Norman Gasbarro | May 24, 2016
Henry Harrison Huntzinger is buried at Frieden’s Union Cemetery, Hegins, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, with his wife Amanda [Erdman] Huntzinger. Is this is the same Henry H. Huntzinger who served in the 6th Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency of 1862), Headquarters, as 2nd Lieutenant and Adjutant of this militia regiment? At the time the photograph of his grave […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 23, 2016
John Peter Crabb, Civil War veteran and native of Gratz, Pennsylvania, moved to Harrisburg after the Civil War, where he became a founder and Commander of Stevens Post No. 520, G.A.R. He was previously profiled here, but not included in that article was a fair conducted by that post in 1889 for the purpose of […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 20, 2016
Previously here, the Confederate sympathies of Francis Wade Hughes were discussed. Hughes was a lawyer in Pottsville at the time of the Civil War. Several of his brothers, although they were born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, relocated to North Carolina. At the beginning of the war, one of the nephews of Francis Wade Hughes, John […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 19, 2016
Today’s post is a photo essay on the two Civil War equestrian statues on the north side of Philadelphia’s City Hall. Above is the “Museum Without Walls” marker describing the statues and below is the text of the marker: GENERAL GEORGE McCLELLAN 1891 Henry Jackson Ellicott (1841-1901) – Sculptor MAJOR GENERAL JOHN FULTON REYNOLDS 1884 […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 18, 2016
Leah Houtz (1843-1924) was the daughter of John Wendell Houtz and Elizabeth [Wolf] Houtz, of Orwin, Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. During the Civil War, Leah received letters from her brother, and one of those letters has been preserved and transcribed by the family. Unfortunately, Isaac is presumed to have died in the war and […]
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