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 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 […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 11, 2018
This post will identify and review two additional, readily-available print sources of information on the Ku Klan Klan in Pennsylvania in the 20th Century. This 20th Century iteration of the Klan was a re-incarnation of the first Klan that came about after the Civil War to deny rights to Freedmen by using terror and intimidation. […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 1, 2018
The post today includes a number of brief articles or news reports on the activities of the Ku Klux Klan, most too short for a post of their own. All of the following are from the West Schuylkill Herald, Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania: ___________________________________ From the West Schuylkill Herald, 15 September 1922: General Pershing […]
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