Norman Gasbarro | July 10, 2015
According to an article on the ASME web site, the Civil War created a great demand for prosthetic limbs. That demand came about because of more destructive ammunition and the willingness of the government to pay for the replacement body parts. Recognizing the alarming number of amputations resulting from combat, the U.S. government unveiled the […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 8, 2015
The following is a small sample of Civil War veteran suicides that took place around the turn of the century. —————————- From the Harrisburg Telegraph, 28 April 1900: A Veteran Commit Suicide Lancaster, 28 April, 1900 — John A. Taylor, a veteran of the Civil War, committed suicide last night by taking strychnine. He had […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 1, 2015
Philip C. Swab, or Philip C. Schwab as he is sometimes found in the records, served in the 208th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, as a Private, from 30 August 1864 through his muster out on 1 June 1865. He died in Tennessee on 10 January 1900, but his roots were in the Lykens Valley in […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 22, 2015
The following are obituaries of some Civil War era women: ——————————- From the Harrisburg Patriot, 2 March 1914: OLDEST WOMAN OF COUNTY DIES, 104 Mrs. Elizabeth Sharon, Steelton, Succumbs to Old Age Debilities HAD REMARKABLE RECORD Mrs. Elizabeth Sharon, probably the county’s oldest resident, died Saturday evening about 8 o’clock, at the residence of her […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 19, 2015
The following are obituaries of some Civil War era women: ——————————— From the Harrisburg Patriot, 19 February 1913: NEWSPAPER WOMAN DEAD By Associated Press to The Patriot Washington, 18 February 1913 — With the funeral tomorrow of Miss Emmaline C. Upham, who died yesterday, aged 79 years, will pass one of the best known newspaper […]
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