Norman Gasbarro | April 29, 2011
Christopher Gist, an immigrant from England around 1682, settled in the Baltimore area of Maryland in 1891. His marriage to Edith Cromwell had connected him to one of the prominent lines of English descent, that of Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector. The son of this marriage, Richard Gist (1684-1741), was the father of western explorer […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 25, 2011
David Brown (1837-1902) According to official records, David Brown was drafted into the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry in 1862. He was mustered into service on 2 November 1862 and mustered out with his company on 5 August 1863. Pension application records indicate that he developed the mumps on 13 October 1862, soon after his arrival […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 24, 2011
It is important to note that in 1861, Easter occurred on Sunday, 31 March, nearly three and a half weeks earlier than its occurrence in this year of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. On Easter 1861, the country was suspended between the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln and the first shots of the war […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 23, 2011
A recent book donation to the Gratz Historical Society has helped renew interest in a well-known event that took place on the Susquehanna River just south of Harrisburg in the crucial days preceding the Battle of Gettysburg in June, 1863. Flames Across the Susquehanna is a novel by Glenn Banner and is based on the […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 22, 2011
The Battle of Shiloh, fought 6 and 7 April 1862 was the bloodiest two-day battle in U.S. history up to that time. Fought in the Western Theater in southwestern Tennessee, it pitted the Union Army of the Tennessee commanded by Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant against the confederate Army of the Mississippi commanded by Generals […]
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