Norman Gasbarro | November 7, 2012
Three Ditty brothers of Millersburg and Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, answered the call to service in the Civil War. The family was profiled in the Commemorative Biographical Enyclopedia of Dauphin County, by William Henry Egle, published by J. M. Runk and Company of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, 1896: Joseph Franklin Ditty, was the son of John Ditty […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 2, 2012
In 1967, Elizabethville, Dauphin County. Pennsylvania, celebrated its 150th anniversary and published a souvenir book. The book was appropriately called, History of Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 1817-1967. The foreword of the book explained the objectives of the Historical Committee: This is the history of a town – Elizabethville, Pennsylvania – and in it we have […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 26, 2012
After the Civil War, the army set about the task of compiling an official military history to include documents from both sides. Titled, War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (or more simply, Official Records – O.R.). Every possible kind of document was included – official […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 9, 2012
The following article was found in the Gratz Historical Society files about a program Ned Weaver presented in the 1990s. The photographs that appeared with the article are in the Civil War collection of the Gratz Historical Society and are re-produced for this post from the originals. Gratz Historical Society Learns of Local Civil War […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 29, 2012
The following sketch of the life of Frederick R. Gilbert is from the Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, published in 1896 by J. L. Runk and Company of Chambersburg: Frederick R. Gilbert, merchant tailor, was born at Loyalton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 16 November 1825, the son of John Gilbert, and Elizabeth [Rathron] Gilbert. His great-grandfather, […]
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