Norman Gasbarro | October 28, 2011
Re-enactors from the 98th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, were present at the festivities at Franklin Square at Philadelphia, on 4th of July weekend, 2011. A feature of their exhibit was a typical camp “street” where soldiers lived between marches and battles. A demonstration of drilling was conducted with many visitors given the opportunity to be […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 26, 2011
An exhibit sponsored by the Mütter Museum was part of the Civil War Sesquicentennial festivities at Franklin Square, Philadelphia, on the Fourth of July weekend 2011. The Mütter Museum is part of The College of Physicians, located at 19 South 22nd Street, Philadelphia. The history of the museum is as follows: In 1856, Thomas Dent […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 16, 2011
The Civil War Sesquicentennial was commemorated at Franklin Square in Philadelphia on Fourth of July weekend, 2011, with “encampments” of re-enactors representing several Pennsylvania-related military units. One of the units represented was the 3rd Regiment Infantry of United States Colored Troops (U.S.C.T.). It has been previously reported on this blog that several men from the […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 17, 2011
The 138th Annual Gratz Fair will be held at the Gratz Fair Grounds in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from Sunday, September 18, 2011, through Saturday, September 24, 2011. The Gratz Fair, which was founded in 1873, had as its early participants, many of the returning veterans of the Civil War. It features, as it has […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 6, 2011
The story of Octavius Valentine Catto (1839-1871) gives researchers an interesting opportunity to connect the events of his life with major events in Pennsylvania – and in particular with members of the Gratz family in Philadelphia and events that were happening in Gratz Borough, Dauphin County. Octavius Catto was the son of a former slave […]
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