 in Harrisburg, the following obituary appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph: CAPT. GEORGE, WAR VETERAN, IS DEAD Was Secretary of Soldier’ Orphans’ School Commission CAPTAIN WILLIAM J. GEORGE After a long illness Captain William J. George, aged 64 years, chief clerk to the Soldiers’ […]
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