"Don't Care a Damn!" - The 45th Pennsylvania at the Battle of South Mountain
The 45th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry received its baptism by fire at the Battle of South Mountain in September 1862.
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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.
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
- Feb 11, 2020
“Let us have war” - The Gettysburg veterans who argued against the “Cornerstone Speech”
Veterans at Gettysburg used Alexander Stephens's infamous speech about slavery to argue that the Confederate cause was unjust and wrong.
Kendrick Gibbs
- Jan 22, 2020
Mud 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 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.
Guest Contributor
- Dec 21, 2019
“I hope we shall whip them yet” – The 132nd Pennsylvania at Fredericksburg
Guest contributor EJ Murphy details the experiences of the 132nd Pennsylvania at the Battle of Fredericksburg.
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.
Kendrick Gibbs
- Sep 25, 2019
The 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry at Hanover Court House, VA
In the summer of 1863, the 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry took part in raids that disrupted Confederate communication and supplies in Virginia.
Guest Contributor
- Sep 17, 2019
“In the very maelstrom of the battle” – 132nd Pennsylvania Infantry at Antietam
The 132nd Pennsylvania received its baptism by fire during the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862.
Kendrick Gibbs
- Aug 9, 2019
Letter from the Battle of Cedar Mountain - 46th Pennsylvania
A newspaper correspondent in the 46th Pennsylvania described his fight on August 9, 1862 at the Battle of Cedar Mountain.
Codie Eash
- Jul 18, 2019
“The Sudden, Tremendous, and Simultaneous Fire” - The Keystone Zouaves Assault Fort Wagner
The 76th Pennsylvania made numerous bloody assaults against Confederate fortifications on Morris Island in July 1863.
Jake Wynn
- Jul 17, 2019
A bloody altercation between an officer and his soldiers in the aftermath of Gettysburg
A confrontation between an officer and two soldiers turned bloody in the days after the Battle of Gettysburg.
Kendrick Gibbs
- Jul 6, 2019
"Penalty Upon Patriotism" - The 151st Pennsylvania's Public Call for Soldier Voting Rights
"Is it possible that we love our country less, and are we less worthy to be instructed by it than before we took up arms to defend it?"
Codie Eash
- Jun 29, 2019
"Sons of Liberty, Go Forth": James McCarter and the 93rd Pennsylvania on the Road to Gettysburg
Colonel James McCarter's powerful speech to his troops in the 93rd Pennsylvania on their march to Gettysburg.
Jake Wynn
- Jun 15, 2019
"A Splendid Sight" - An account of the burning of the Wrightsville Bridge in June 1863
A soldier from the Coal Region details his experience in York County during the Gettysburg Campaign in a letter.
Kendrick Gibbs
- Jun 14, 2019
"There is hope for you": The 166th Pennsylvania Drafted Militia and the 1862 Draft
The story of a drafted militia unit organized in Pennsylvania in 1862.
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