Norman Gasbarro | January 2, 2014
Two news clippings have located telling of John A. Sipe, who was previously featured here on this blog in a post entitled, John A. Sipe – Tailor of Herndon. The first clipping (shown above), dated 1925, is from an unknown local newspaper: HERNDON LEFT WITH BUT THREE VETERANS With the passing of our former News […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 31, 2013
George Mifflin Dallas, born 10 July 1792 in Philadelphia, who had served as Vice President under James K. Polk, died at his home in Philadelphia of a heart attack, 31 December 1864 – one hundred forty-nine years ago today. In addition to serving as Vice President of the United States (1845-1849), Dallas also was Mayor […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 27, 2013
“The Lincoln Flag Hoax“, first published on 21 December 2012, was one of the conclusions to a long series on the Lincoln assassination that appeared throughout 2012. The series took the reader through a chronology of events that supposedly took place at and after the Lincoln assassination and included characters Laura Keene, Jeannie Gourlay, William […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 23, 2013
An obituary of James Cox (1833-1909), was contributed to the USGenWeb Archives. It provides some interesting facts and stories not previously noted here about this Corporal who served in the 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company L, from 19 August 1861 through 24 August 1864. In August 1861, inspired by love for his adopted country, he being […]
Jake Wynn | December 20, 2013
The men of the 96th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry struggled to keep warm on the evening of December 24, 1861. A frigid wind howled across the ridges and farms of Northern Virginia that Christmas Eve. Within their newly completed winter quarters, the hearty men of central and eastern Pennsylvania huddled next to blazing campfires, in a vain […]
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