Norman Gasbarro | April 25, 2011
David Brown (1837-1902) According to official records, David Brown was drafted into the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry in 1862. He was mustered into service on 2 November 1862 and mustered out with his company on 5 August 1863. Pension application records indicate that he developed the mumps on 13 October 1862, soon after his arrival […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 24, 2011
It is important to note that in 1861, Easter occurred on Sunday, 31 March, nearly three and a half weeks earlier than its occurrence in this year of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. On Easter 1861, the country was suspended between the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln and the first shots of the war […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 23, 2011
A recent book donation to the Gratz Historical Society has helped renew interest in a well-known event that took place on the Susquehanna River just south of Harrisburg in the crucial days preceding the Battle of Gettysburg in June, 1863. Flames Across the Susquehanna is a novel by Glenn Banner and is based on the […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 22, 2011
The Battle of Shiloh, fought 6 and 7 April 1862 was the bloodiest two-day battle in U.S. history up to that time. Fought in the Western Theater in southwestern Tennessee, it pitted the Union Army of the Tennessee commanded by Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant against the confederate Army of the Mississippi commanded by Generals […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 20, 2011
The Seven Days Battles, occurring from 25 June 1862 to 1 Jul 1862, resulted in a retreat of Union forces away from the Confederate capital of Richmond and down the Virginia peninsula. The Union Army was headed by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan and the Confederate Army by Gen. Robert E. Lee. Battles took place […]
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