Norman Gasbarro | February 10, 2012
Gratz Union Cemetery (Simeon’s). This is part 3 of the 33rd post on Gratz During the Civil War. In the days of the Civil War, three separate burial areas were designated – one for the Evangelical Church, one for the German Reformed Church, and one for the Lutheran Church. The church located here was a […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 9, 2012
Pennsylvania regiments that served in the Civil War used a numbering system that is sometimes confusing to those not familiar with the practices in place at the time the war began and the practices that evolved as the war continued. The first regiments that met the call of President Abraham Lincoln were formed for only […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 8, 2012
Gratz Union Cemetery (Simeon’s). This is part 2 of the 33rd post on Gratz During the Civil War. In the days of the Civil War, three separate burial areas were designated – one for the Evangelical Church, one for the German Reformed Church, and one for the Lutheran Church. The church located here was a […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 7, 2012
Proceed north on Centre Street (downhill) – called “Chestnut Street” on the map shown below – to the Gratz Union Cemetery which is located on the west side of the street and surrounds Simeon United Lutheran Church. In the days of the Civil War, three separate burial areas were designated – one for the Evangelical […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 2, 2012
COL. WILLIAM W. JONES COL. WILLIAM W. JONES, train dispatcher and yardmaster, Summit Branch railroad, Lykens, Pa. He was born at Llandilo, Caermarthenshire, Wales, August 22, 1827. His father, John J. Jones, was also born in Wales, where he spent his younger days as keeper for the estate of Lord De Never. In 1829 he […]
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