Norman Gasbarro | March 18, 2019
Henry R. Grimm (1835-1911), Civil War veteran, is buried in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. His death was reported in the Lykens Standard, 14 July 1911: DEATHS AND FUNERALS After an illness of two years of arteritis, during all of which time he was confined to a large reclining chair, Henry Grimm […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 16, 2019
Louis A. Gratz is often associated with the Gratz family of Philadelphia and its connections to the Lykens Valley. However, no evidence has been seen that he was descended from or closely related to that family. Louis, an immigrant, first appears in the area around Pottsville as a peddler just prior to the Civil War. […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 14, 2019
Per the Pennsylvania Veterans’ File Card, shown above from the Pennsylvania Archives, on 16 June 1863 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, a 19-year-old Henry Graver enrolled in the militia regiment 27th Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency of 1863), Company I, as a Private, and three days later he was mustered into service at Harrisburg. Other resources indicate that […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 12, 2019
Previously on this blog, Mary Kilraine of Williamstown – Civil War Laundress was presented. Mary was first married to Patrick Craven of Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. After his death, she married Patrick Comuskey. The following story about Mary Comuskey was printed in the Williamstown Sesquicentennial Book in 1976. Mrs. Comuskey, “Woman with war history,” was […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 8, 2019
A listing of the February 2019 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: William Evans – Died of Disease at Washington, D.C., 1864 Poisoned By Lead, Veteran Runs Naked in Boarding House, 1896 George Farber – Fired Last Shot of Civil War Patrick Fagan – Deserter from 96th Pennsylvania Infantry Death of Henry […]
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