Norman Gasbarro | September 20, 2018
A 1904 picture post card view of Carlisle Street, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. ______________________________ Image provided by Debby Rabold, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from a family collection.
Norman Gasbarro | September 19, 2018
William Henry Barrett, born 21 April 1830, was an African American who during the Civil War served in the 6th United States Colored Troops. His connection with the Lykens Valley area was that he married Luicinda “Lucy” Enty of the Enty family that settled in Schuylkill County. Several of Lucy’s brothers were Civil War soldiers, […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 18, 2018
Franklin Bressler was born in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, about 8 February 1847, the son of Joseph Bressler and Elizabeth [Clark] Bressler. During the Civil War, at age 18 on 29 February 1864, he enrolled in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry at Pottsville and on the same day was mustered into service in Company A as a […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 17, 2018
Martin Bressler was born 2 July 1847 in Frailey Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the son of Michael Bressler (1817-1895) and Lydia [Reed] Bressler (1822-1904). As shown on the Veterans’ File Card, above, from the Pennsylvania Archives, he enrolled on 29 February 1864 at Pottsville in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, which was heavily populated […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 16, 2018
Previously on this blog, it was noted that Thomas Williams, a mulatto, was one of the first to volunteer as a soldier from Girardville, Schuylkill County: In his compilation of articles on the History of Pottsville and Schuylkill County, Joseph H. Zerbey provided the following about the Girardville volunteers…. The first contingent from Girardville included: […]
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