Norman Gasbarro | November 15, 2014
John McConnell served in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company L, as a Private, from 23 May 1864 through his discharge, which occurred when he was at Camp Parole. His death was reported in the Harrisburg Patriot, 14 May 1906: FLAG REVIVED VETERAN Stroudsburg, 13 May 1906 — John McConnell, a veteran of the Civil War, […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 13, 2014
On 16 September 1904, Emanuel H. Umholtz died in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. His funeral was held a few days later at Simeon Church and he was buried in the church yard, now called Gratz Union Cemetery. About two weeks earlier a new 649 pound bell, purchased from Buckeye Bell Foundry in Cincinnati, Ohio, had […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 11, 2014
On 8 July 1862, the Louisville Journal* reported the following news item about the drowning of Lieutenant David H. Nissley, Company G, of the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry: BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, 7 July 1862 — Our gallant and brave Lieutenant Nissley, of the Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry, was drowned while bathing in the river at this place […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 10, 2014
George Spangler, who late in life was a school janitor in Lykens Borough, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, died on 25 January 1921. He was a Civil War veteran who served in the 2nd Company G of the 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry. The obituary appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot on 28 January 1921: CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIES AS […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 8, 2014
On 17 May 1913 in its section on “News of Steelton,” the Harrisburg Patriot reported the death of Samuel N. Wells, a prominent G.A.R. official of that borough. The obituary stated that Wells was born in Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Previously, this was not known and Wells had not been included in the Civil War […]
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