Norman Gasbarro | March 26, 2018
Rev. John Winebrenner was a Reformed minister who broke with his denomination over among other things, the issue of human slavery, on which he was an uncompromising opponent. His views surely were known in the Lykens Valley in the days before the Civil War began. He died on 12 September 1860 and is buried in […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 23, 2018
In mid-October 1924, Lykens residents were alerted by three blasts of the colliery horn to the igniting of a cross on the culm banks north of the town. This, along with the flaming “J” alongside the cross indicated that a junior Ku Klux Klan had been formed at Lykens. This post is a continuation of […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 19, 2018
Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, held its first Ku Klux Klan Day in 1926. A comprehensive, descriptive report was published on what transpired. This post is a continuation of the reporting on hate groups that were active in the Lykens Valley area in the years following the Civil War. It was a widely known fact that the […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 16, 2018
Previously on this blog, Peter Witmer was introduced as an addition to the Civil War Research Project. At the time, the following was known about him: Peter Witmer (1841-1892) enrolled in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company B, as a Private, at New Market, Kentucky, but gave his residence as Dauphin County. He was taken prisoner […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 14, 2018
Abel Wise, who was born in Millersburg on 3 October 1821, the son of Adam Wise (1751-1833) and Catherine Neiman Patton Wise (1785-1863). At the time of the Civil War, he served in the 192nd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H, as a Sergeant, from 25 February 1865 through his honorable discharge on 24 August 1865. […]
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