Norman Gasbarro | July 30, 2018
Samuel H. Hamilton enrolled in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company E, on 7 September 1861 at Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was mustered into service at Harrisburg on 17 October 1861 and served until his re-enlistment on 1 January 1864 at Mossy Creek, Tennessee, where he was promoted to the rank of Saddler on 23 […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 27, 2018
During the Civil War, George T. Leebrick, served in the 46th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, Private. He was a bookkeeper from Halifax and was a charter member of the G.A.R. Post at Fisherville. He is buried at the Halifax United Methodist Church Cemetery. Leebrick also served in the 15th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, although […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 26, 2018
Benjamin P. Behm, who was born in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, in July 1846, the son of Dr. Samuel Behm and his wife Mary, served in three Civil War regiments as shown on his Pension Index Card (above) from Ancestry.com. He served in the 11th Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency of 1863), Company A, as a Private. He […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 23, 2018
During the Civil War, Charles E. McFarland, served in the 46th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, as a Private. He was a teacher from Halifax Township, and is buried at Halifax United Methodist Church Cemetery, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. According to his Pennsylvania Veterans’ File Card from the Pennsylvania Archives, Charles E. McFarland enrolled in the […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 18, 2018
During the Civil War, Godfrey Sammet, served in the 192nd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H, as a 2nd Lieutenant. He was a tailor from Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. According to military records, he was mustered into service on 2 March 1865 and honorably discharged on 24 August 1865. Godfrey Sammet was born in Germany on 22 […]
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