"This is one of the mostly lovely places that I have seen since I bid farewell to my native home, in Ohio."

Private Rolandus Lytle succumbed to typhoid fever in Virginia on August 14, 1862. An officer wrote to Lytle's father with the sad news.

William W. Warren lost a medal he wore around his neck after being wounded and captured at the Battle of Antietam.

Jeremiah Helms served as a drummer boy in the 50th Pennsylvania. He was mortally wounded at Antietam in September 1862.

Guest contributor EJ Murphy details the experiences of the 132nd Pennsylvania at the Battle of Fredericksburg.

Check out the videos that PennCivilWar recorded at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park in December 2019.

As a result of the Battle of Fredericksburg, seven Pennsylvanians earned the prestigious Medal of Honor. Codie Eash explores their stories.

George Snowden experienced Civil War combat for the first time during the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862.

Darius Couch reflected on the horrors he witnessed during the Battle of Fredericksburg in the decades after the Civil War.

In his memoir, Frederick Hitchcock vividly describes how he escaped death at the Battle of Fredericksburg.

The 132nd Pennsylvania received its baptism by fire during the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862.

In the wake of the Battle of Antietam, families of the those killed-in-action sought to bring their loved ones home for burial.

Codie Eash looks at politics in Pennsylvania during the chaos of early September 1862.

In September 1862, Confederate forces crossed the Potomac River and became a dangerous threat to Andrew Curtin's Pennsylvania.

A newspaper correspondent in the 46th Pennsylvania described his fight on August 9, 1862 at the Battle of Cedar Mountain.