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 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.
Kendrick GibbsJan 22, 2020Mud and Graybacks - 125th Pennsylvania Infantry and the 'Mud March'In the aftermath of the Battle of Fredericksburg, the 125th Pennsylvania experienced thick, sucking mud and lice known as "graybacks."
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.
