Brian Tomlin | January 30, 2012
To get a better understanding of how different the world and the United States was in 1860, we can compare some basic statistics from the beginning of the Civil War and the present day. 1860 2010 World’s Population 1.27 billion 6.989 billion U.S. Population 31,443,321 308,745,538 Pennsylvania Population 2,906,215 12,702,379 Dauphin County PA population 46,756 268,100 […]
Brian Tomlin | January 16, 2012
With interest in the Civil War growing each week, it is only natural that we are all developing a natural curiosity for what life was like in the 1860s. Today marks the first in a regular series of posts on this blog about the culture and daily life of Americans during the Civil War. The […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 5, 2012
A listing of the December 2011 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Lykens Railroad Station Honorable Discharges – 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I – Part 6 Honorable Discharges – 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I – Part 7 Honorable Discharges – 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I – Part 8 November 2011 Posts Royal […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 31, 2011
In many ways, 2011 has been a very successful year for the Civil War Research Project. The formal research into the lives and military service of more than 2000 veterans who have some connection to the Lykens Valley area began more than two years ago. This blog was established slightly more than a year ago […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 29, 2011
During this year, a series of posts was unveiled entitled Gratz During the Civil War. The opening post in the series is featured below followed by links to the remaining posts that found their way into the blog in 2011. The series will continue into 2012 until all the Civil War building still in existence […]
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