Gettysburg

After many years of suffering, GERARD J. COHEE was called home to The Father on August 07, 2007. Gerard was born on April 7, 1926 in Marcus Hook, PA, son of the late James V. and Anna C. (Flanigan) Cohee. He was a graduate of St. James High School and a 1949 graduate of Mt. St. Mary's College. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy serving in WWII and The Korean Conflict where he attained the rank of LT. JG. Mr. Cohee taught and coached at Cardinal Gibbons High School in Balt., MD for 33 years and later taught at St. Mary's High School in Annapolis, MD. He was a faithful member of the Knights of Columbus and lived the Spirituality of St. Francis of Assisi, belonging to the Secular Order of Franciscans for 37 years.

Gettysburg had four double-digit scorers, led by Kevin Carroll with 20 points, as it downed Johns Hopkins in overtime, 73-70, last night in a Centennial Conference game in Gettysburg, Pa.The Blue Jays (9-3, 2-1), whose four-game winning streak ended, got a game-high 25 points and 14 rebounds from Joel Wertman.Hopkins forced overtime when Ryan Satalin made a 10-foot jumper with one second remaining to tie the game at 66. But Gettysburg (7-5, 2-1) scored the first five points in overtime and the Blue Jays hit just one free throw in the final 1: 30.Rider 61, UMES 51: Junior Ken Lacey totaled 14 points and 13 rebounds to power the Broncs (7-6)

Severna Park's Lauren Boyd, The Sun's Anne Arundel County volleyball Player of the Year and a two-time All-Metro selection, will attend Gettysburg (Pa.) College on an academic scholarship.Boyd also considered Bucknell, Mary Washington College and Franklin & Marshall before deciding to wearing the orange and blue of the highly rated, NCAA Division III Bullets."Gettysburg fits me best, academically and athletically," she said.With a weighted grade-point average well over 4.00 and a 1,260 SAT score, Boyd, who is also yearbook editor, defines the term student-athlete.

Generals Barlow and Schimmelpfenning Wounded and Taken Prisoners -- Our Troops Concentrated -- Gen. Meade Selects His Own Position -- The Enemy Concentrating, &c.Washington, July 3. -- The Star of this evening has the following:Dispatches have been received here from our brave army of the Potomac up to last night. It is announced that Gens. Barlow and Schimmelpfenning were both wounded and fell into the enemy's hands in the engagement of the day before yesterday. They, with Generals Reynolds and Paul killed, were the only Union general officers who met with casualties.

With his team getting unexpected competition from Division III Gettysburg for more than a half, Navy basketball coach Don DeVoe got an unexpected lift from lightly played sophomore power forward Josh Hill, making his first varsity start at Alumni Hall yesterday.Hill, playing in place of team scoring leader Sitapha Savane, who is nursing a sore left knee, crammed 11 of his 15 points into the second half when the Midshipmen (10-3) pulled away from a shaky one-point lead with 16: 36 left to rout the Bullets, 81-49.

As the men in blue and gray meet at Gettysburg, Pa., to commemorate battles of the Civil War this fall, it is appropriate to give some thought to Union Maj. Gen. Daniel Edgar Sickles, a hero of the Battle of Gettysburg and the driving force behind the creation of the national battlefield park there.Sickles was a man of many talents and controversies. Born Oct. 20, 1819, in New York, he attended New York University, studying law, and was admitted to the bar in 1846. In 1847 he was elected to the New York assembly.

A Frederick County man convicted of stealing $5,000 worth of used tire rims in Carroll County last year received an 18-month jail sentence yesterday.Steven Eugene Grimes, 24, who lives with his ailing mother in Thurmont, could have received up to the maximum sentence of 15 years in prison, given his prior record, said Assistant State's Attorney Brian L. DeLeonardo.But Carroll Circuit Judge Francis M. Arnold decided "to take a chance" on Grimes, and recommended that he be granted work release.

The general without a command -- that was Baltimorean Maj. Gen. Isaac Ridgeway Trimble in July 1863, just before Pickett's Charge.Trimble had ridden with Lee to Gettysburg without any official duties, but after Maj. Gen. William Dorsey Pender's death on the second day of Gettysburg, Trimble, who was still on medical leave from wounds received at the Second Battle ofBull Run, was given command of half of Pender's men -- two brigades from North Carolina.Under...

Ron Sermarini broke a conference record with his 52nd and 53rd career touchdown passes yesterday as visiting Western Maryland won its 23rd straight league game by defeating Gettysburg, 44-0, in the Centennial Conference opener for both teams.Western Maryland (3-0), ranked No. 7 in the Division III coaches poll, blanked Gettysburg (0-3) for the first time since 1927 and posted its fourth shutout in five regular-season games dating to last year.Sermarini, the conference's Offensive Player of the Year in 1997 and '98, completed 15 of 20 passes for 249 yards and two touchdowns in more than two quarters of play.

GETTYSBURG, Pa. -- Gettysburg National Military Park officials like to ask visitors a riddle: What is visible from all but one place in the 5,989-acre park?The answer: The privately owned 309-foot National Tower at Gettysburg, on the Baltimore Pike approaching the borough line. The structure can be seen from anywhere except the tower top itself.For years the federal government has wanted to tear the structure down, saying it detracts from the visitor's experience at the battlefield, where historians say the tide of the Civil War turned in favor of the Union.

