Sergeant Lord Byron Green's Civil War - Part One
In 1897, Lord Byron Green of Fleetville, PA began publishing his memoirs of the Civil War in a Scranton newspaper.
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Jake Wynn
- Dec 23, 2020
A Christmas editorial from Philadelphia in the aftermath of South Carolina secession - 1860
On Christmas Day 1860, the Philadelphia Inquirer took a swipe at South Carolina's secession with a holiday op-ed.
Kendrick Gibbs
- Jun 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 Wynn
- May 9, 2020
Carver Barracks - A Civil War encampment in Washington with deep ties to Pennsylvania
Lieutenant James M. Carver of the 104th Pennsylvania designed a barracks that became famous in Washington during the Civil War.
Jake Wynn
- May 7, 2020
A soldier's obituary - Corporal Bently Stark of the 57th Pennsylvania
An obituary for a Pennsylvania soldier who died of disease in August 1862.
Jake Wynn
- May 1, 2020
A visit to the Stones River battlefield with two Pennsylvania schoolteachers - May 1867
Hannah Streeper and Fannie Couch taught black students at the Pottsville Freedmen's School in Murfreesboro, Tennessee after the Civil War.
Jake Wynn
- Apr 24, 2020
"A band of brothers" - A moving final letter to the men of the 57th Pennsylvania
The 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 Contributor
- Apr 18, 2020
“The Terrible Massacre” - George Washington Beidelman and the Battle of Ball’s Bluff
An account of the 71st Pennsylvania's debacle at the Battle of Ball's Bluff in October 1861.
Codie Eash
- Apr 12, 2020
“I saw the first meeting between Grant and Lee” – A Pennsylvania private’s Appomattox recollection
Two decades after Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House, a Pennsylvania veteran sparked a fierce debate over the memory of the event.
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.
Jake Wynn
- Mar 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 Wynn
- Mar 3, 2020
"The Veteran" - A moving poem from 1867 about the struggle of disabled Civil War veterans
Harper's Weekly published "The Veteran" in January 1867. It documented the struggle of disabled Union veterans after the Civil War.
Jake Wynn
- Feb 27, 2020
A Pennsylvania newspaper's scornful reaction to a Southern prediction of civil war - 1860
The Pennsylvania Daily Telegraph published an article from a Southern magazine threatening secession in the summer of 1860.
Jake Wynn
- Feb 3, 2020
"A painful duty" - A letter to the father of a Pennsylvania soldier killed by typhoid fever
Private Rolandus Lytle succumbed to typhoid fever in Virginia on August 14, 1862. An officer wrote to Lytle's father with the sad news.
Jake Wynn
- Jan 31, 2020
Medal returned to its proper owner 40 years after it was lost at the Battle of Antietam
William W. Warren lost a medal he wore around his neck after being wounded and captured at the Battle of Antietam.
Jake Wynn
- Jan 10, 2020
A wounded Pennsylvania soldier's dedication to coffee showed in 1864
Wounded at Petersburg in June 1864, Sergeant Ephraim Myers soldiered through with the help of his full canteen of coffee.
Jake Wynn
- Jan 7, 2020
Letter from a Pennsylvania drummer boy – April 1862
Jeremiah Helms served as a drummer boy in the 50th Pennsylvania. He was mortally wounded at Antietam in September 1862.
Jake Wynn
- Dec 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 Wynn
- Dec 12, 2019
"Supposed to be my death wound" - A Pennsylvania soldier's story of survival at Marye's Heights
In his memoir, Frederick Hitchcock vividly describes how he escaped death at the Battle of Fredericksburg.
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.