Brian Tomlin | November 5, 2012
Voter Rights and the Election of 1862 As we prepare for this year’s election day, it is enlightening to look back 150 years and see what the issues were in 1862. The mid-term elections in 1862 brought the Republicans serious losses due to sharp disfavor with the Lincoln Administration over its failure to deliver a speedy […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 4, 2012
A listing of the October 2012 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Riegel Family Veterans of Pennsylvania Civil War Regiments (Part 1 of 7) Riegel Family Veterans of Pennsylvania Civil War Regiments (Part 2 of 7) Riegel Family Veterans of Pennsylvania Civil War Regiments (Part 3 of 7) Abraham Lincoln Statue in […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 5, 2012
A listing of the September 2012 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Historical Society Activities for Civil War Sesquicentennial Mathias Wilson McAlarney – Provost Marshal, Journalist & Postmaster Laborers in 1860 in Pennsylvania John H. Hoffman – Williamstown Merchant and Manufacturer August 2012 Posts Daniel Y. Lenker – Tailor and Distiller Gratz […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 27, 2012
According to information at the Pennsylvania Archives, Lewis Boyer, age 30 (or born about 1835), enrolled at Pottsville, Schuylkill County, in Company C, 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, as a Private, on 6 February 1865. At the time, he declared himself to be a laborer, residing in Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. His physical description included a […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 5, 2012
A listing of the August 2012 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Tower City, Porter and Rush Township Civil War Veterans – Part 10 Charles D. Arters – Postmaster and Educator Sen. Luther R. Keefer July 2012 Posts The Credibility of William Withers Jr. – Lincoln Assassination Witness Tower City, Porter and […]
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