Norman Gasbarro | March 2, 2013
The discovery of veterans who have previously not been included in the Civil War Research Project is now happening on an almost daily basis. To the list of veterans must now be added Solomon Eyster of Barry Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, whose name was discovered in a book honoring veterans of the area around Valley […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 1, 2013
Today, the regular Abraham Lincoln stamp issues will continue with an examination of the Liberty Series and the Prominent Americans Series which saw service from the mid-1950s through the mid-1970s. Previously, here on this blog, the Presidential Series of 1938 was explained. In addition, on Tuesday last week, former presidents who were alive during all […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 27, 2013
With the recent resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, amid controversy and speculation, another historical time period and another papacy is brought to mind, that of Pope Pius IX, the longest reigning pontiff in the history of the Roman Catholic Church (1846-1878), and the pope who was the contemporary of Abraham Lincoln. Pius IX was the […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 26, 2013
In an essay entitled, “Sites of Memory, Sites of Glory: African American Grand Army of the Republic Posts in Pennsylvania,” Barbara A. Gannon presents a list of those posts, which includes the Stevens Post in Harrisburg, previously discussed here on this blog in a connection to Gratz native, John Peter Crabb, who for a time […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 24, 2013
Four men named Henry Zerby (or Henry Zerbe) have been found in Pennsylvania Civil War Regiments. This post will have as its primary purpose to note the ways to differentiate them as well as point out some of the unresolved conflicts in the records. ——————————- HENRY ZERBY (c. 1829 – 1919) Henry Zerby who is […]
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