Norman Gasbarro | June 11, 2013
Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was last updated 19 April 2012. In a series of posts continuing intermittently until concluding in mid-June, a brief sketch of each of the new names added since then will be presented. […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 16, 2013
Alfred H. Chubb (1844-1903), a veteran of the Civil War, is buried at Long’s Cemetery, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. During the war, Alfred served in the 208th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D. as a Private. He was mustered into service on 7 September 1864 and served until his discharge on 1 June 1865. The official description […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 11, 2013
John H. Meredith, Civil War veteran of the 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry, died on 24 April 1914, at the age of 71 years, 4 months and 27 days. So reads his grave stone at Long’s Cemetery, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Using a date calculator in this case, two results occur – his birth date was either […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 8, 2013
On the family grave stone of John Jacob Chubb (1818-1883) in Long’s Cemetery, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, it is noted that Stephen Chubb, the son of John J. Chubb and Leah [Gaymon] Chubb was killed in the Battle of the Wilderness. At the grave site, there is a G.A.R. star, also recognizing his service. At […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 30, 2012
An 1862 map of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, by A. Pomeroy Publisher (1862) , Philadelphia, is available on-line through the web site of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg. An original copy of the map is available at the Pennsylvania State Archives. To access the web page for this map click here . The on-line […]
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