Norman Gasbarro | October 29, 2014
On 30 October 1880, the Harrisburg Patriot ran the following story: The funeral of Mr. George Armstrong, late of Wiconisco, on Sunday morning was a very large one. Deceased served faithfully in the Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry during the late war, and was interred with military honors. He died rather suddenly of an abscess on the […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 24, 2014
From the Diary of William Thomas, the following was reported in his entry for 1 June 1862: Fred Metzer of our company was shot Through the Head by a pistol while Lieut Gratz was cleaning it. He expired in few moments After he was shot. William Thomas was a member of Company B of the […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 25, 2014
How many men from Williamstown and Williams Township were Civil War veterans? One of the difficulties in answering this question can be illustrated by three historical maps of Williamstown and Williams Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The 1858 Map The 1858 map of Wiconisco Township shows the area presently known as Williamstown and Williams Township as […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 25, 2014
Jacob Shiro was born in Wittenberg, Germany, on 19 February 1843, the son of Jacob Shiro and Susan [Bellon] Shiro. He arrived in the United States around 185 at the age of eight. During the Civil War, he served in Company G, 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry, as a Private, from 14 March 1865 through discharge on […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 5, 2014
The Williamstown-Williams Township Historical Society held its annual Open House yesterday, Sunday, 4 May 2014, at their headquarters and museum in Williamtown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Featured at the Open House was the presentation of a restored Civil War Officer’s Commission and an exhibit on Women and the Civil War. Diane Schreffler, presented to the Williamstown […]
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