Norman Gasbarro | July 3, 2012
William H. Hawk (1844-1912) lived through the tragic death of his mother and of his son in addition to honorably serving in the Civil War in the 11th Pennsylvania Infantry and in the Veteran Reserve Corps. The record shows that he he was wounded at Gettysburg on 1 July 1863 and at the Wilderness on […]
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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 […]
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Norman Gasbarro | June 17, 2012
In 1860, the United States conducted the Eighth Census. The total population of the country was determined to be 31, 443, 321, which represented a 35.4% increase over the Census of 1850. Included in the total population in 1860 were 3,953,761 slaves. Pennsylvania’s population in i860 was 2,906,215. Pennsylvania’s white population in 1860 was 2,849,266. […]
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Norman Gasbarro | April 24, 2012
Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was updated 19 April 2012. In a series of post beginning last Friday and continuing intermittently for seven posts until concluding at the end of this month, a brief sketch of each […]
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Norman Gasbarro | April 2, 2012
On 8 April 1904, the Lykens Standard reported the death of a former Lykens area resident, Joseph Louden, who had served with the 76th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, as a Private and Corporal from 24 October 1861 through 28 November 1864. The obituary indicated that the name of the deceased was “Joshua Louden” and the […]
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