Norman Gasbarro | May 15, 2011
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick (1836-1881) was best known as a Union cavalry officer during the American Civil War eventually achieving the rank of Brevet Major General. In later life he served as the United States Minister to Chile and he was a failed candidate for both governor of New Jersey and the U.S. House of Representatives. […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 14, 2011
Did Lt. John S. Jury keep the pen that was used to sign the terms of surrender at Appomattox, Virginia, on 9 April 1865, and is that pen still in the possession of the Jury family today? On 25 June 1982, an interesting article appeared in The Progress, a newspaper covering Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. The […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 13, 2011
Thomas Jefferson “T.J.” Tobias was born about 1846 near Branch Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the son of Daniel Tobias (1792-1879) and Catherine [Hoffa] Tobias (1800-1896). He had three older brothers, John Tobias, born about 1821, Daniel Tobias, born about 1843, and Samuel Tobias, born about 1844. The father, Daniel Tobias, was a tavern keeper and […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 7, 2011
Another list of Civil War veterans has been located. This one is from Dalmatia, Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. In 1998, Dalmatia celebrated its bicentennial and Richard J. Martz and the Mahanoy and Mahantongo Historical and Preservation Society published a book entitled Dalmatia Pennsylvania: A Bicentennial History, 1798-1998. The origin of the name is […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 6, 2011
The Veteran Reserve Corps (originally the Invalid Corps) was a military reserve organization created within the Union Army during the Civil War to allow partially disabled or infirm soldiers (or former soldiers) to perform light duty, freeing able-bodied soldiers to serve on the front lines. The Invalid Corps Much importance is attached, by military men, […]
;