Norman Gasbarro | October 20, 2017
On 15 October 1861, Samuel Trump, claiming to be 27 years old (born about 1834), enlisted in the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company F, at Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. On 7 November 1861, he was mustered into service as a Private at Harrisburg. According to the Pennsylvania Veterans’ File Card, shown above from the Pennsylvania […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 16, 2017
Recently, a new memorial to Ocvatius Valentine Catto was ceremonially unveiled in Philadelphia in the central square of the city, just to the west of the south gate entrance to the City Hall Plaza. Previously, on this blog, a post entitled Octavius V. Catto, told of this African American’s relationship to the Civil War and […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 13, 2017
George H. Troutman was born in 1819 and died in 1885, probably at the home of his daughter in Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He is buried at St. Luke’s Parish Cemetery, Malta, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Previously on this blog a query was made about the George Troutman who served in the 177th Pennsylvania […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 9, 2017
During the Civil War, Samuel Snyder of Mifflin Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, served in Captain Murray’s Cavalry Militia as a Private, from about 18 June 1863 to his discharge on an unknown date as a result of typhoid fever. This information was discovered in the 1890 Veterans’ Census for Pillow, Dauphin County, where he was […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 2, 2017
Sylvester Snyder (1844-1891), son of Abraham Snyder (1814-1888) and Hannah Maria [Bordner} Snyder (1821-1900), is buried at the Old Methodist Cemetery, Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Alongside his grave marker is a a G.A.R. Star-Flag Holder indicating that he was a veteran of the Civil War. Initial efforts to locate his regiment and company of service […]
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