Norman Gasbarro | October 23, 2019
Daniel Messner (1834-1904) served in both an infantry and cavalry regiment during the Civil War. He died on 23 December 1904 is is buried in the cemetery in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and is also recognized on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument at that place. At the time of his death, the Lykens Standard, on 30 […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 30, 2019
Elias Dietrich (1836-1902) was previously profiled her in a post entitled Dietrich Family in the Civil War. At that time, the following was stated: Elias Dietrich (1836-1902). Also found in the records as Detrich, Detrick, Deitrick, and Deitrich. Elias served in the 55th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company G, as a Private, from 19 January 1865 to […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 30, 2018
In September 1910, news reports of the discovery of a long-lost Halifax area Civil War veteran began to appear in the local newspapers. That veteran was John Adams Miller who was born in Jackson Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on 23 May 1834, the son of Joseph H. Miller III (1812-1897) and Elizabeth B. [Bowerman] Miller […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 9, 2018
Were there two men named John Wingert in the 26th Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency of 1863), Company K, or only one? The card shown above from the Pennsylvania Archives names a John W. Wingert, age 26 (born about 1837), who enrolled in the militia regiment at Millersburg on 18 June 1863, was mustered in at Harrisburg […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 3, 2017
Henry A. Martz was born 11 December 1831 in Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of Daniel Martz (1810-1844) and Hannah [Buffington] Martz (1812-1897). His name appears on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument as a Private who joined the Heilner Post after its organization. The obituary of Henry A. Martz appeared in the Lykens Standard, 12 […]
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