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Jake Wynn
Apr 11, 2020
"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
Apr 10, 2020
"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
Nov 23, 2019
"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.
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