Norman Gasbarro | February 7, 2014
According to the history of the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry, the following was undertaken by the regiment during the winter months of 1863-1864: The command went into camp near the confluence of the Aestham with the Rappahannock, and with the exception of the movement to Mine Run, and in support of the cavalry in the reconnaissance […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 29, 2014
According to the history of the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry, the following was undertaken by the regiment during the winter months of 1863-1864: The command went into camp near the confluence of the Aestham with the Rappahannock, and with the exception of the movement to Mine Run, and in support of the cavalry in the reconnaissance […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 26, 2014
The war record of James B. Storey was spelled out in the notice of his death which appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on 29 October 1889: MAJOR JAMES B. STOREY A Brave Sodier Who Earned Promotion in the War – His Record HARRISBURG, 28 October 1889 — Major James B. Storey, of the Auditor-General’s Department, […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 16, 2014
Lies Across America -What Our Historical Sites Get Wrong, by James W. Loewen, published in 1999, is the sequel to Lies My Teacher Told Me. In it, Loewen takes up from the historical distortions he revealed in the first book and shows how these distortions have manifested themselves in the “landscape” in the form of […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 14, 2014
Previously on this blog the story of Daniel Schaffner was presented. See: Daniel Schaffner, General Store Merchant. Early in his life, he learned the trade of store and tavern keeper in Gratz Borough. His Civil War service included the following: 36th Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency of 1863), Company E, Private. served from 4 July 1863 through […]
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