Norman Gasbarro | April 21, 2013
William Irving was one of Lykens elderly and respected citizens. He was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in 1841 and came to Lykens Borough, Dauphin County, in 1874 and entered the bottling business in which he engaged until 1874 when he entered the hotel business. He conducted the Valley House which was located at Main and […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 16, 2013
A Military Map of Philadelphia, 1861-1865, is available from the Library of Congress web site, and shows the locations of all Civil War hospitals within the city and the locations of forts and the regiments that supported them. The map is shown above in low resolution. The actual map can be downloaded directly from the […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 26, 2013
Between 1909 and 1959, there were very few commemorative stamp issues of the United States that honored Abraham Lincoln. The issue of 1909, for the Centenary of Lincoln’s birth (pictured below) was mentioned here in a blog post in late January. For those readers new to this series of posts on Abraham Lincoln on Stamps, […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 24, 2013
Today’s blog post continues a multi-part series on the Petersburg National Battlefield – that portion of the battlefield which made up the Eastern Front, where the opening assaults and the Battles of the Crater and Fort Stedman occurred. All parts of the series can be accessed by clicking on the series title here, Touring the Petersburg National Battlefield. […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 23, 2013
Today’s blog post continues a multi-part series on the Petersburg National Battlefield – that portion of the battlefield which made up the Eastern Front, where the opening assaults and the Battles of the Crater and Fort Stedman occurred. All parts of the series can be accessed by clicking on the series title here, Touring the Petersburg National […]
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