Norman Gasbarro | February 24, 2016
Wouldn’t you like to know more about these newspaper people who died in 1913? From the Harrisburg Patriot, 8 August 1913: MINE OWNER DIES Norristown, Pennsylvania, 7 August 1913 — Henry L. Acker, a wealthy mine owner of Colorado, died at the home of his sister here today at an advanced age. He went West […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 22, 2016
The second mural in the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program is found on 8th Street between Chestnut Street and Market Streets in Philadelphia and has a Civil War theme. It is painted on the west-facing wall on the side of a building behind a parking lot. According to the painted “plaque” in the […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 19, 2016
Additional information is sought on the following African American Civil War veterans: From the Harrisburg Patriot, 21 April 1913: JAMES E. DENT James E. Dent, aged 72 years, died Saturday morning at his home, 1102 North Cameron Street [Harrisburg] after a long illness. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic Post […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 17, 2016
The name of Patrick Fay appears on the original Charter for the Millersburg G.A.R. Post, later named “Kilpatrick Post.” However, Patrick Fay does not appear on the Millersburg Soldier Monument. Previously here, it was mentioned that another charter member of that G.A.R. Post, Charles T. Dechant, also does not appear on the monument. At that […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 15, 2016
The name Henry A. Higgins appears on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument as a Private who was not a member of the Heilner Post. Finding information about many of the Civil War soldiers who are named on the Lykens plaque is often difficult owing to common names, spelling variations, and the fact that many died early […]
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