Norman Gasbarro | September 9, 2019
A recently discovered portrait of Civil War veteran Charles Henry Laudenslager (1847-1921), shown above, has prompted a revisiting of the information available on him to the Civil War Research Project. Previously noted here on this blog, in a post focusing on burials at Calvary United Methodist cemetery in Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was the following: […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 28, 2018
Michael Etzweiler (also found in the records as Etswiller and Etsweiler), was born on 15 November 1831, at Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of Daniel Etzweiler (1800-1878) and Christina [Smith] Etzweiler (1802-1889). He married Catherine Bordner on 27 September 1855 in Jackson Township, Dauphin County. She was born 12 March 1838 in Lykens Township, […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 26, 2018
Sinary Erdman was born on 14 December 1943, in Rough & Ready, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the son of Abraham Erdman (1818-1881) and Mary Elizabeth [Troutman] Erdman (1822-1869). At the time of the Civil War, on 25 February 1864, Sinary enrolled in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry at Pottsville, and was mustered into service the next day […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 22, 2018
During his lifetime Jacob Coleman (1822-1886) made an attempt to get a Civil War pension but was denied. After his death, the former Elizabeth Savage, his widow, also made a claim for a pension but was also denied. The death of Jacob Coleman was reported in the Milheim Journal (Centre County, Pennsylvania), 9 December 1886: […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 12, 2018
Charles Artz Coleman (1844-1915), was drafted into Civil War service and reported to Camp Curtin and was assigned to Company I, 177th Pennsylvania Infantry. The record indicates that this occurred on 2 November 1862 and on the same day, he was discharged on a Surgeon’s Certificate of Disability. Because of the way Civil War rosters […]
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