Norman Gasbarro | April 13, 2013
Christian Shoop (1820-1895) was a Civil War soldier and a farmer. He is buried at Long’s Cemetery, Halifax Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. His wife Martha Shoop (1827-1911) is buried next to him. In 1850, Christian Shoop appeared in the census as a farmer in Greenwood, Perry County, along with his wife Martha Shoop, and children […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 12, 2013
Jesse Newlin served for eighteen years as Superintendent of Schools of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He began his service in 1863, during the Civil War, and concluded his service in 1881, when he was defeated for re-election by George Weiss of Schuylkill Haven. In 1864, he presented his first annual report on the condition and progress […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 11, 2013
Located at the fence around “The Crater” at the Petersburg National Battlefield, is the monument to the 48th Pennsylvania Infantry. The monument is in the design of a stone podium with the inscription on the top face. “Crater of mine excavated by 48th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry, Burnside’s 9th Corps, 30 July 1864.” The fuse […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 9, 2013
What was the role of Freemasonry during the Civil War? Were members of Masonic lodges more loyal to Freemasonry than to the nation? The story below is from the History of Roman Eagle Lodge No. 122, A. F. and M., Danville, Virginia, 1820-1895, a copy of which was presented by a member of that lodge […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 6, 2013
In a collection of recently cataloged yearbooks from the Lykens High School, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, an interesting speech was discovered. According to the information given, the speech was delivered to a group of Civil War veterans in 1909, about two years before the 50th anniversary of the start of the war. The author of […]
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