Norman Gasbarro | July 19, 2018
John Armstrong, about 41 years old, enrolled on 22 July 1863, at Philadelphia, in the 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Battery F, as a Private. He was mustered into service on the same day at the same place. The record from the Pennsylvania Archives (shown above), indicates that he was discharged on 18 May 1864 on […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 18, 2018
During the Civil War, Godfrey Sammet, served in the 192nd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H, as a 2nd Lieutenant. He was a tailor from Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. According to military records, he was mustered into service on 2 March 1865 and honorably discharged on 24 August 1865. Godfrey Sammet was born in Germany on 22 […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 17, 2018
This post calls attention to a records collection now available on Ancestry.com. That records collection is of claims submitted by Pennsylvania residents for recompense for damages caused by the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Ancestry gives the following background information and describes what could be found in the records: Pennsylvania and Maryland bore […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 16, 2018
George N. Aumiller was born 20 August 1842, in Dalmatia, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, the son of John Aumiller and Hannah [Peiffer] Aumiller. At the time of the Civil War he joined the 208th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, as a Private, and served honorably from 18 August 1864 through his discharge with his company on 7 […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 13, 2018
During the Civil War, Daniel Paul served as a Private in the 130th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H. After the Civil War, he moved to Michigan, but kept in touch with his Lykens Valley friends and relatives via correspondence to the editor of the Lykens newspaper. Three stories of the death and burial of Daniel Paul appeared […]
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