Norman Gasbarro | November 14, 2016
“Women and the Civil War” is an exhibit of photographs and stories of women who had family connections with soldiers of that war. It was first displayed at the Gratz Fair in September 2013, where it received “first place” in a non-profit division. Afterward, it was displayed in 2014 at the Williamtown-Williams Township Historical Society; […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 2, 2016
The photograph shown above was purportedly taken by O. Pierre Havens of Ossining, New York in either 1862 or 1863, of the camp of the 5th New York Cavalry. In the center of the picture, seated, is a man wearing a top hat. While many people have concluded that the man is Abraham Lincoln, Stefan […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 26, 2016
From the Mount Carmel Item (Pennsylvania), 17 February 1910: FISHER ESCAPES GALLOWS: CONFESSES TO THE CRIME JURY RENDERED SECOND DEGREE VERDICT AT 8:50 LAST NIGHT– JUDGE SAVIDGE DECLARES FISHER GUILTY, SENTENCES HIM TO TWENTY YEARS IN JAIL — MURDERER CONFESSED TO SHERIFF ON WAY BACK TO JAIL Henry Fisher, the foulest degenerate that ever drew […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 24, 2016
The photograph shown above is of the railroad station at Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania. On his trip to Gettysburg on 18 November 1863, Abraham Lincoln had to change trains there. There has been a great deal of speculation as to whether the man standing on the platform between the two trains is Lincoln. In his book, […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 21, 2016
John Peters was born in Ulster County, New York, but when the time came to serve in the Civil War, he was in Philadelphia, and it was there that he enrolled in the 115th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, as a Sergeant, on 9 April 1862. Supposedly, he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant on 26 January […]
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