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Jake Wynn

"The Glad Notes of Victory" - A poem for Confederate surrender in April 1865

The Miners' Journal of Pottsville, PA published a victory poem written by a local man after Confederate surrender in April 1865.

Kendrick Gibbs

"Joy In Richmond" - Lancaster County's Response to the fall of the Confederate capital

How did the community of Lancaster, Pennsylvania react to news of Richmond's fall in 1865?

Jake Wynn

"We had cause to rejoice" - Diary reveals how Harrisburg celebrated news of Confederate surrender

Sallie Simonton's journal provides an incredible eye-witness account of Harrisburg's impromptu celebration on April 9, 1865.