Norman Gasbarro | January 19, 2013
The 44th Annual G.A.R. National Encampment was held in Atlantic City in September 1910. It was one of the largest attended G.A.R. encampments held in the 20th century. For many of the veterans, it would probably be their last encampment. Getting to Atlantic City was relatively easy for veterans from Pennsylvania – two railroads provided […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 18, 2013
Jacob Scheck of Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, was a German immigrant who arrived in America before the Civil War with his parents. His father, George Scheck was a master mason and the family appears in the 1860 census for Pine Grove, Schuylkill County. In 1860, Jacob was working as a boatman on the Schuylkill Canal […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 17, 2013
Amos Garverich was born in Middle Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on 9 March 1821, the son of Daniel Garverich and Elizabeth [Umberger] Garverich. Before 1849, he married Juliann Harten and set about raising a family in Jackson Township, Dauphin County, while working as a laborer. And before the beginning of the war, at least […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 15, 2013
John Peter Crabb was born in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in October 1843, the son of Peter Crabb and his wife Mary Magdalena Crabb. The Peter Crabb family arrived in Gratz in the early part of the 19th century and purchased land from Simon Gratz. John Peter Crabb, like his father, was a skilled blacksmith. […]
Jake Wynn | January 14, 2013
This is a post I put on Facebook on the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 2012. My ancestor, Samuel Schwalm, fought throughout the Civil War with Company A of the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry Volunteers. The post marked the achievements of the regiment during that historic day. 150 years ago today, […]
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