Norman Gasbarro | August 13, 2014
On 17 January 1891, it was reported in the Harrisburg Patriot that “the grand jury [Dauphin County, Pennsylvania] returned the following true bills…. Benneville Hoyer selling liquor without a license…. These bills were ignored…. Benneville Hoyer, selling liquor to minors.” What was not stated in the article was that Benneville Hoyer was a Civil War […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 26, 2014
In a previous post of 10 December 2012, entitled The Nash Farm Battlefield, Henry County, Georgia, the following was stated: The Nash Farm is located in the western part of Henry County, Georgia, 21 miles south of Atlanta, at 4361 Jonesboro Road. It is about five miles west of Exit 221 of I-75. During the […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 9, 2014
Today’s blog post will feature some interesting news stories about Jacob Shiro. Jacob Shiro was born in Wittenberg, Germany, on 19 February 1843, the son of Jacob Shiro and Susan [Bellon] Shiro. He arrived in the United States around 185 at the age of eight. During the Civil War, he served in Company G, 103rd […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 6, 2014
One of the great ironies of the Great Shohola Train Wreck is that one of the Union guards who was killed, Lyman Wetherby, was from the same region of Pennsylvania where the coal train originated – the coal train that collided with the prisoner train resulting in Lyman’s death. The northern part of the anthracite […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 5, 2014
Adam Wilkinson (1836-1864) was one of the Union soldiers who died near Shohola, Pennsylvania, in the train wreck on 15 July 1864. Prior to serving in Company F of the Veteran Reserve Corps, he had served in the 121st Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H, as a Private. Of the 128 members of the Union Guard on […]
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