Norman Gasbarro | October 9, 2011
Pine Grove is a community in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Although it lies just outside the geographic bounds of the area represented by the Civil War Research Project, its two All Wars Memorials are worth mentioning. Several of the Civil War veterans who are already included in the Project have origins in Pine Grove or they […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 15, 2011
This post is a continuation of the history of the Soldiers’ Monument of Schuylkill County as reported in newspapers of the time and later by Joseph H. Zerbey in his History of Pottsville and Schuylkill County Pennsylvania. Thronged to capacity was Academy of Music, on Tuesday night 9 November 1897, when the property of the […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 14, 2011
This is a continuation of the history of the Soldiers’ Monument of Schuylkill County as originally given in the newspapers of the time and later by Joseph H. Zerbey in the History of Pottsville and Schuylkill County Pennsylvania. In order to give Gen. Horace Porter, a brilliant commander of the Civil War, opportunity to attend […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 13, 2011
This is a continuation of the history of the Soldiers’ Monument of Schuylkill County as given by Joseph H. Zerbey in his History of Pottsville and Schuylkill County Pennsylvania. Parade of Nine Divisions Associated with the dedicatory ceremonies was a parade which moved, promptly, at noon, over the following route. Up Centre Street to Minersville […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 12, 2011
Today’s post continues the history of the Soldiers’ Monument of Schuylkill County as told by Joseph H. Zerber in his History of Pottsville and Schuylkill County. On the four polished sides of the second die are inscribed: “Fort Sumter,” “Emancipation,” “Gettysburg,” “Appomattox,” in raised letters. On the four corners of the third base are life-size […]
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