Norman Gasbarro | April 17, 2013
Rev. O. E. Pflueger was the Lutheran pastor of the Lykens Valley Charge from 1889 to 1902. The charge at first consisted of five congregations in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania: Simeon’s Lutheran Church in Gratz; St. John’s Lutheran Church (also known as the Hill Church) in Mifflin Township, near Berrysburg; Salem Lutheran Church, Elizabethville; Zion Lutheran […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 16, 2013
A Military Map of Philadelphia, 1861-1865, is available from the Library of Congress web site, and shows the locations of all Civil War hospitals within the city and the locations of forts and the regiments that supported them. The map is shown above in low resolution. The actual map can be downloaded directly from the […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 13, 2013
Christian Shoop (1820-1895) was a Civil War soldier and a farmer. He is buried at Long’s Cemetery, Halifax Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. His wife Martha Shoop (1827-1911) is buried next to him. In 1850, Christian Shoop appeared in the census as a farmer in Greenwood, Perry County, along with his wife Martha Shoop, and children […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 12, 2013
Jesse Newlin served for eighteen years as Superintendent of Schools of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He began his service in 1863, during the Civil War, and concluded his service in 1881, when he was defeated for re-election by George Weiss of Schuylkill Haven. In 1864, he presented his first annual report on the condition and progress […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 9, 2013
What was the role of Freemasonry during the Civil War? Were members of Masonic lodges more loyal to Freemasonry than to the nation? The story below is from the History of Roman Eagle Lodge No. 122, A. F. and M., Danville, Virginia, 1820-1895, a copy of which was presented by a member of that lodge […]
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