Norman Gasbarro | May 2, 2014
In 1912, Clay W. Holmes wrote and published The Elmira Prison Camp: A History of the Military Prison at Elmira, N.Y., July 6, 1864 to July 10, 1865. The book is available free from the Internet Archive (click on title and follow instructions at left of page to download). After the Great Shohola Train Wreck […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 1, 2014
Daniel Engle (or Engel) enrolled in the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H, as a Private, on 1 October 1861, at Donaldson, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, and was mustered into service on the same day at Pottsville. He gave his age as 32, but other records indicate he was actually born in 1829 and was closer to […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 29, 2014
Today’s post on the Shamokin Cemetery’s Soldiers’ Circle features nine graves in the second circle, fourth quadrant, beginning with photograph 129. The photographs in this segment are numbered 129 through 137. All of the stones in this section are sequenced in the order of the death of the veteran. For each of the veterans, the […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 28, 2014
Today’s post on the Shamokin Cemetery’s Soldiers’ Circle features nine graves in the second circle, third quadrant, beginning with photograph 120. The photographs in this segment are numbered 120 through 128. All of the stones in this section are sequenced in the order of the death of the veteran. For each of the veterans, the […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 27, 2014
On 12 September 1861, a 25 year-old John Coffield enrolled in the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry at Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. On 23 September, he was mustered into Company H as a Private. The record indicates that he died on 11 November 1864, at Richmond, Virginia. His name was found in a list of Schuylkill County […]
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