Norman Gasbarro | September 28, 2017
William W. Snyder was born about 1838 in Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. On 19 August 1861, he enrolled in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry at Mahantonga, Schuylkill County, and on 9 September 1861, he was mustered into Company A as a Corporal at Harrisburg. At the time, he was 23 years old, stood 5 foot 10 […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 25, 2017
From the pages of the Elizabethville Echo of 9 February 1905, comes the following story of a rescue from the snow of a numb traveler in the area of Carsonville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. One of those included in the rescue was William Snyder, a Civil War veteran of Carsonville, who opened his home to […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 18, 2017
John Christian Steckley, who was born 17 November 1845, was briefly profiled here on 11 June 2013: John Christian Steckley (1845-1912) ——– 107th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, Private (Mustered In 18 February 1862, Harrisburg – Mustered Out 8 March 1865). Enrolled: Hummelstown, Dauphin County. Captured as prisoner (POW) at Weldon Railroad and held prisoner from […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 15, 2017
Joseph Ritner Shuler was born on 28 July 1837 and died on 23 September 1910, in Liverpool, Perry County, Pennsyvlania. He has a connection to Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in that he lived and worked there according to the 1880, 1890, and 1900 censuses. Because of that connection, he is named on the Lykens G.A.R. […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 13, 2017
In researching William Straw who served in the 6th Pennsylvania Infantry as well as the 48th Pennsylvania Infantry, it was discovered that for a short time he lived in Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, as per the 1890 Veterans’ Census of that community. Straw was a blacksmith who was born in England about 12 October 1841, […]
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