Harper's Weekly published "The Veteran" in January 1867. It documented the struggle of disabled Union veterans after the Civil War.

Private Rolandus Lytle succumbed to typhoid fever in Virginia on August 14, 1862. An officer wrote to Lytle's father with the sad news.

In the aftermath of the Battle of Fredericksburg, the 125th Pennsylvania experienced thick, sucking mud and lice known as "graybacks."

Wounded at Petersburg in June 1864, Sergeant Ephraim Myers soldiered through with the help of his full canteen of coffee.

Jeremiah Helms served as a drummer boy in the 50th Pennsylvania. He was mortally wounded at Antietam in September 1862.