Norman Gasbarro | April 7, 2017
William D. Murphy, or William Murphy II as he is found in some records, was born in August 1844 in Ireland. According to information in the 1900 census, he came to America in 1862, during the Civil War. He married Hannah Grant some time prior to emigrating and they began a family in Ireland, which […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 5, 2017
Sometimes men who are reported as deserters in the Civil War records were not actually deserters but died in the war, their deaths being unexplained or unreported. Was this the case with Charles Meckenstorm? The Pennsylvania Veterans’ File Card from the Pennsylvania Archives (shown above) indicates that a Charles Meckenstorm enrolled on 14 August 1861 […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 20, 2017
A government-issue gravestone marks the burial place of Isaac B. Moyer at the St. Peter (Hoffman) Church Cemetery, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The stone notes his service in the 49th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I. Also at the grave site is a bronze G.A.R.-star-flag-holder. A copy of the file card with information regarding the granting […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 13, 2017
William B. Mayberry answered the militia call of the emergency of 1862 by enrolling in the 17th Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency of 1861) at Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, where he was mustered into service as a Corporal. He gave his age at the time as 32 (born about 1830). He was discharged from service on 26 […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 27, 2017
Previously on this blog, the name of Henry C. Mellon was added to the list of Civil War veterans who had some connection to the Lykens Valley area. During the war, Henry Clay Mellon enrolled at Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 15 September 1862, in the militia regiment known as the 17th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H, […]
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