Norman Gasbarro | June 17, 2012
In 1860, the United States conducted the Eighth Census. The total population of the country was determined to be 31, 443, 321, which represented a 35.4% increase over the Census of 1850. Included in the total population in 1860 were 3,953,761 slaves. Pennsylvania’s population in i860 was 2,906,215. Pennsylvania’s white population in 1860 was 2,849,266. […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 16, 2012
Found in the records of the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, is Franklin Wiehry, who died of disease during the Civil War and is supposedly buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. Practically nothing is known of the early life of Franklin Wiehry, whose name is spelled several different ways in the records: Wiehry, Weihry, […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 15, 2012
In researching the veterans of the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, it is quickly noted that there are two men named John Seifert. One served in Company A and one served in Company C. —————————— JOHN H. SEIFERT (1846-1891) – Company A John H. Seifert was a miner from Schuylkill County who was 18 years old when […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 13, 2012
There are four men named John Smith who served in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry during the Civil War. Two of them have a known connection to the Lykens Valley area. Having such a common name as “John Smith” makes separating them difficult and finding information about them even more difficult. The information presented in this […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 12, 2012
Two unusual circumstances at the time of discharge have been found in the records of the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry. George W. Cake, who served as a Corporal in the regiment’s Company C, was “absent in arrest at muster out” in July 1865. Daniel H. Snyder, who was Sergeant in Company B, was dismissed by […]
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