Jake Wynn | July 29, 2013
When the guns ceased firing and Fort Sumter surrendered to its Southern attackers in April 1861, a “war-footing” began as hundreds of thousands of men, North and South, patriotically enlisted for their respective causes. In Pennsylvania, dozens of militia units formed with those already in existence to form regiments destined to participate in civil war. […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 26, 2013
Jacob B. Lehman was born in Mifflin Township, Dauphin County, Pennsyvlania, 15 November 1822 and died in Lykens, Dauphin County, on 9 September 1892. He is buried in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Lykens. A “Memorial” to him was located in the records of the Evangelical United Brethren Church of Lykens. In the “Memorial” it is […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 17, 2013
A listing of the June 2013 posts on the Gratz Historical Society Civil War Blog with direct links: Additions to Veterans’ List – I & J Additions to Veterans’ List – K Additions to Veterans’ List – L May 2013 Posts Civil War Records in the Published Schuylkill County Archives Series – Volume 2 Additions […]
Jake Wynn | July 15, 2013
Let’s end this summer project with a bang. How about 18 rounds of canister shot fired from a Civil War bronze cannon? Canister rounds consist of several dozen iron balls packed into the barrel of a cannon and rammed home with a charge of black powder. When fired they turn the gun into a massive […]
Jake Wynn | July 14, 2013
Commemorating the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg through photographs. All were taken on the battlefield west of Gettysburg, in the area that saw much of the fighting on July 1, 1863. A storm on the western horizon gave the area a dark, foreboding feeling as thunder rumbling in the distance mingled with the […]
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