Norman Gasbarro | February 16, 2012
A study of the Civil War has always been an integral part of U.S. history courses offered in schools and colleges. Maps of the physical area of conflict are usually included to supplement the text and to give some idea of as to the extent of the conflict – including the battles and skirmishes in […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 11, 2012
Gratz Union Cemetery (Simeon’s). This is part 4 of the 33rd post on Gratz During the Civil War. In the days of the Civil War, three separate burial areas were designated – one for the Evangelical Church, one for the German Reformed Church, and one for the Lutheran Church. The church located here was a […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 8, 2012
Gratz Union Cemetery (Simeon’s). This is part 2 of the 33rd post on Gratz During the Civil War. In the days of the Civil War, three separate burial areas were designated – one for the Evangelical Church, one for the German Reformed Church, and one for the Lutheran Church. The church located here was a […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 31, 2012
1943. Henry Maurer, Last Civil War Veteran in County to Mark 97th Birthday. Henry Maurer, last Civil War veteran in Dauphin County, who will observe his ninety-seventh birthday anniversary next Tuesday, is shown with some members of his family at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Samuel Miller, Wiconisco, where the aged man now makes […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 17, 2012
The house which stood on Lot #22, next to the Gratz National Bank, no longer exists. Its last owner and occupant, Guy Snyder, is remember by a plaque and a gazebo which were placed there by the bank after it acquired the property. During Civil War times, the owner of this lot and building was […]
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