Norman Gasbarro | January 25, 2019
Conrad Carl was born 2 March 1842 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He was killed at the Wilderness on 9 May 1864 is buried in the Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Virginia, in grave #1994. On 25 February 1864, Carl Conrad enrolled in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, at Harrisburg, and the next day was mustered […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 23, 2019
On 15 May 1882, William Devine applied for a Civil War Pension based on his service in the 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company L. The Pension Index Card, shown above from Ancestry.com indicates that the application was made from Pennsylvania and that he received the pension. No widow applied indicating perhaps that either he never married […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 21, 2019
Henry Haupt Derrick was born on 7 November 1839 in Pennsylvania, the son of Gideon Derk (1816-1881), a farmer and farm laborer, and Esther “Hettie” [Haupt] Derk (1816-1889). In 1860, he was living in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, with his parents. and was employed as a shoemaker. On 27 October 1862, he mustered in at Harrisburg […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 18, 2019
Samuel Etzweiler died on 24 April 1916 and is buried at the St. Paul (Bowerman’s) Church Cemetery, Enterline, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. On his grave marker it is noted that he served in the 101st Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, as a Private. At Harrisburg, on 20 February 1865, Samuel Etzweiler enrolled in the 101st Pennsylvania Infantry, […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 16, 2019
The National Tribune, 8 June 1899, posted a letter to the editor from Jesse Ditty, a Civil War veteran who is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The National Tribune, published at Washington, D.C., was the official newspaper of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.). The Fight at Morris Ravine EDITOR […]
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