Authors Posts by August Marchetti
August Marchetti
Currently a resident of Burke, Virginia - I'm originally from the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I have been a student of the Pennsylvania Reserves since 1997 and thoroughly enjoy telling their story. By trade I'm a former IT Professional but presently working as a Letter Carrier for the United States Postal Service.
Lemuel Todd, 1st Pennsylvania Reserves
Lemuel Todd was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania on July 29, 1817. He entered the class of 1839 at Dickinson College in his home town, took the classical course, and was elected to the Union...
Calvin Hamilton, Co. K, 1st Pennsylvania Reserves
CALVIN HAMILTON, principal of the public schools, Gettysburg, was born near that place November 29, 1841, a son of William and Evaline (Bayly) Hamilton. His paternal and maternal ancestors were among the early Scotch...
Bernard Devine, Co. K, 1st Pennsylvania Reserves
was born in County Galway, Ireland in 1819 and came to the United States at the age of 17 in 1836. Barney settled in Fairfield, Pennsylvania which is located west of Gettysburg in...
Jacob Resser, Co. K, 1st Pennsylvania Reserves
Jacob Resser was born in East Berlin September 10, 1820. His grandfather, Jacob Resser, came from Alsace, France, and settled in Tyrone Township, Adams County, Pa., after the Revolution. Jacob Resser, the subect of...
William W. Stewart, 1st Pennsylvania Reserves
Col. William Warren Stewart, civil engineer, York Springs, is a native of York Springs Borough, and was born August 8, 1836, a son of Dr. William Rippy and Diana (McKinney) Stewart; the former a native of Shippensburg, Cumberland County, and a son of Alexander Stewart, M. D., and Jane (Rippy) Stewart.
Franklin Sourbeer, Co. D, 1st Pennsylvania Reserves
Franklin Sourbeer was born in Lancaster County, Pa., Nov. 19th, 1838. He was married to Annie M. Kessler at Harrisburg, Pa. Mr. Sourbeer is one of the earliest settlers, locating in Meade County June...
John T. Eaches, Co. G, 1st Pennsylvania Reserves
John T. Eaches, son of Eber and Hannah Phillips Eaches, was born December 16, 1842, in the village of Charlestown, Chester county, Pennsylvania.
His parents were both natives of Pikeland township, in the same county....
John R. Dobson, Co. G, 1st Pennsylvania Reserves
Gen. John Richesson Dobson, James and Hannah Dobson, of the Society of Friends, emigrated from London, England, in 1750, and settled in Pennsylvania.
Their son, John R. Dobson, married Sarah A., daughter of John and...
William Cooper Talley, 1st Pennsylvania Reserves
William Cooper Talley, son of Rev. Lewis T. Talley, was born in Newcastle county, Delaware, on the 11th of December, 1831. He edited the Upland Union in Delaware county, and the National Democrat at...
Joseph Blain, Jr., Co. F, 1st Pennsylvania Reserves
John Blain, Jr., military instructor and chief of Bureau of Identification, Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory, Huntingdon, Pa., was born in North Sydney, Australia, February 23, 1845. He is a son of John and Isabella (Young)...
