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.

General Alexander Hays was one of the most colorful officers to serve in the Civil War. He was killed in battle in May 1864.

The Scranton Civil War veteran received the Medal of Honor for his bravery during the Battle of the Wilderness in May 1864.

The Battle of Olustee took place in Florida in February 1864. Soldiers from the Keystone State played a crucial role throughout the fight.

Wounded at Petersburg in June 1864, Sergeant Ephraim Myers soldiered through with the help of his full canteen of coffee.

A newspaper editorial lamented the horrific costs of the Civil War in a November 1864 editorial in the Pottsville "Miners' Journal."

In 1864, several Union officers made a daring escape from a Southern prisoner-of-war camp.

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