Norman Gasbarro | July 10, 2011
The initial information obtained by the Civil War REsearch Project on a Civil War veteran named Samuel Shoop pertained to an individual who served in the 200th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company F, as a Corporal. He was wounded at Fort Stedman, Petersbug, Virginia, 25 March 1865, and as result of the wound had his right leg […]
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Norman Gasbarro | June 25, 2011
The Postmaster of Gratz during the Civil War years of 1861-1865 was Daniel Lehr and the post pffice was located on the northeast corner of Market Square (Market & Center Streets) in Lehr’s General Store. The 1862 map shows the location and Lehr is listed in the “Business Directory” as the “Postmaster.” During the Civil […]
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Tags: Bowman family, Buffington family, Evitts family, Fry family, Gratz Borough, Klingerstown, Lehr family, Lykens Borough, Valley View, Walking Tour, Wiest family, Yeager family
Norman Gasbarro | March 2, 2011
In yesterday’s post, examples were given on how to use the Find A Grave web site to locate individual graves of Civil War soldiers. In the post today, examples will be given on how to locate cemeteries in the area covered by this Civil War Research Project. The Find A Grave site is an excellent […]
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Tags: Bowman family, Cemetery, Elizabethville, Gratz Borough, Gratz family, Lykens Borough, Lykens Township, Saltzer family, Washington Township
Norman Gasbarro | March 1, 2011
One resources which is especially helpful in locating graves of Civil War soldiers is the web site “Find A Grave.” The site was created in 1995 by Jim Tipton, who states, “I created the Find A Grave website because I could not find an existing site that catered to my hobby of visiting the graves […]
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Tags: Bowman family, Cemetery, Gratz Borough, Regiments, Saltzer family