Norman Gasbarro | July 29, 2015
On 4 July 2015 I gave the Keynote Speech at the Pillow Historical Society Open House, Pillow, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. One of the parts of that talk was the identification of twenty-one Civil War veterans who had some connection to Pillow (formerly called Uniontown). Today’s post features the final seven of those men with some […]
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Tags: Enterline, Herndon, Jordan TGownship, Jordan Township, Klingerstown, Lower Mahanoy Township, Mifflin Township, Millersburg, Pillow, Uniontown
Norman Gasbarro | July 22, 2015
On 4 July 2015 I gave the Keynote Speech at the Pillow Historical Society Open House, Pillow, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. One of the parts of that talk was the identification of twenty-one Civil War veterans who had some connection to Pillow (formerly called Uniontown). Today’s post features the second seven of those men with some […]
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Tags: Jordan Township, Lower Augusta Township, Lykens Township, Mifflin Township, Pillow, Rebuck, Uniontown, Washington Township
Norman Gasbarro | July 15, 2015
On 4 July 2015 I gave the Keynote Speech at the Pillow Historical Society Open House, Pillow, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. One of the parts of that talk was the identification of twenty-one Civil War veterans who had some connection to Pillow (formerly called Uniontown). Today’s post features the first seven of those men with some […]
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Norman Gasbarro | July 3, 2015
Open House at Pillow Historical Society – 4 July 2015 The Pillow Historical Society will host an Open House at the museum on Saturday, 4 July 2015, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The museum will have some new displays including stove pipe making tools used by Earl Bingaman, the council minute books from Pillow […]
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Tags: Gratz Borough, Lykens Township, Pillow, Uniontown
Norman Gasbarro | December 3, 2014
Jacob Kissinger was born on 14 November 1843 in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. During the Civil War, he served in the Emergency Militia that was formed from the Home Guards in Gratz when Lee invaded Pennsylvania, and in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Two prior blog posts gave some information about his life and service. […]
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