Norman Gasbarro | August 21, 2018
An undated picture post card view of the High Water Mark Monument on the Gettysburg Battlefield, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. ______________________________ Image provided by Debby Rabold, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from a family collection.
Norman Gasbarro | August 20, 2018
Edward Bensing, also found as Benzing, served in the 8th New York Cavalry, Company S, as a Private from 14 October 1861 through his honorable discharge on 27 June 1865. He was born about 1843 and died in 1889 in Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was married to Mary Ann Ney, and with her had […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 19, 2018
A 1904 picture post card view of Gen. George Meade‘s Headquarters at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. ______________________________ Image provided by Debby Rabold, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from a family collection.
Norman Gasbarro | August 18, 2018
Henry Breslin was born on 6 April 1846 in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of James Breslin Sr. (1821-1909), an immigrant from Donegal, Ireland, and a Roman Catholic, and his wife, Elizabeth [Hoffa] Breslin (1824-1901), of Gratz. According to information in a Gratz history, the father was a cattle drover and hotel operator in […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 17, 2018
During the Civil War, John A. Proudfoot served as a Private with Company H of the 192nd Pennsylvania Infantry. His military record is from his muster on 21 February 1865 to discharge on 24 August 1865. John Alexander Proudfoot was born on 2 October 1830 in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of John Proudfoot and […]
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