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.
Codie EashDec 24, 2019“Pleasanter reminiscences of this famous town” – Christmas at Gettysburg in 1861The 10th New York Cavalry spent Christmas 1861 in the Adams County seat. Decades later, they remembered the experience of a holiday at war.
Guest ContributorDec 21, 2019“I hope we shall whip them yet” – The 132nd Pennsylvania at FredericksburgGuest contributor EJ Murphy details the experiences of the 132nd Pennsylvania at the Battle of Fredericksburg.
Rich CondonDec 20, 2019A casualty of Dranesville - The tragic story of Captain Robert GalwayCaptain Robert Galway bravely led his Pennsylvanians into action at the Battle of Dranesville on December 20, 1861.
Jake WynnDec 18, 2019"Pennsylvania at the Battle of Fredericksburg" - Recap of our December 2019 live-streamCheck out the videos that PennCivilWar recorded at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park in December 2019.
Codie EashDec 17, 2019Pennsylvanians who earned Medals of Honor at the Battle of FredericksburgAs a result of the Battle of Fredericksburg, seven Pennsylvanians earned the prestigious Medal of Honor. Codie Eash explores their stories.
Jake WynnDec 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.
Codie EashDec 13, 2019“Like snow coming down on warm ground” – What a future Pennsylvania commander saw at FredericksburgDarius Couch reflected on the horrors he witnessed during the Battle of Fredericksburg in the decades after the Civil War.
Jake WynnDec 12, 2019"Supposed to be my death wound" - A Pennsylvania soldier's story of survival at Marye's HeightsIn his memoir, Frederick Hitchcock vividly describes how he escaped death at the Battle of Fredericksburg.
Codie EashNov 28, 2019“A pouring out of grateful hearts” – Gettysburg’s connection to the first national Thanksgiving DayOutside of Washington, D.C., perhaps no town or city has been so deeply attached to the Civil War legacy of Abraham Lincoln as Gettysburg...
Jake WynnNov 23, 2019"We had cause to rejoice" - Diary reveals how Harrisburg celebrated news of Confederate surrenderSallie Simonton's journal provides an incredible eye-witness account of Harrisburg's impromptu celebration on April 9, 1865.
Codie EashNov 9, 2019How the Pennsylvania press reacted to Lincoln’s reelection in 1864President Abraham Lincoln won re-election in November 1864 against George McClellan. Pennsylvania played a crucial role in the election.
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."
Kendrick GibbsNov 7, 2019Lieutenant Isaiah Conley’s daring escape from Rebeldom In 1864, several Union officers made a daring escape from a Southern prisoner-of-war camp.
Guest ContributorNov 1, 2019Exploring Philadelphia’s Civil War – Monument to Major General John F. ReynoldsEJ Murphy dives into the history of the monument to Major General John F. Reynolds in Philadelphia.
Jake WynnOct 29, 2019Virtual reality videos from American Battlefield Trust show harsh realities of the Civil War Experience the Civil War like never before with the new virtual reality project from the American Battlefield Trust.
Codie EashOct 24, 2019The Pennsylvania veterans who opposed Gettysburg’s first Confederate monumentIn the decades after the Civil War, Pennsylvania veterans sought to keep Confederate monuments and memorials off the Gettysburg battlefield.
Rich CondonOct 18, 2019"Adios, Cuba, para siempre!" - The story of a Cuban-born veteran of the Civil War With the close of 2019's National Hispanic Heritage Month, we examine the career of Federico Fernandez Cavada - a Cuban-born veteran of t...
Rich CondonOct 17, 2019"A brave but misguided philanthropist" - The Pittsburgh Daily Post reflects on John Brown Nearly a month had passed by the time the Pittsburgh Daily Post weighed in on the hot topic of John Brown's ill-fated raid at the United ...
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