Norman Gasbarro | September 17, 2018
Martin Bressler was born 2 July 1847 in Frailey Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the son of Michael Bressler (1817-1895) and Lydia [Reed] Bressler (1822-1904). As shown on the Veterans’ File Card, above, from the Pennsylvania Archives, he enrolled on 29 February 1864 at Pottsville in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, which was heavily populated […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 15, 2018
In 1902 when the Annual Encampment of The G.A.R. took place in October 1902 in Washington, D.C., Henry C. Bowman was 66 years old and recently retired from his position of lamplighter of Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The annual national encampments drew Civil War veterans from all over the country and were usually well-documented in […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 9, 2018
Aaron Bressler‘s name appears on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument as a Corporal from the Lykens area who never joined the Heilner G.A.R. Post at that place. Aaron Bressler was the son of John Bressler (1809-1886) and Susannah [Light] Bressler (1810-1875) and was born in Mifflin Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 27 November 1842. On 25 September […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 2, 2018
Peter Redinger was a Civil War soldier who served in the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company B, as a Private. He is buried at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. He was born 1 April 1839 and died 6 February 1887. Some information about him and his family is provided on his Findagrave Memorial. His […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 27, 2018
William Bixler, sometimes found in the records as William S. Bixler or William H. Bixler, was born in 1839, in Jackson Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of John Bixler (1811-1863) and Sarah Catherine [Straw] Bixler (1812-1896). At his grave, which is located at Fairview Cemetery, Enders, Dauphin County, there is a G.A.R. star-flag holder. […]
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