Norman Gasbarro | July 30, 2014
One of the hardest things to do in Civil War research is the compiling of a complete list of Civil War veterans who have some association with a specific geographic community or region. The smaller the area, the easier the task, but in larger areas such as those covered by the Civil War Research Project, […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 27, 2014
Today’s post on the Shamokin Cemetery’s Soldiers’ Circle features nine graves in the outer circle, third quadrant, beginning with photograph 51. The photographs in this segment are numbered 51 through 59. All of the stones in this section are sequenced in the order of the death of the veteran. For each of the veterans, the […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 1, 2014
The Civil War Research Project and the blog are now embarking on the last full calendar year of the Civil War Sesquicentennial. The biggest change evident in the past year is the departure from a project involving a single historical society in the Lykens Valley area to a project involving multiple historical societies, researchers, veterans’ […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 23, 2013
An obituary of James Cox (1833-1909), was contributed to the USGenWeb Archives. It provides some interesting facts and stories not previously noted here about this Corporal who served in the 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company L, from 19 August 1861 through 24 August 1864. In August 1861, inspired by love for his adopted country, he being […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 3, 2013
In a shoebox filled with old receipts, letters and other ephemera a rather beat-up Civil War commission for the rank of First Lieutenant was found – for none other than Daniel Chester, believed to be the namesake of the G.A.R. Post at Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The document was discovered in four large pieces and […]
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