Norman Gasbarro | October 20, 2011
Pension Index Cards, as previously mentioned and pictured on this blog, are references to the collection of original records of pension applications which are stored at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. The database, officially entitled “Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934,” is available through Ancestry.com. The description of the database, […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 19, 2011
Louis Prang, often credited with the invention of the Christmas card, was a Boston-based printer and publisher, who around 1886, embarked upon a project to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the start of the Civil War. Prang hired famed military artist Thure de Thulstrup (1848-1930) to produce original water color paintings representing twelve different Civil […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 18, 2011
During the Civil War, this property known as Lot #39, had three different owners. In 1858, it was purchased by Solomon Laudenslager (1802-1885) who owned it until 1862 when it was purchased by Simon Hartman (1823-1886). Hartman sold it in 1863 to Philip Keiter who retained it through the remainder of the war to 1869 […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 17, 2011
DEATH OF GEORGE McCLELLAND LYKENS — George McClelland of Wiconisco, after an illness of about five months, due to the infirmities of old age, died at his home in Wiconisco about 9:30 o’clock Wednesday morning. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock standard time, Rev. Frederick Geddy of the Wiconisco M. E. […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 15, 2011
The blog post today presents four individuals who were drafted into the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, and who reported to Camp Curtin as required on 2 November 1862. Each found and paid a substitute to serve for him and thus were discharged from the regiment on the date indicated. Pennsylvania Veterans’ Index Cards are […]
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