Norman Gasbarro | August 19, 2012
The Halifax United Methodist Church Cemetery is located at the corner of Rise Street and Wind Hill Drive in Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The graves of twenty Civil War veterans are easily located in this cemetery. A prior post described the cemetery and showed old maps with its location noted. Today, Part 1 of a […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 18, 2012
Henry Cordes (also found as Harry Cordis) was the subject of a lengthy biographical sketch in the Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, published in 1894. His military exploits during the Civil War were presented in great detail, including the loss of his arm as the result of a gunshot wound that occurred near Jonesboro, Georgia, […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 12, 2012
Charles L. Blockson is a Philadelphia-based researcher, writer, and collector of African American memorabilia. He is a co-founder of the African American Museum in Philadelphia and his personal collection of artifacts became the foundation for the establishment of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection at Temple University. He is considered a specialist on the Underground […]
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 […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 24, 2012
A recent discovery of a book entitled Wisdom, Vision and Diplomacy: Speakers of the Pennsylvania House has produced the name of yet another Civil War veteran from the Lykens Valley area, that of John E. Faunce who was born in Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 29 October 1840. According to the book, Faunce, who served as […]
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