Norman Gasbarro | November 23, 2012
St. Peter’s United Church of Christ Cemetery is located in Reinerton, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. To find the cemetery, travel south on Clarks Valley Road (Route 325) from the main street of Tower City which is called Grand Avenue (Route 209). At Deitrich Avenue, make a left turn and travel east. The church and cemetery are […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 22, 2012
The third Thursday of the month occurred on 20 November 1862, a date on which Thanksgiving would have been celebrated had it been recognized as a holiday. The year 1862, was the last year in which a national day of Thanksgiving was not celebrated. It 1863, during the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the holiday […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 21, 2012
The headline story in the Harrisburg Patriot of 22 September 1910 noted the death of well-known physician Dr. Charles A. Rahter in Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey. Dr. Rahter was a Civil War veteran of the Union Army, but was also a veteran of the Franco-Prussian War. When that war began in Europe, Dr. […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 20, 2012
Of Rev. John R. Kooken, it was said that “as a pastor, he was faithful, earnest and successful, and as preacher, acceptable and even popular. He unfortunately took up the sword, and, in accordance with the sure word of inspiration, ‘died with the sword.’” During the Civil War, Rev. John R. Kooken was Capt. John […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 18, 2012
Information about the life of William Bender, of Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, a Civil War veteran, can be found in the Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, published in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in 1910, J. L. Runk and Company, and authored by William Henry Egle. (Click on book title for free download). William Bender, wheelwright and […]
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