Jake WynnDec 23, 2020A Christmas editorial from Philadelphia in the aftermath of South Carolina secession - 1860On Christmas Day 1860, the Philadelphia Inquirer took a swipe at South Carolina's secession with a holiday op-ed.
Kendrick GibbsJun 15, 2020"Ladies of York" - An Ohio soldier's letter thanking nurses at York General Hospital "This is one of the mostly lovely places that I have seen since I bid farewell to my native home, in Ohio."
Jake WynnMay 9, 2020Carver Barracks - A Civil War encampment in Washington with deep ties to PennsylvaniaLieutenant James M. Carver of the 104th Pennsylvania designed a barracks that became famous in Washington during the Civil War.
Jake WynnMay 7, 2020A soldier's obituary - Corporal Bently Stark of the 57th Pennsylvania An obituary for a Pennsylvania soldier who died of disease in August 1862.
Jake WynnMay 1, 2020A visit to the Stones River battlefield with two Pennsylvania schoolteachers - May 1867Hannah Streeper and Fannie Couch taught black students at the Pottsville Freedmen's School in Murfreesboro, Tennessee after the Civil War.
Jake WynnApr 24, 2020"A band of brothers" - A moving final letter to the men of the 57th PennsylvaniaThe officers of the 57th Pennsylvania penned a letter to the survivors of the regiment as they prepared to muster out of the US Army in 1865
Guest ContributorApr 18, 2020“The Terrible Massacre” - George Washington Beidelman and the Battle of Ball’s BluffAn account of the 71st Pennsylvania's debacle at the Battle of Ball's Bluff in October 1861.
Codie EashApr 12, 2020“I saw the first meeting between Grant and Lee” – A Pennsylvania private’s Appomattox recollectionTwo decades after Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House, a Pennsylvania veteran sparked a fierce debate over the memory of the event.
Jake WynnApr 11, 2020"The Glad Notes of Victory" - A poem for Confederate surrender in April 1865The Miners' Journal of Pottsville, PA published a victory poem written by a local man after Confederate surrender in April 1865.
Jake WynnMar 22, 2020"Pennsylvania in the Crisis" - A Harrisburg journalist's response to Fort Sumter George Bergner edited the "Telegraph" newspaper in the Pennsylvania state capital throughout the Civil War.
Jake WynnMar 3, 2020"The Veteran" - A moving poem from 1867 about the struggle of disabled Civil War veteransHarper's Weekly published "The Veteran" in January 1867. It documented the struggle of disabled Union veterans after the Civil War.
Jake WynnFeb 27, 2020A Pennsylvania newspaper's scornful reaction to a Southern prediction of civil war - 1860The Pennsylvania Daily Telegraph published an article from a Southern magazine threatening secession in the summer of 1860.
Jake WynnFeb 3, 2020"A painful duty" - A letter to the father of a Pennsylvania soldier killed by typhoid feverPrivate Rolandus Lytle succumbed to typhoid fever in Virginia on August 14, 1862. An officer wrote to Lytle's father with the sad news.
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 10, 2020A wounded Pennsylvania soldier's dedication to coffee showed in 1864Wounded at Petersburg in June 1864, Sergeant Ephraim Myers soldiered through with the help of his full canteen of coffee.
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 WynnDec 17, 2019"First fight" - George Snowden sees the elephant at the Battle of Fredericksburg George Snowden experienced Civil War combat for the first time during the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862.
Jake WynnDec 12, 2019"Supposed to be my death wound" - A Pennsylvania soldier's story of survival at Marye's HeightsIn his memoir, Frederick Hitchcock vividly describes how he escaped death at the Battle of Fredericksburg.
Jake WynnNov 23, 2019"We had cause to rejoice" - Diary reveals how Harrisburg celebrated news of Confederate surrenderSallie Simonton's journal provides an incredible eye-witness account of Harrisburg's impromptu celebration on April 9, 1865.
Jake WynnNov 8, 2019"One common calamity" - A November 1864 lament over the Civil War's devastating costsA newspaper editorial lamented the horrific costs of the Civil War in a November 1864 editorial in the Pottsville "Miners' Journal."