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."
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
Kendrick GibbsSep 17, 2019Hurried to eternity - The bodies of two York County soldiers returned home after Antietam In the wake of the Battle of Antietam, families of the those killed-in-action sought to bring their loved ones home for burial.
Jake WynnSep 6, 2019Governor Andrew Curtin's response to Confederate invasion threat - September 1862In September 1862, Confederate forces crossed the Potomac River and became a dangerous threat to Andrew Curtin's Pennsylvania.