Norman Gasbarro | April 19, 2011
The number of Jews who served in Civil War military units is in some dispute, but most authorities contend that it was somewhere around 10,000 soldiers and sailors. Several attempts have been made to identify specific veterans with the first comprehensive study published in 1895. That 1895 study by Simon Wolf named 7038 veterans […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 14, 2011
The Civil War Research Project has just released a first draft version of a list of Civil War veterans who have some connection to the Lykens Valley area. The list contains the names of more than 2000 persons who served in the Civil War. The most common spelling of the name is used along with […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 13, 2011
On Monday, the post discussed Harrisburg as a “hub” of activity for the Underground Railroad, rather than a final destination as it was presented on Sunday. Those escapees moving north from Harrisburg would have passed through and possibly stopped over in the Lykens Valley area as they made their way to Elmira, New York, and […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 11, 2011
In the post yesterday, some basic information was given about the hidden network of escape routes known as the Underground Railroad. The basic impression from the information given was that Harrisburg was a final destination for the African-Americans who got there. Also, from the map given, there were no escape routes identified in central Pennsylvania […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 10, 2011
The Underground Railroad was the name given to a 19th century hidden network of routes by which African-Americans escaped from slavery to freedom – for the most part, to the north and to Canada. Abolitionists aided the escaping African-Americans and established a series of safe-houses or hiding places along the way as well aiding the […]
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