On Saturday, October 31, 2009 at his home, LEONARD J. GRABOWSKI, 85, of Gettysburg, PA (formerly of Dundalk, MD). Born November 6, 1923 in Monogah, WVA, he was the son of the late Joseph and Anna (Murzyn) Grabowski. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Fairfield, PA. Veteran of WW II serving with the U.S. Navy. Retired in 1985 after serving for 44 years with Bethlehem Steel at Sparrows Point, MD. Life member of the American Legion. Mr. Grabowski is survived by his 2nd wife, Phyllis (Janishefski)

On July 18, 2009, DOLORES J. (nee Jakubowski) BAUBLITZ; beloved wife of the late Columbus O. Baublitz; devoted mother and mother-in-law to Donald and Bonnie Baublitz, Ronald and Karen Baublitz, Michael and Jacqueline Baublitz, Joseph and Susan Baublitz, Carol and John Hipp, Kathleen Baublitz, Barbara and Charles Geis, Anna and David Fayette, and Trish and Greg Leese. Also survived by 25 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren, two sisters and two brothers. A funeral mass will be celebrated at 10 A.M. on Tuesday, July 21 at Sacred Heart Basilica, 30 Basilica Drive, Hanover, PA. Interment in Conewago Chapel Cemetery.

The Gettysburg Festival Where: : Historic downtown Gettysburg, Pa. When: : Thursday through June 28; times vary, depending on venue What: : The 10-day festival is focused on cultural arts, with more than 100 events, featuring more than 800 artists and performers. Highlights include appearances by actor James Earl Jones, celebrity chef Richard Blais of Bravo's Top Chef and sculptor Mike Shaffer, as well as musical and dance performances, children's activities, free classes, art shows and cabaret productions.

JANE E. (WHITWER) MATUSKY, 66, of Gettysburg, PA died Monday, May 18, 2009 at the Gettysburg Hospital. Funeral services will be held 1:30 P.M. Thursday, May 21, 2009 at the Monahan Funeral Home, Gettysburg. Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg. Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 P.M. Wednesday evening, May 20, 2009 at the funeral home.

The Stevenson men's lacrosse team's fledgling run through the NCAA Division III tournament ground to a halt. On the heels of beating eight-time national champion Salisbury, the No. 1 Mustangs could not sustain that effort and fell to No. 5 Gettysburg, 12-7, in the semifinal round at Caves Athletic Complex in Owings Mills on Sunday. Stevenson (17-2), which became the first athletic program at the school to advance to a national tournament semifinal, played like a newcomer, committing costly turnovers and taking quick, low-percentage shots against a Bullets program that has played in eight semifinals.

Nearly three weeks ago, after Salisbury had embarrassed Stevenson in the Capital Athletic Conference championship game, Sea Gulls coach Jim Berkman said it wasn't time to count out his team nationally. As of Wednesday evening, the time had come. Host Stevenson avenged the April 19 rout by Salisbury with an 11-9 win Wednesday in the NCAA Division III quarterfinals, beating the two-time defending national champion before an announced 1,302. The Mustangs (17-1) will host Gettysburg (15-3)

On Friday, January 30, 2009, BERNICE N. DOGGETT, of Gettysburg, PA, at the Gettysburg Hospital. Born July 25, 1923. Daughter of the late Alan and Millicent (Day) Bridge; wife of the late John F. Doggett (died in 1993). Survived by a son and his wife Norman and Deborah Doggett of Westminster, MD; three daughters and their husbands, Denise and Peter Storey of Gladstone, Australia, Deborah and Mark Lawver of Gettysburg and Mary and Charles Glover of Westminster, MD. Memorial services will be held on Thursday, February 5, 2009 at 11 A.M. at The Monahan Funeral Home in Gettysburg.

On Friday, December 5, 2008, ROBERT L. WALTERS, A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, December 8, 2008 at 11:00 A.M. at St. Ignatius Catholic Church, Orrtanna, PA with Fr. Ken Smith, celebrant. Interment will be in the Parish Cemetery. A Viewing will be held on Sunday at the Monahan Funeral Home in Gettysburg from 4 to 6 P.M. and on Monday at the church from 10 to 11 A.M. Memorials: American Heart Association

GETTYSBURG -- Two days after the last shots of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War were fired here, a 16-year-old neighborhood boy named John H. Rosensteel walked onto the battlefield to help bury the dead. There he found the body of a Confederate soldier, a boy about his own age, and picked up a rifle lying near him. The rifle was the first item in what would become the largest private collection of Gettysburg relics, as well as a family legacy. Since that day in July 1863, Rosensteel's descendants have acquired and preserved tens of thousands of battle artifacts and shared them with the public.

Gettysburg quarterback Matt Flynn threw for 128 yards and one touchdown and rushed eight times for 119 yards and two more scores to lead the visiting Bullets past the Blue Jays , 41-10, last night. Flynn and the Bullets (2-1, 1-0 Centennial Conference) made quick work of the Blue Jays (1-2, 0-1), as Gettysburg scored touchdowns on four straight possessions in the first half to take a 28-0 lead midway through the period. Tom Sturges rushed 31 times for a game-high 148 yards, and his team had 333 yards rushing.