Guest ContributorApr 1, 2020“Always Ready for Duty” - The Remarkable Life of John DelaneyJohn Carroll Delaney was an Irish immigrant who fought bravely in the Civil War and was awarded the Medal of Honor.
Jake WynnJan 31, 2020Medal returned to its proper owner 40 years after it was lost at the Battle of AntietamWilliam W. Warren lost a medal he wore around his neck after being wounded and captured at the Battle of Antietam.
Jake WynnJan 7, 2020Letter from a Pennsylvania drummer boy – April 1862Jeremiah Helms served as a drummer boy in the 50th Pennsylvania. He was mortally wounded at Antietam in September 1862.
Jake WynnOct 16, 2019National honors to Rebel dead? - A blistering letter about Confederate graves at AntietamIn 1868, the representative of Westmoreland County in Congress spoke out in favor of excluding Confederate war dead from national cemeteries