Month: March 2025

Franklin Gaillard, standing between his wife Catherine Cordes "Tattie" Porcher (1832-1856; m. 1853) and niece Catherine Marianne Gaillard (1835-1869). Front row: Franklin’s sisters, Lydia Henrietta (1831-1913), Elizabeth Octavia "Betsy" (1825-1908)…

William Riddle, from a prosperous and well-known Pittsburgh family, was 19 years old when he enrolled as 2nd Lieutenant of Company F of the 5th Pennsylvania Reserves in October 1861.…