“The son of my very dear friend” – Lincoln, Curtin, and a favor for Edward Baker Jr.
In the aftermath of the death of Colonel Edward Baker at the Battle of Ball’s Bluff in October 1861, President Lincoln sought the...
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Jake Wynn
- Sep 22, 2021
Sergeant Lord Byron Green's Civil War - Part One
In 1897, Lord Byron Green of Fleetville, PA began publishing his memoirs of the Civil War in a Scranton newspaper.
Jake Wynn
- Sep 12, 2021
"Don't Care a Damn!" - The 45th Pennsylvania at the Battle of South Mountain
The 45th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry received its baptism by fire at the Battle of South Mountain in September 1862.
Codie Eash
- Dec 25, 2020
The 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry’s 1862 “Christmas foraging expedition”
On the outskirts of Nashville, Tennessee, the troopers of the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry experienced a memorable Christmas holiday.
Jake Wynn
- Dec 23, 2020
A Christmas editorial from Philadelphia in the aftermath of South Carolina secession - 1860
On Christmas Day 1860, the Philadelphia Inquirer took a swipe at South Carolina's secession with a holiday op-ed.
Jake Wynn
- Aug 16, 2020
Pennsylvania in the Election of 1860 - Facebook Live
Join us for a Facebook Live program about the Election of 1860!
Guest Contributor
- Jul 9, 2020
Armed Confederates in the Capital – Tennessee Veterans Visit Washington, D.C.
EJ Murphy stumbled across this story of Confederate veterans in Washington in the pages of a Scranton newspaper from 1907.
Codie Eash
- Jul 8, 2020
U.S. Grant and Alex Hays, Part 4 – “He was weeping like a child”
In the decades after the Civil War, President Ulysses Grant made mournful visits to the grave of his friend Alexander Hays in Pittsburgh.
Codie Eash
- Jul 4, 2020
Not a cross, but a “cross-roads hand-board” – The 142nd Pennsylvania monument at Gettysburg
Codie Eash explores the fascinating story of a unique monument to a Pennsylvania regiment on the Gettysburg battlefield.
Codie Eash
- Jul 3, 2020
“An American citizen of African descent” – Black men in the battle for Culp’s Hill at Gettysburg
Amid the intense fighting on Culp's Hill during the Battle of Gettysburg, a Black man took up arms and joined US soldiers in combat.
Kendrick Gibbs
- Jun 15, 2020
"Ladies of York" - An Ohio soldier's letter thanking nurses at York General Hospital
"This is one of the mostly lovely places that I have seen since I bid farewell to my native home, in Ohio."
Codie Eash
- Jun 7, 2020
U.S. Grant and Alex Hays, Part 3 – Woe in the Wilderness
In part three of the Codie Eash's series on U.S. Grant and Alexander Hays, he examines the death of Hays in the Battle of the Wilderness.
Codie Eash
- May 28, 2020
U.S. Grant and Alex Hays, Part 2 – “Sam” and “Sandy” in the Civil War
In part two of this series, Codie Eash explores the Civil War relationship between Alexander Hays and Ulysses S. Grant.
Codie Eash
- May 26, 2020
U.S. Grant and Alex Hays, Part 1 – From West Point to Mexico
Codie Eash explores the relationship between Ulysses S. Grant and Pennsylvanian Alexander Hays dating back to their time at West Point.
Jake Wynn
- May 15, 2020
"The dire effects of war" - A Pennsylvania soldier's letter from war-time Washington
A letter written in September 1862 reveals the anxiety and chaos swirling in Washington on the eve of Antietam.
Jake Wynn
- May 9, 2020
Carver Barracks - A Civil War encampment in Washington with deep ties to Pennsylvania
Lieutenant James M. Carver of the 104th Pennsylvania designed a barracks that became famous in Washington during the Civil War.
Jake Wynn
- May 7, 2020
A soldier's obituary - Corporal Bently Stark of the 57th Pennsylvania
An obituary for a Pennsylvania soldier who died of disease in August 1862.
Codie Eash
- May 6, 2020
“Before I get killed” – The final days of General Alexander Hays
General Alexander Hays was one of the most colorful officers to serve in the Civil War. He was killed in battle in May 1864.
Jake Wynn
- May 1, 2020
A visit to the Stones River battlefield with two Pennsylvania schoolteachers - May 1867
Hannah Streeper and Fannie Couch taught black students at the Pottsville Freedmen's School in Murfreesboro, Tennessee after the Civil War.
Jake Wynn
- Apr 24, 2020
"A band of brothers" - A moving final letter to the men of the 57th Pennsylvania
The officers of the 57th Pennsylvania penned a letter to the survivors of the regiment as they prepared to muster out of the US Army in 1865