Norman Gasbarro | February 24, 2012
A School History of the United States by Albert Bushnell Hart and published in 1918, was in widespread use in the one room school houses of the Lykens Valley area after World War I. There are subtle changes in this text from the one used in the latter part of the 19th century (see post […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 23, 2012
A Smaller School History of the United States by David Scott was in widespread use in the one room school houses of the Lykens Valley area after the Civil War. The following excepts are taken from this book, and show how the subject of “slavery as a cause of the Civil War” was taught in […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 22, 2012
The removal of Laura Keene from the Northern Central Railroad train arriving at Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on the morning of 17 April 1865, and her subsequent arrest and detention were noted in the post Laura Keene Arrested at Harrisburg. Traveling with Keene were John Dyott and Harry Hawk, the two male members of her […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 21, 2012
The United States Army Heritage Education Center (USAHEC) and Military History Institute (MHI). The post today presents information on a good resource for the study of Pennsylvania military regiments of the Civil War. The United States Army Heritage Education Center is a federal facility located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. To partially show what is available at […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 19, 2012
The last stop on the Lykens Valley Railroad was Millersburg, where connections could be made with the Northern Central Railroad. This was one of the busiest points in the Union during the Civil War and everything from freight to regular passenger trains to troop trains to prisoner trains traveled through this small town day and […]
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