Norman Gasbarro | August 9, 2011
Galusha Aaron Grow (1822-1907) was the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 37th Congress and served in that capacity from 1861 through 1863. He represented the 14th Congressional District of Pennsylvania, of which Gratz and Dauphin County were a part. At the time of his re-election in 1860, he was a Republican, […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 19, 2011
Peace Cemetery is located within the Borough of Berrysburg on Third Street and North Main Street. The Peace Church of the United Church of Christ is located about one blocks from the cemetery. This is an old cemetery and contains the graves of many Civil War soldiers. A representative group of four Civil War graves […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 8, 2011
On this Mother’s Day 2011, it might be interesting to reflect on what we know about the mothers of Civil War veterans, particularly those who died in the war during the first full year of the conflict. Using the Veterans List that was recently compiled and posted here, a quick search was made for those […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 29, 2011
Nearly all of the men who served in the Civil War from the Lykens Valley area served in military units as soldiers. But a few did serve as sailors or marines. Finding information on the sailors and marines is much more difficult than finding information on soldiers who served in Pennsylvania Civil War regiments, because they […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 2, 2010
This story appeared in the Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, Pennsylvania, on 29 July 1895: Being unable to longer keep the wolf from his door, Peter W. Miller, an aged and disabled veteran of the late rebellion, made the journey to Washington on foot, and after having shown Pension Commissioner Lochran the scars from wounds received […]
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