Brian Tomlin | May 21, 2012
Chesnut, Mary. A Diary from Dixie. Written 1860-1865. Today we can only imagine living through a war taking place inside our own country. Mary Chesnut of South Carolina, married to Confederate General James Chesnut, was forced to live through the Civil War and had the forethought to keep a diary, which she began on November […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 17, 2012
Four men with the surname Williams served in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company C, as privates during the Civil War. Three were boatmen from Pottsville or Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. They worked on the Schuylkill Canal. The fourth was a coal miner, and he was from Minersville, Schuylkill County. At this time, it is […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 16, 2012
The post today is a continuation of a study of the men who served in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry. In 1860, Levan J. Warner was living on a farm owned by his father Daniel Warner in North Manheim Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Levan was then only 12 years old. Levan’s mother Mary [Emerick] Warner had […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 15, 2012
The post today is a continuation of a study of the men who served in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry. Franklin Wise was a Private in Company C, who enlisted on 9 September 1861, at Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. At the time, he was a resident of Schuylkill Haven and was employed as a boatman. […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 14, 2012
Samuel A. Losch, a veteran of the Civil War and a Pennsylvania State Senator from the area around Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, died in Atlantic City, New Jersey, at the age of 58. Sen. Losch was born in Uniontown (Pillow), Dauphin County. His death was reported in both the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Harrisburg […]
;